She starts things off ruminating about fate and destiny under a tree and not looking altogether well. She isn’t. Sanaa Lathan captures the ways beauty has been both a power and a vulnerability f...
In other words, it’s a performance that puts us in Clarice’s uncomfortable shoes. He’s a cad, to be sure, but Hornsby wiggles some room for him. Mekhi Phifer proves sturdy and comfor...
Granted, readers are almost always broken up about changes and omissions. But if one didn’t know the novel’s nods both vigorous and playful to ghostly visitations and weekly churchgoing, y...
Still, there are moments of minor magic here. Deep friendship is among the most enchanting inventions after all. And Odette, Clarice and Barbara Jean show how to honor it. ‘The Supremes at Earl’...