Black and White

Quasi-documentary that follows the lives of a group of Staten Island people and attempts to expound the theme of black influence in white culture. very one-dimensional, very mediocre acting, completely full of nonsense.... Full review

Im hurt that I wasted about 2 hours of my life watching this trash. It branched off into too many pointless stories that made no sense. In the end they tried to bring it all together but it really just left... Full review

I can't believe that they would make a movie that sucked this bad. The actors were great, the story line sucked so badly that I wanted to get my money back for renting the dumb movie... Full review

this movie wasen't the best but it was ok.....i meen look at that kiss with elijah wood......that has to be the best looking kiss i've ever seen!!!look at it carefuly!!!:D... Full review

Three and a half stars out of five The best documentaries generally introduce us to something we just never knew before....this is where an articulate filmmaker like Toback really scores his biggest points in the subject-inquisitor showdown..... ... Full Review

The film also has it's flaws..... ... Full Review

Tyson's scenes especially are the most effective in the entire film.....trying to follow so many characters means the movie is a complete mess, and unsure of what it trying to say or be.....Nonetheless, his edgy material entices good actors and so is the case with "Black And White".....And unfortunately, this is the film's undoing.....The performances are universally good -.... ... Full Review

As it is, it's not a bad movie, though it is crammed with too many characters and a series of distracting cameo appearances (by professional sports figures and musicians), both of which distract from the story at hand. Subtlety is not "Black and White's" strong suit. ... Full Review

Local, white, private school teens enjoy an irresistible attraction to the hip hop scene....Interest that wanes from the choppy storyline is rekindled by intriguingly roguish behavior across the boards..... ... Full Review

LONDON - You would think that bringing together Modern art and the objects that were designed at the time the paintings and sculptures were created by its leading masters was sheer common sense. ... Full Article

Anyone seen laughing, snickering or smirking at jokes deemed to be in poor taste will be punished. "Those in possession of humorous material, without government authorisation, will be sentenced to a year detention in the home of a member of... ... Full Article

Director James Toback has made a career studying lives lived on the edge. From the twisted recesses of his audacious 1978 debut Fingers, to the controversial excesses of his volatile 1999 drama Black and White, Toback has never been one... ... Full Article

I genuinely can't remember the last time I felt as torn about a documentary's subject matter as I did after watch director James (FINGERS; THE PICK-UP ARTIST; BLACK AND WHITE) Toback's penetrating and sometimes scarily intimate profile of former boxing... ... Full Article

One fellow worker at my former place of employment said that he would never watch black and white productions. That if it wasn't in color, he wasn't going to waste his time. ... Full Article

A few months back, just prior to the release of Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, I wrote an article on the MPAA and how it was forcing American filmmakers to bastardize their own art in the name of commerce. ... Full Article