The Emmy FYC window ended yesterday and after taking stock of the television season, I can say that this year was truly wild. TV has never been more diverse and we have never had as many shows as we have had in any point in the history of television. In the past TV season, I
Dear White People is a confounding beast to watch as a young black person. On the one hand, the show occupies a vital space in the world of TV and is at times uproariously entertaining. On the other hand, it still is a show that gets bogged down by its own indulgences and throws so
Well, those Emmy nominations were interesting weren’t they? With no Game of Thrones this year, it seemed we got the weirdest set of nominees I can remember. So what better to do than to drop my own weird list of nominees. I tried to spread the wealth but the cream rose to the top. Here’s
Hello loyal readers and welcome back. If you remember a few years ago, I saw and lauded Justin Simien’s film Dear White People, even going so far as to call it one of the top 10 films of the year. Now in 2017 Justin teamed up with Netflix to release a show based on the film
The top 10 films of 2014 was a lot harder of a list to make than I thought. While it’s always nice to put together a list after you’ve let the year settle in your mind, it also allows for crammed screenings and long thoughts about what should make it. For me this list proved more challenging than most years because not only did I have to consider latecomers, but I had movies that spanned from Sundance in January as well as movie I’d see at festivals as far as two years ago that finally received distribution (I go by calendar year of release).