The Root Reviews

Perhaps the best way to approach a play like Lindiwe, a Love Story is not to ask it to be a play at all—at least,…

To say Tarell Alvin McCraney is masterful at articulating black male coming-of-age stories in America would be an…

“It’s a very universal story. It’s a play about brothers,” says actor Namir Smallwood when asked about his role in Tr…

If you went and saw Dark Phoenix this weekend, or plan to see Dark Phoenix this weekend, I’m going to make a few…

When a movie franchise ends, everything is wrapped up in a bow. Heroes walk off into the sunset and maybe there’s an…

Editor’s Note: semi-spoilers in this review; you’ve been warned.

You know that feeling you had when you finished watching Black Panther the first time? The credits were rolling and…

It’s been a minute—a president ago—since Atlanta’s first season entranced us. The show quickly became a career…

Last year’s Trumpet Awards on Bounce TV came just weeks after the black-focused network acquired the long-running…

It’s maddening that a book written in 1999 still carries so much relevance in 2018. Nearly two decades ago, Walter…

I remember the first time I saw She’s Gotta Have It, Spike Lee’s groundbreaking, critically acclaimed and very first…

Mary Jane Paul has always been a mess, but her many, many faults are what made Being Mary Jane such an interesting…

The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption and The Shining are a trio of renowned Stephen King titles turned to film.…

The Planet of the Apes movie series has always been racially problematic. Starting with the originals in the late…

Spider-Man: Homecoming has a lot of heavy lifting to do for one movie. It has to continue the Marvel Cinematic…

In Moonlight, Barry Jenkins’ (Medicine for Melancholy) semiautobiographical coming-of-age story, we follow the three…