In the year-long series Sounds Of Blaxploitation, Craig D. Lindsey plays the hits that defined a genre, drawing connections between the music of the moment and the films that gave it a platform. With ...

In early March 2025, jazz-funk legend Roy Ayers died at the age of 84. The veteran vibraphonist is known as one of the original progenitors of acid-jazz and neo-soul, twinkling the keys on such ...

The Go! Team In 2004, Brighton party band the Go! Team debuted a giddy style that merged indie rock, '70s easy listening, blaxploitation soundtracks, double-Dutch chants, old-school rap and big-beat ...

Rewinding our movie memories, “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” is a popcorn bucket of split screens, press-and-curls, Galaxie 500s and a “Shaft”-meets-Curtis Mayfield-inspired soundtrack. It is ...

A Film Forum series pays tribute to the 1970s genre that birthed “Superfly” and “Foxy Brown,” but also features lesser-known films that show the genre’s range. By Robert Daniels John Shaft emerges ...