The prospect of seeing the actor in one of his finest roles is just one reason to see “The Annihilation of Fish,” a surreal and disarming film.

Shelved too quickly after poor early word, Charles Burnett's romantic drama starring Lynn Redgrave and James Earl Jones ...

Charles Burnett ('Killer of Sheep') on the long-delayed release of his romance 'The Annihilation of Fish,' starring James ...

There are many reasons to seek out Charles Burnett's long-buried 1999 film, but perhaps primary among them: The rare chance to see Lynn Redgrave, Margot Kidder and James Earl Jones share the screen.

The director Charles Burnett’s deeply humane, singular film from 1999, starring James Earl Jones, is finally receiving a ...

His movies, most of which focus on working-class ... Here, a 60-something Jones plays a Jamaican American man who goes by the name Fish, and who's just been released from a 10-year stay in an ...

The film, in which Fish and Poinsettia eventually ... over big with everyone who ever craved seeing a bed scene with James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave.” Yet the film’s off-center depiction ...

The 80-year-old Charles Burnett is often thought of as one of American cinema's last true independents. His movies, most of which focus on working-class Black families in his home city of Los ...