Prelude: Rule of Six In his book In the Blink of an Eye, Academy award nominated film editor Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now) listed six criteria that all…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: Review: Does ‘Eternals’ Satisfy the Emotional Criteria for a Perfect Cut?”

Today is the world debut of the Creators in COVID podcast. It has been a project that we’ve worked on most of 2021, so it is fitting that the…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: Debut of ‘Creators in COVID’ Podcast Featuring Actor Steve Kasan”

What happens when you take the core concept of ghost-hunting (a la the Warrens as portrayed in James Wan’s The Conjuring and its sequel) and completely invert…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: Film Review: ‘Lair’ is a Haunted House Film with a Bumpy Narrative”

Beans is a riveting, authentic, and mesmerizing coming of age story about a 12-year-old Mohawk girl, Tekehentahkhwa, also known as Beans, brilliantly played by Kiawentiio Tarbell Beans…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: Film Review: ‘Beans’”

There isn’t a single movie quite like The Beta Test out right now–I’d be hard-pressed to find one. Written, directed, and starring Jim Cummings (Thunder Road, 2018)…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: Review: ‘The Beta Test’ is Unforgettable, Uncomfortable, and Just What We Need”

The movie opens with a scene so tense it feels like a horror movie. The experience was certainly like that for a Black woman in Chicago in…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: Review: ‘Passing’ is so Much More Than Racism”

Starz’ latest series, BMF, tells the story of the Black Mafia Family. The crime organization was founded by the Detroit brothers, Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory (played by…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: Interview: Starz ‘BMF’ Actor Shondalia White on Returning to Her Detroit Roots”

We sat down with a few of the Dickinson cast members and with Alena Smith a writer/director on the show. They discuss Season 3, what to expect and…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: Interview: The ‘Dickinson’ Cast and Writer/Director Spill the Tea on Season 3”

My parents made us watch Posse so many times that I could quote it at the age of 15. What my mom called “the real west” was…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: Review: ‘The Harder They Fall’ is the Blackest and Boldest Western Since ‘Posse’”

Army Of Thieves is yet another work of brilliance from mastermind filmmaker and writer, Zack Snyder. His influence is at the forefront of this story, even though…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: Review: ‘Army of Thieves’ Offers a Bit of Fun to Snyder Fans and Heist Film Junkies”