Female Film Critics 24/375
There is nothing pretty about Judas and the Black Messiah. It is, of necessity, a very dark movie, dark in its setting and lighting, and dark in the horrible history of J. Edgar Hoover against Blacks in general and, here, Fred Hampton in particular. Hoover called first for Hampton’s jailing and then for his killing. At 21.
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Commemorating Black History Month, Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah focuses on the rise to power of Fred Hampton
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From its first moments, The Photograph, with its underlying romantic jazz score and winning co-leads, is calling the viewers into an intimate slow dance, maybe with Luther Vandross playing, that feels safe, sexy, and so satisfying you won’t want it to end. It’s the sort of movie that’s rarely made anymore, yet here it is.
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Insofar as villains go in our modern world, persistent telemarketers rank alongside unscrupulous real-estate developers. So hip-hop recording artist Boots
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