Film noir was a movement that reflected a specific time and place in American film history. It was born in an uncertain post-war America during the mid to late '40s, and reflected changing social, ...

Less than 15 seconds. That's how much time elapses before you hear the M-word in "Never Die Alone," Ernest Dickerson's crime flick about payback and redemption. Possibly the worst thug-life flick to ...

Blaxploitation films ruled the box office for nearly a decade in the late '60s and early '70s. Fly dudes in wide lapels packed heat and put down the Man, while foxy ladies sported velvet bell-bottoms ...

So is it somehow better to die in the company of a whole mess of people? Arriving at a satisfying answer may be easier than divining just whom this meandering street fable is supposed to be about. At ...