Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A valuable complement to the recent “Sing Sing” and its spiritually affirming story about how programs like Rehabilitation Through ...

A dozen years ago, at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, I sat in the Eccles Theatre and watched “Fruitvale” (later entitled “Fruitvale Station”), Ryan Coogler's true-life drama about Oscar Grant, a ...

Humanizing the discourse around criminal justice is as ambitious a goal as any for a feature film, but it’s a tall order that filmmaker Rashad Frett more than fulfills in “Ricky,” his debut feature ...

The amount of effort it takes to be a law-abiding citizen in America—and anywhere else, for that matter—is the subject of Ricky, Rashad Frett’s thoughtful feature debut, starring Stephan James in the ...

There exist a plethora of films that tackle one’s journey pre-arrest, or a character’s journey and decisions that landed them in prison. It’s what’s exciting, right? Someone breaking the law, unable ...

PARK CITY, UTAH Jan. 26 (UPI) --Ricky, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival, is a moving drama about the difficulties for a parolee and his family. It is subtle about the characters' ...

A dozen years ago, at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, I sat in the Eccles Theatre and watched “Fruitvale” (later entitled “Fruitvale Station”), Ryan Coogler’s true-life drama about Oscar Grant, a ...

Sundance: First-time director Rashad Frett establishes himself as a major force in a film that tells a familiar story with a personal touch. For 30-year-old Ricky Smith (Stephan James), life as a free ...