This instant classic directed by Rick Famuyiwa had a gorgeous cast with A-listers and fresh faces alike including Chanel Iman, A$AP Rocky, Zoe Kravitz and Shameik Moore. Have you seen Dope, yet?

Word on the “Black cinema” streets is that Brotherly Love is the new Juice or Boyz N The Hood. Based on the trailer, the homage is…

Chile, while we were already planning to see Chocolate City, in anticipation of its May 22nd release in theaters, this trailer right here got us feeling some…

Mr. Tyler Perry can’t seem to catch a break these days. First Mario Van Peebles took a sideways shot at him (and other Black men wearing dresses in films) at this year’s Urbanworld Film festival and now author Touré has gone for his pearl necklace-adorned jugular. Touré debated the merits of Perry’s films with Newsone […]

Black Hollywood came out in full force at the 15th annual Urbanworld Film Festival.  The opening film Brooklyn Boheme, which documents the rise of  black artistic talent during the 90’s in Fort Greene, was the brainchild of director Diane Paragas and author Nelson George, who witnessed (and was a part of) this late 20th century […]

One of Black television programming’s crown jewels is the Showtime series, Soul Food. Rockmond Dunbar played the devoted husband and father of three, Kenny Chadway. Despite its success, Soul Food was cancelled after five seasons in 2004. Since the cancellation, Dunbar hasn’t stopped working. He’s turned up on television dramas like The Closer, CSI: Miami, […]

Most who were around at the time will probably remember Shavar Ross as young Dudley from Diff’rent Strokes in the 1980s. But the veteran actor has featured in several other TV shows and feature films since entering the business roughly 30 years ago; notably parts in popular series like Magnum PI, Designing Women, Amen, Growing […]

Join us for an all new episode of “Cinema in Noir.”  On this week’s podcast: –Reviews of  The Devil’s Double and Final Destination 5 –The lastest in casting and film news (Viola Davis, Kim Fields, Hype Williams, Morgan Freeman) –Actor P.J. Byrne gives us the scoop on his new film Final Destination 5 and Season […]

Hear ye, all fan boys and girls, Comic-Con International 2011 rolls into the San Diego Convention center July 21-July 24th!  If you think Comic-Con is just for pimply faced, virgin teenagers think again–the convention now showcases all things sci-fi and fantasy in television and film.  Included in this year’s line-up are some of the best […]

New York– On Sunday, January 23, 2011, AFFRM (African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement) hosted the first of our trio of dinners for black filmmakers and film thinkers at Sundance Film Festival. These dynamic group conversations on “all things black + indie + film”  shed optimism on the future of Black film, despite the reoccurring struggles […]