By translating The Autobiography of Malcolm X into a visual document, filmmaker Arnold Perl performed a usef...

          Bolstered by the presence of fine actors in the leading roles, The UFO Incident is a peculiar take on a r...

          Though he’s best known for his ultra-serious onscreen persona, Sidney Poitier not only starred in but also directed ...

          Film editor Aram Avakian made his solo directorial debut with this uncompromising phantasmagoria, which was slapped ...

          Offering a potent alternative to the stereotypical content in blaxploitation films, a handful of serious dramas with...

          After the success of films including The French Connection (1971) ushered in a new vogue for stories about c...

          Charming, engrossing, and socially relevant, the small-scale dramedy Claudine is an anomaly among ’70s pictu...

          A true ’70s obscurity that’s well worth tracking down, The Man is a whip-smart imaginary tale about the first black...

Two depressing facts emerge when one surveys actor Robert Shaw’s career following his breakout performance in Jaws (1975): Shaw’s days...

          When African-American boxer Jack Johnson became the heavyweight champion of the world in 1908, white people were so affronted tha...

          As a keepsake depicting the heyday of one of modern sports’ most celebrated figures, The Greatest is priceless, because boxer Mu...

          Best known in the U.S. for his hilarious performance as Igor in Young Frankenstein (1974), odd-looking Englishman Marty Feldman ...

          The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings is an enjoyable romp about the good/bad old days of the Negro League, a con...

          Since its spectacularly successful release on December 26, 1973, the public has been divided on The Exorcist , with one audien...

           First off, the title of the damn movie is Star Wars , not Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope . No matter how much writer-director ...