Movies|'Miles Ahead' and 'Nina' Try to Hit the Beat on the Offbeat

Kansas City native Don Cheadle wrote, produced directed and stars in the involving biopic “Miles Ahead,” a fantasia on the life of jazz legend Miles Davis. Yes, the story is highly fictionalized, but it serves to create what feels like an authentic

I had absolutely no expectation when going to screen THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER'S WAR (2016). The critics didn't care much for the original version, and the expectation was that the critics would think even less of the sequel. Indeed, that seems to be the

With "Miles Ahead," Don Cheadle gamely battles the trappings of conventional biopics. The film is a long-in-the-works labor of love for Cheadle, who co-writes and directs the film, and plays legendary jazz artist Miles Davis. Mingling silently among

Kansas City native Don Cheadle wrote, produced directed and stars in the involving biopic “Miles Ahead,” a fantasia on the life of jazz legend Miles Davis. Yes, the story is highly fictionalized, but it serves to create what feels like an authentic

When village girl Rouhi (Taraneh Alidoosti) rides into Tehran on the back of her fiancé's motorcycle, the end of her chador catches in the gears of the machine, toppling them into the road. Yes, the traditional ways of Iranian life get tangled and torn