Martin Lawrence

6/8/2005: Morning Communique

Beyond the Pale

Screwing the white guy and dancing with the devil: Race matters at the 40th annual New York Film Festival

Coup de Villa

Exuberant shows, offensive lyrics, multiple aliases. Meet Raw Villa, your new rulers.

Brothers and Mommas

Public Enemy and Big Momma's House take radically different approaches to African-American nostalgia

Eastern Standard Time

While Western art cinema draws the flashbulbs at Cannes, contemplative works from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong leave the festival glowing in klieg lights from the East

When Comedy Boils Over

Two weeks before falling into a coma, Martin Lawrence was hardly talking a Blue Streak

Bustin' Loose

Two weeks before falling into a coma, Martin Lawrence was hardly talking a Blue Streak

W.T. Lhamon Jr: Raising Cain: Blackface Performance from Jim Crow to Hip Hop

Two weeks before falling into a coma, Martin Lawrence was hardly talking a Blue Streak