It’s true we’re in a transition period for movies, and I have no idea what that transition will lead to. I’ve seen gloom and doom headlines about the creeping death of theaters, and I’ve also seen hopeful pieces about people re-prioritizing theaters. I’ve heard anecdotes about studios using A.I. to replace creatives, and anecdotes about […]

There’s a moment late in the new indie drama Mickey Hardaway where we hear repeated audio from newscasts. Each anchor uses nearly the same phrasing when they say, “a Black male, mid-twenties, with a gun.” That phrasing conjures a mental picture. That mental picture is the first link in a chain, one that ends in […]