‘Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)’ Review: Struggling to Transmit
Questlove’s new documentary aims to dissect the forward-looking brilliance of Sly Stone and his band, but mostly it traces their downward arc.
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11 Films to See in February
With Sundance wrapped up, much of February's attention toward the world of cinema will be on Berlinale. This month certainly ...
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Sundance Dispatch #5: Goodbye don’t mean I’m gone
Well, folks, it’s been grand! Please enjoy The Daily Californian’s final dispatch from Sundance 2025. Until next year!
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The 2025 Sundance Film Festival was all about the performances — here are our favorites
While there were plenty of scintillating documentaries (bio-docs in particular really had a moment this year with films ...
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Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
It posits Sly Stone as a martyr to his own brilliance ... Questlove dutifully combs through the artist’s biography: from his religious upbringing in Vallejo, California to his early forays in music in ...
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Screen Grabs: Diving into the ingenious ‘race films’ of Oscar Micheaux
Midway through Black History Month, it’s worth noting the relative brevity of Black film history—the very first major-studio feature to be directed by an African-American didn’t come along until 1969, ...
After Kendrick Lamar’s sweep of the Grammys, Sunday’s key Super Bowl matchup is Lamar versus Drake
Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl halftime performance will likely include the diss track Not Like Us, while Drake will be giving a ...
New book reveals a different side to Joni Mitchell – hilarious, cutting, and not one to suffer fools
The woman behind the music is funny, outspoken, and impossible to put in a box. Jim Farber speaks to Henry Alford whose new biography ‘I Dream of Joni’ chronicles 53 delicious anecdotes of ...