By Michael J. Casey - January 16,2024

Bestselling book, midlevel movie

It’s not about race; it’s about caste — the system of injustice and subjugation that persists, generation from generation, resistant to the individuals who work to defy and shatter it....

By Michael J. Casey - January 10,2024

Scrappy little somebody

If you’re an independent filmmaker, getting into the Sundance Film Festival is high on your wishlist. “It’s such a big festival, and it’s such an industry festival,” Kelly Sears says....

By Michael J. Casey - January 3,2024

Straight, no chaser

Some people bite the hand that feeds them. American Fiction’s Thelonious “Monk” Ellison wants to chew it whole and spit it back out. Before we get there, first this: American...