2021's Western "The Harder They Fall" was writer/musician/filmmaker Jeymes Samuel's feature-length directing debut and an intoxicating film full of energy and ideas. For the most part, the same can be said of his latest, "The Book of Clarence." While the film is clever and holds one's interest, it suffers from a cinematic Multiple Personality Disorder, as its later half finds jarringly abrupt tonal changes that blunt

(this film appeared as part of the recent Sundance Film Festival’s selection) Martyrdom. Not everyone deserves it but when someone truly earns the moniker, their life can (or should) change the world.

Director Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah” is confirmation that Fred Hampton was a true witness to his cause and his community. A man of passion