What does the South sound like to you? Does it sound like Tom Hank’s character Forrest Gump or Adam Sandler’s character Bobby Boucher Jr.? Well, that is what Hollywood wants you to believe Southern...

“Hamilton,” “In the Heights,” “West Side Story,” “Wicked” and “Tick Tick... Boom!” The common ground between these phrases: they are only a few of the musical productions shining...

As November rolls in, New Orleans plans for its highly anticipated 32nd film festival, premiering Nov. 5. For those who are unfamiliar with this event, the New Orleans Film Society produces an annual...

To celebrate Women’s History Month, here are some fantastic movies directed by empowering women in the film industry!   The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020) Directed by Radha Blank   This...

To celebrate Black excellence in the film industry, here are some eye-opening films to watch by Black directors.    Burning Cane (2019) Phillip Youmans “Burning Cane” is Youmans’...

New Orleans-based filmmaker Marion Hill made her feature debut last week in the 2021 Sundance Film Festival with “Ma Belle, My Beauty,” a dreamy and nuanced story grappling with the realities and...

If you’re single on Valentine’s Day, you could spend the day lamenting your loneliness and scowling at every cute couple picture you see, or you could get yourself a heart-shaped cookie and make...

This Sunday, Jan. 31, I had the pleasure of witnessing the world premiere of director Jane Schoenbrun’s debut narrative feature “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” at the virtual Sundance...

We just wrapped up an exciting month of Halloween and horror movie nights, so it’s time to venture into the next era of themed movie seasons — the much more heartwarming, and, let’s be honest,...

Slasher flicks are a staple in the horror genre. Popularized in the 1970s and 1980s, these movies are characterized by a masked slayer, bladed weapons and a lot of gore. With notable films of this...

Like always, this year I watched the Emmys on my laptop from a shoddy stream link I got from direct messaging a random person on Twitter. Not like always, so did everyone else. Well, maybe not from a Twitter...

One thousand ninety-nine. That is the number of people murdered at the hands of police in 2019. Behind every one of these needless killings is a person who was failed in the most violent way possible...