Danielle Deadwyler

Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Potts, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, and Danielle Deadwyler in The Piano Lesson

The Piano Lesson review: another August Wilson play adapted for the screen

The Piano Lesson brings another August Wilson play onto the big screen. This one is set in the 1930s and details a few days in the life of a family arguing over an heirloom piano.

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Danielle Deadwyler in The Devil to Pay

The Devil to Pay, time for a reckoning

The Devil to Pay, set in the isolated world of the Appalachian mountains, tells a powerful story of retribution. Danielle Deadwyler leads the cast in this tense and atmospheric tale of long term feuds, unwritten laws, betrayal, and liberation.

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Zoe Saldana in From Scratch

From Scratch: Zoe Saldana shines in this real life drama

From Scratch is a gut-wrenching, heartbreaker of a love story. It’s based on a memoir by Tembi Locke with Zoe Saldana playing the lead character as she navigates family, marriage, parenthood, and loss. There are spoilers ahead.

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Jonathan Majors and Zazie Beetz in The Harder They Fall

Review: The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall is a classic Western – except it’s not. The main cast is Black, based on real Black people who lived in the old West. However, they never lived this story, which is all fiction. Now on

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