Kaycee Moore, Carles Bracy, and Charles Burnett’s daughter Angela Burnett also star. Charles Burnett shot the film in roughly a year of weekends on a budget less than $10,000. He was a UCLA ...

Charles Burnett directing Lynn Redgrave and James Earl Jones on the set of “The Annihilation of Fish.” Kino Lorber/Milestone Films There were many casting permutations discussed in the ...

A restored version of Charles Burnett’s 1999 movie “The Annihilation of Fish” opens at the Brooklyn Academy of Music after being virtually unshown for 25 years. By Ben Kenigsberg When James ...

Charles Burnett directing Lynn Redgrave and James Earl Jones on the set of “The Annihilation of Fish.” There were many casting permutations discussed in the development of “The Annihilation ...

The director Charles Burnett’s deeply humane, singular film from 1999, starring James Earl Jones, is finally receiving a theatrical release. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an ...

No movie deserves the ignominious burial that Charles Burnett’s 1999 romantic drama originally received. Premiering at the Toronto Film Festival before making its way to a few subsequent events ...

but also sees them united with director Charles Burnett. Once limited to laurels within the independent film community, Burnett’s name has been canonized in recent years, after the re-premiere ...

Charles Burnett’s legacy is being restored — staring with the literal restoration with his most iconic film. The acclaimed writer/director/producer/editor, who ...

Burnett, whose other films include “To Sleep ... The film inspired Times critic Charles Champlin to write about it twice, one a review in October 1977 and the other a reappraisal based on ...

Playing New York now before expanding to Los Angeles and select cities, the film not only finds two terrific actors — three, including Margot Kidder — working at the top of their games, but also sees ...