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Elvis Mitchell interviews Oscar-nominated screenwriter and director Tony Gilroy. Plus, insights on AI's role in filmmaking, ...
Elvis Mitchell: The success of Black '70s films was "the dirty little secret of American cinema" On "Salon Talks," the film critic discusses Netflix's "Is That Black Enough For You?!?" ...
Attempting a nuanced and caring overview of Black screen history in a little more than two hours is an unenviable task, but film critic turned writer-director Elvis Mitchell’s first foray into ...
In “Is That Black Enough for You?!?,” Elvis Mitchell’s highly pleasurable and eye-opening movie-love documentary about the American Black cinema revolution of the late ’60s and ’70s ...
Elvis Mitchell has hosted The Treatment, with its inside look at the creators of popular culture, since KCRW first aired the program in April of 1996. Mitchell served as the film critic at the New ...
Elvis Mitchell’s new Netflix documentary Is That Black Enough You?!? is a whirling exploration of a specific slice of Black movie history. Its main point of interest is the 1970s and its borders ...
For Mitchell, this notion of missing elements is a frustrating conundrum, especially when considering Westerns, for instance, which Black people have longed to see themselves in for some time.
T he title of the documentary film that Elvis Mitchell will present at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center this Friday, Is That Black Enough for You?!?, deserves an explanation.Yes, it ...
The “Scrooged” star has never publicly responded to Tarantino’s barbs. Getty Images. Murray, 74, told Mitchell in a talk at Sundance that he, at least, is a fan of those old films.
Host Elvis Mitchell sits down with actor Richard Gere. They talk about two primary influences to the way the Gere acts: music and gymnastics. Gere talks about blues music in particular, and the ...
Murray, 74, told Mitchell in a talk at Sundance that he, at least, is a fan of those old films. “I like to check in on them ...