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Print Robeson Taj Frazier was uneasy when he started seeing ads for Amazon’s “Them,” about a Black family in the 1950s being terrorized by hostile white neighbors and supernatural forces. The USC professor, who is the director of the Institute for Diversity and Empowerment (IDEA) at USC’s Annenberg School of Communication, feared that the drama would contain disturbing images of violence and brutality toward Black people, echoing scenes in HBO’s “Watchmen” and “Lovecraft Country” and other recent projects that mashed up the troubled history of racial turmoil in America with...

Here's what's playing — April 16 - 22 — at in-person and virtual cinemas in the Berkshires and environs. Where films have been reviewed, the capsules include the name of the film critic and the day the full review was posted on berkshireeagle.com. All reviews are by Associated Press critics. BETTER DAYS (NR) Chen Nian has been single-mindedly preparing for China’s two-day national college entrance exam, which not only determines where and if she gets to study but also the fate of her entire family. Following the suicide of her classmate, Chen Nian suddenly finds herself the new...

We've Got Hollywood Covered Netflix’s Scott Stuber on Streamer’s Huge Haul of Oscar Nominations in a Very Strange Year TheWrap awards magazine: “I think people are recognizing that we’re here and we’re going to be part of this conversation about the best of the year,” says the company’s head of original films By Steve Pond | April 16, 2021 @ 1:39 PM A version of this story about Netflix first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. The streaming giant Netflix didn’t break a record for the most Oscar nominations any studio has received ...

Editorial: Black trauma in movies does more harm than good April 14, 2021 158 Views Recently, two films have been trending on social media regarding the trauma in Black communities and how it does not benefit the community in any way. The Amazon Prime Original movie “Them” was released on April 9. It focuses on the hardship of a Black family transitioning from North Carolina to California to live a better life in an all-white neighborhood. The family becomes terrorized by their new neighbors and face different micro-aggressions that stimulate their own personal horrors. The problem many...

Deadlines and Commitments - Stretch Run edition Share this story Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The NBA stretch run is upon us. The Nets have 19 regular season games left and as everyone knows, the “Big Three” have only played seven games and 186 minutes together (six starts). With the roster seemingly set following Alize Johnson’s multi-year signing Sunday, expect a shift in strategy with less experimentation, more integration. There are few deadlines related to the rest of the season, but NBA Draft and free agency isn’t that far off. There are two interesting dates in April: the WNBA Dr...