Writer with the Founders of Decoy Games on both sides Straight out of college, I was able to work for Xbox, helping game studios produce inclusive games and practices, and then I moved on to spend two dynamic years of my career building games at “Minecraft”! Yes—you heard it correctly, THE “Minecraft.” After several years … Read more
Charles is a longstanding member of the DC Film Society currently serving on the Publicity committee, a member in good standing of the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA), a voting member of the Black Reel Awards and a reviewing judge for the DC Shorts Festival. He serves as the Features Programmer for the … Read more
Paul Robeson in The Emperor Jones (1933). Here at Rogerebert.com we will have a week of great features all week. We discuss what it takes to be an independent filmmaker in today’s environment. Coincidentally two of the filmmakers we talk to are from Chicago. Robert Daniels interviewed independent Chicago filmmaker Dewayne Perkins. Perkins’ horror-satire film … Read more
Recent releases “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” perfectly demonstrate Hip-Hop’s enormous artistic impact as a cultural influencer and cinematic game-changer. Both movies are heavily punctuated by the culture, but neither is a straightforward Hip-Hop movie. “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” seems solely to exist in its 1994 setting to allow … Read more
INTERVIEWS Jumanji Meets Saw: DeWayne Perkins on The Blackening by Robert Daniels REVIEWS Surrounded by Peyton Robinson TV REVIEWS Marvel’s Secret Invasion Continues the Franchise’s Dull Slate by Kaiya Shunyata REPUBLISHED FEATURES Considering John Ford’s ‘Apology Western,’ Sergeant Rutledge by Sergio Mims Dignified Defiance: Sidney Poitier (1927-2022) by Robert Daniels Goodbye to a Legend: Tina … Read more
And it so happens that one of our other bright lights in Chicago, the entertainer and filmmaker Common, is serving as one of our most enthusiastic Ambassadors. He was recently on “The View” where in explaining why Chicago is an ideal city to hold the 2024 Democratic National Convention, he beautifully articulated the spirit of … Read more
The latest season of the sci-fi anthology series features three decent entries and two brilliant ones. Plot: Expect the unexpected. The long-awaited return of Charlie Brooker’s dark, satirical anthology series which reinvents itself with each new episode. The sixth season of black-mirror is the most unpredictable, unclassifiable and unexpected yet. The series is created and … Read more
The 2023 lineup showcases a number of world premieres including “Murder City”, produced by filmmaker Oz Scott and Kevin Garnett, starring Michael Colter; “Jagged Mind,” directed by Kelley Kali; and “Phels High”, starring Omari Hardwick, Allen Maldenado and Elise Neal. Producers Oz Scott and Kevin Garnett will also bring their feature film “Cinnamon” starring Pam … Read more
Florence Pugh says she’s gotten grievance from her fellow actors in the indie film community for joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Loyalty is essential to a person’s character, and breaking away from the norm to explore other avenues often comes at a price. For Florence Pugh, her signing to play Yelena Belova in the Marvel … Read more
Fortunately, it’s a much sturdier movie than any of those films, a make-’em-like-they-used-to gritty New York picture about the lives and minds of mean-streets paramedics. In this case, the “they” in “make-’em-like-they-used-to” is Martin Scorsese, and the “’em” is his 1999 film “Bringing Out the Dead,” to which “Black Flies” bears many, many similarities, although … Read more