It’s always a little awkward to reexamine a beloved older film so rooted in its own era that the chance of it seeming somewhat barbaric today is inevitable. But our current culture seeks not only to ...

Daniel is a University of Louisville graduate with an English degree, a sizable collection of Blu-rays, books, records, and a love of hiking. Richard Roundtree's portrayal of Shaft broke barriers and ...

If you are looking for some information on Shaft (2000) you are at the right place. The action crime thriller follows the story of an honest and brave cop Shaft who gives up his job after a wealthy ...

It’s always a little awkward to reexamine a beloved older film so rooted in its own era that the chance of it seeming somewhat barbaric today is inevitable. But our current culture seeks not only to ...

Richard Roundtree, the actor who helped define cinematic cool with his iconic title role in Shaft and its sequels, has died at age 81. Roundtree died on Tuesday afternoon after a short bout with ...

The chronological pop culture history of rough and tumble private investigator John Shaft unfolds like this: The novel “Shaft” by Ernest Tidyman (1970), the film “Shaft” starring Richard Roundtree ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: If the 21st century has taught us anything, it’s that franchises never truly die. Case in point: The fifth Shaft film is airing on HBO tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Shaft (2019) ...

The new Shaft, from director Tim Story — he of 2005's Fantastic Four (and its sequel) and Think Like a Man (and its sequel) — doesn't have the '71 picture's sociopolitical weight or the '00 one's ...

Gordon Parks, the pioneering black photographer and film-maker who explored the African-American experience in his work, including landmark movies The Learning Tree and Shaft, has died in New York, a ...

Fifty years ago this month, Isaac Hayes changed the course of movie music with his score for “Shaft.” Not only did Hayes, 29 at the time, become the first Black man to win a music Oscar for his title ...

The new “Shaft” is an upgrade that’s also a downgrade. It’s not a “blaxploitation” movie, whatever that would now look like (at this point, the concept is meaningless). It is, rather, a rudely ...

Fifty years ago this month, Isaac Hayes changed the course of movie music with his score for “Shaft.” Not only did Hayes, 29 at the time, become the first Black man to win a music Oscar for his title ...