Pam Grier

Weekend Music: A Speeding Motorcycle and Lots More

Deep Shallow

Undercover cop film is underdeveloped, too

Thom Bell and the Sound of Brotherly Love

While the ubiquitous songs of Detroit's Motown get anthologized and commercialized ad infinitum, and the critics salivate over the gritty southern soul of Memphis' Stax, the third great movement/label of '60s and '70s soul has always gotten short shrift. Until now, that is, with the release of the ... More >>

Talk It Up

Spike Lee works the phone-sex lines, but loses his connection

Black Is Back

Spike Lee works the phone-sex lines, but loses his connection

No Escape

Spike Lee works the phone-sex lines, but loses his connection

For February: The Five Best Blaxploitation Epics

It's Black History Month, when America commemorates Africa-American culture with Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reruns on TBS and wholly unpredictable jokes about Februrary being the shortest month of the year. Here at Hair Balls, we know that the 1970s marked the first point when the black community made ... More >>

Post-Pulp

Jackie Brown shows Tarantino looking for direction

Rotation

Jackie Brown shows Tarantino looking for direction

Frayed Braid

Jackie Brown shows Tarantino looking for direction

Playas on Parade

Halloween brought out the inner pimp in all of us, but some playas don’t go away after the holiday

Sex, Drama and PMS

Sapphic sisters gather at Chances for screenings of The L Word

Beauty Secrets

No one will be ready for your jelly when style diva Jenyne Raines is done with you

This Week In Beyonce: B Acts... Like What?

Rocks Off can't argue with the fact that Beyonce Knowles is a stone-cold fox when she gets on the microphone and belts out a song, dripping in glitter and wearing a barely-there outfit. Her voice is at once menacing and thundering, but also femininely fragile. Plus she has to be super-cool behind th ... More >>

The Art of Cool

The CAMH features a fascinating, talented and not easily categorized artist.

Beyonce Meets Bettie Page In Steamy New Video

"Why Don't You Love Me" - Beyoncé from Beyoncé on Vimeo. Holy smokes. Have you seen the new Beyoncé video for "Why Don't You Love Me"? It is, shall we say, steamy. Maybe even steamier than "Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It)". First Beyoncé swiped choreography from Bob Fosse. Now she's finding ins ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Remake My Day

​When it comes to movie remakes, I always think of Die Hard. Specifically, this Alan Rickman line: Sooner or later, I might get to someone you do care about! Granted, he was trying to force McClane to tell him where his detonators were, but the same sentiment applies to "reimagining" our fav ... More >>