The Toronto International Film Festival Kicked off on Thursday, September 9th with a film that so many Black critics were waiting for, Regina King’s directorial debut One Night…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: TIFF Reviews: From Romance Fizzling ‘Mondays’ to Historic Bros in ‘One Night in Miami’”

The movie industry is still full of life and that shows in the number of films I have watched over the past few months. With COVID-19 sending…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: NEW Black Cape Capsule Reviews”

The first article comes with a host of films that I’ve watched in the past few weeks. Some are from Fantasia Festival—an annual horror festival from August…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: From Fantasia Fest to Features: The Black Cape Weekly Capsule Film Reviews, the Inaugural Entry”

Two years ago, on the heels of the #MeToo movement, celebrities, studios, and executives started talking about two words—diversity and inclusion. They created programs and initiatives that…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: The Voices of a Hollywood Reckoning”

I get that New Mutants was under a lot of pressure to be great, to be cool, to be the hot summer blockbuster that its fellow Avengers…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: Film Review: ‘New Mutants’ and Why Cheap Narrative Tricks Hit Different in Fall 2020”

August 30 is almost the end of another month, but it’s also the return of the show that everyone obsessed with. P-Valley is a southern gothic series…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: ‘P-Valley’ is Back and in the Pynk This Sunday”

August 28, 1955, is the day that a Black teenager from Chicago was murdered in Mississippi by a group of white men. That teen was Emmett Till…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: Clemency Director Chinonye Chukwu Developing The Emmett Till Story as a Film”

Kindling is a short film by Xinyi Zhu about two friends who reunite for a very emotional moment. Most people will latch onto the moment (an abortion)…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: ‘Kindling’ is an Intimate Portrait of Sisterhood and Friendship”

Some of the best horror movies are those that cover one particular part of the “event”. And, everything seems to be taking place in one setting. George…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: Film Review: ‘The Beach House’ Takes You to the Moment of An Invasion”

They are a group of ancient badasses with the skill and agility of John Wicke and the wisdom of Wednesday (American Gods). Andy (Charlize Theron), Nile (Kiki…… Read more “New from Jonita Davis on The Black Cape: Film Review: ‘Old Guard’ Offers Some Fresh Moves to the Action Blockbuster Genre”