A Refreshing, Highly Melanated ‘Hamlet’ With a Reasonable Run Time

The first Hamlet movie that comes to mind has always been Kenneth Branagh’s full-text adaptation. I only remember it because I watched his word-for-word version of the William Shakespeare tragedy in high school English. It was four hours. It took us four days to get...

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson Are ‘The Drama’: Kristoffer Borgli’s Chaotic-Neutral Dark Dramedy Lives Up To Its Name

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Celebrating Autumn Durald Arkapaw’s Historic Oscar Win and Ryan Coogler’s Vision of an Inclusive Hollywood

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Dec 2025 12

Thoughts on ‘Marty Supreme’, ‘Rental Family’, ‘Kokuho’, ‘Happy Birthday’, ‘Cover-Up’, ‘Sentimental Value’, and More

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Dec 2025 8

DIASPORA is Entering its Nonprofit Era

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On December 4th DIASPORA launched its fundraising campaign as it enters its nonprofit era! The cocktails and lumpia flowed at Sampa as I made the big announcement that DIASPORA is pivoting and expanding to become a media organization. In addition to launching a...

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Jul 2025 9

The monster in the cage

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