Selma

In the 25-plus years that Colman Domingo’s been working on stage and screen, one thing’s been certain: The man never…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Monday, June 15. All times are Eastern. 

#OscarsSoWhite helped shape the discourse following a 2015 Academy Awards ceremony with nearly no diverse…

Every year, just in time for Oscar consideration, studios release a slew of prestige movies supposedly based on true…

Preferring to speak of “inclusion,” filmmaker Ava DuVernay cringes at the buzzword “diversity,” even though it’s a…

Jesse Owens deserves a biopic. His life was important and dramatic, and it even lends itself to a narrative…

Now that our Thanksgiving binge-watching guide has properly whetted your appetites, it’s time to look at what’s…

David Oyelowo’s stirring turn as Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma was generally agreed to be an impressive…

How much do you have to know about a person before you feel comfortable making a value judgement about them? For…

Ava DuVernay’s Martin Luther King, Jr. biopic Selma is available for digital download as of today, and Paramount…

Although the Oscars tried to prove it has black friends by cutting to every person of color in the audience at one…

Ain’t Hollywood grand? Not the actual neighborhood or whatever, obviously, but the idea of Hollywood as shorthand…

While we at The A.V. Club can only discuss the Oscar race, make predictions, and complain about snubs, The Hollywood…

In the grand spirit of TV Roundtable and Music Roundtable, welcome to the creatively titled Film Roundtable, where A.…

For the busy cinephile who doesn’t have time to sit through all the nominees before the Oscars are handed out on…

Hollywood likes its black actors just fine; it just prefers to see them in roles where they are subservient to their…

Selma director Ava DuVernay and star David Oyelowo enjoy each other’s company so much they’ve decided to make…

Each week, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic book of significance. This week, it’s March: Book Two.…

Look, everyone pretty much knew that American Sniper was going to be a hit. It did spectacular business in limited…

Looks like it wasn’t the screeners. Conventional wisdom as to why Selma was shut out of the SAG, PGA, DGA, and BAFTA…