The Color Purple (now streaming on Max, in addition t o VOD services like Amazon Prime Video) marks stage four of this story’s progress through the pop-cultural zeitgeist machine. Alice Walker’s 1982 ...

I wrote a review of The Color Purple movie almost forty years ago in a student newspaper. I was sure not to read it while stealing away time to configure words to describe style, rhythm, content, ...

Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" was released in 1985. The movie starred Whoopi Goldberg as Celie, Oprah Winfrey as Sofia, and Margaret Avery as Shug. Here's ...

One can assume that a budget for a film with that many stars would be quite expensive. This rings even more true when taking into account that many producers of the film are industry giants, some whom ...

Shortly after the Broadway revival's closing, rumors of a filmed version began to float around with the casting of the leads largely speculated to be culled from the stage ensemble. While Barrino and ...

NEW YORK — “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it,” Shug tells Celie in Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple.” In nature, among the priestly ...

Actor Corey Hawkins stressed that movie musicals provide a singular opportunity for audiences … when done right. The “In the Heights” star attended the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards Saturday at The ...