Forest Whitaker

Respect

By Cheyenne Bunsie

This conventional Aretha Franklin biopic is elevated by Jennifer Hudson’s transportive central performance.

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Francis Ford Coppola is set to finish his long-delayed epic Megalopolis

By Charles Bramesco

He’s willing to fork out his own millions on a would-be cast of Oscar Isaac, Cate Blanchett and Forest Whitaker.

Jennifer Hudson socks it to us as Aretha Franklin in the Respect trailer

By Charles Bramesco

Liesl Tommy’s film chronicles the early years and rise to fame of the Queen of Soul.

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

By Flora Spencer Grant

Forest Whitaker stars as a down-on-his-luck toymaker in David E Talbert’s festive family frolic.

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Made in Black America: Why Black Panther is more than a comic book movie

By Callum Costello

Marvel’s latest represents the culmination of years of reinvention in black filmmaking.

How Roots’ cries from the past are echoed in America’s present

By Roxanne Sancto

The 1977 series and its remake show that while the world may have changed, the fight is far from over.

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