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Ah, the black love story. It is de rigueur for black actors and the bane of existence for black audiences with discriminating taste, but it has become the necessary evil for anyone that wants to see people of color portrayed in a positive light on the big screen. “Love Jones” is the first black love…

Anyone wanting to see America’s religion at work might tune into HBO tomorrow evening for the documentary “Run, Granny, Run,” chronicling the unlikely 2004 campaign of a 94-year-old New Hampshire woman named Doris Haddock for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Haddock first made her name in politics in 1999, when, as Granny D., she…

You know that sinking feeling you get when you take someone who hasn’t seen a great movie to see the long-awaited sequel to that film, and the follow-up doesn’t live up to it? It’s a strange form of guilt; a mixture of embarrassment and contrition. “I’m sorry,” you want to say. “The first one was…

Last night my husband and I saw the four-hour Peter Bogdanovich mega-documentary “Runnin’ Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers” during its one-night-only showing in Boston (the movie will soon be released on DVD). The film painted a remarkable picture of a career that spans more than 30 years and has channeled at various…
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