‘Southside With You’

  I’m here for more biopics moving in the direction of ‘A Day in the Life’ over trying to capture a person’s whole story in 120 minutes.  ‘Southside With You’ is the better of the two features that came out about President Obama last year. Already a big part of their mythology, the movie dramatizes […]

Song of the Day – ‘For You’

  Ramadan is very much on the radar, very slowly fitting in time for writing again.  The train is grooving along the tracks nicely. None of those things are too directly related to today’s song choice.  Well, one thing I guess.  This one just makes me smile. Enjoy!  

‘Dear White People’

  For the oldheads among us, the double victory run of the studio system acknowledging that a) there’s an audience for ‘Atlanta’, ‘Insecure’, and ‘Get Out’, and b) not only that, but it’s quality storytelling, continues with the Netflix version of Justin Simien’s ‘Dear White People.’  And I know I’m not the first to say […]