Movies
As if to concede that there’s no escape from stereotyped portrayals of African Americans in mainstream movies, Darin Scott lards his debut feature, “Caught Up,” with chronic criminals, cartoon Rastafarians, bad attitudes, bad cops, tosses in a gay villain from Central Casting and concludes with a character so transparently racist that it’s all got to be tongue in cheek.
Feb. 27, 1998
Television
There’s a lot of pop culture to sort through week after week.
Sept. 15, 2016
It’s no surprise that actors often aspire to be directors.
Aug. 21, 1993
“Jason’s Lyric” is a terribly earnest melodrama with king-size ambitions.
Sept. 28, 1994
Ministry of Gossip
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Sept. 16, 2010
Patrick Wilson, Ted Danson and Jean Smart are the latest cast additions to the upcoming second season of FX’s hit series “Fargo.”
Jan. 8, 2015
It’s the evening of June 5, 1944, when a small battalion of American soldiers hurtles out of a fiery cargo plane over the Normandy coast.
Nov. 8, 2018
Entertainment & Arts
The Scene: Wednesday night’s premiere screening of the new TV movie “Strapped,” the directorial debut of actor Forest Whitaker.
Aug. 6, 1993
Coming after Spike Lee’s “Clockers” and Carl Franklin’s “Devil in a Blue Dress,” the Hughes brothers’ “Dead Presidents” is the third significant work by an African American filmmaker to be released by a major studio within the last month.
Oct. 4, 1995
The HBO movie “Strapped” begins with two boys fighting in the black housing projects of Brooklyn, one about 12, the other a teen-ager.