‘Get’ It!
No joke: comedian Jordan Peele made the best American horror film in decades.
Deafening ‘Silence’
Martin Scorsese brings a lifetime of Catholic guilt to his latest masterpiece about the power (and fragility) of faith.
‘Hidden’ Talents
These unsung figures of get an entertaing (if clichéd) film interpretation.
Swinging for the ‘Fences’
August Wilson’s Pulitzer-winning classic finally gets the excellent film adaptation it deserves.
Going ‘Rogue’
Disney may want to rethink their “one-SW-film-per-year” after this weak entry.
In For a Penny: Bum-rush the Show!
Originally posted on San Francisco Theater Pub:
“A wise man told me ‘Don’t argue with fools ‘Cause people from a distance can’t tell who is who’ ” —Jay Z, “The Takeover”, The Blueprint This past week I went to the Berkeley Rep to catch a preview performance of…
In For a Penny: Eyes without a Face
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Charles Lewis III weighs in on some recent controversy. Can you spot the Oscar-winner under all that shoe polish? “In 1985, I’m sitting in the casting office of a major studio. The head of casting said, ‘I couldn’t put you in…
Cop. Out.
Want to know why Black people don’t trust police? Ask a Black person… like me.
In For a Penny: Label-mates
Originally posted on San Francisco Theater Pub:
Charles Lewis III, breaking his own format. “I wonder if anyone ever notices the cross and Virgin Mary in my hand?” “Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” – Toni Morrison, Beloved This is about race. You don’t wanna read…
Unfit to be ‘A Slave’
It’s very telling that a British director and star would tell such a blatantly American story about the human spirit.
The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III) 