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The Notorious 1985 Gary Coleman Vehicle Playing With Fire is the Avenging Disco Godfather of Message Movies About Teen Arsonists

A notorious TV message movie about arson starring Gary Coleman lives up to its reputation for being wonderfully terrible.

Cult Auteur Larry Cohen's Directorial Career Began and Ended With Two Very Different Depictions of Black Masculinity in 1971's Bone and the Blaxploitation Team-Up Throwback Original Gangsters

Cult auteur Larry Cohen’s directorial career got off to a bang with the provocative dark comedy Bone and ended on a less auspicious note with the Blaxploitation reunion team-up action movie Original Gangstas.

Gordon Parks Jr's All Too Brief Career as a Director Began and Ended Strongly With Superfly and Aaron Loves Angela

It’s not easy being the son and namesake of a great man and pioneer but in his all too brief career as a filmmaker, Gordon Parks Jr. pulled it off with aplomb.