Odie Henderson
@odienator.bsky.social
Author of BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS: A HISTORY OF BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA. Still the Boston Globe's chief film critic for now :) Former RogerEbert.com critic. Also former IT Diva (reformed). Black, bi, badass. View are my own! NSFC and GALECA member.
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Odie Henderson
@odienator.bsky.social
· Feb 19
I wrote a book on Blaxploitation Cinema! Ya damn right! It's called BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS: A HISTORY OF BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA. Available at bookstores, libraries and even an audiobook (read by moi). If you want to get a copy, ask yo' mama!
Reposted by Odie Henderson
A really fantastic and personal piece by @odienator.bsky.social about BOYZ N THE HOOD.
Praying for that fool: ‘Boyz N the Hood’ turns 35 - The Boston Globe
Globe film critic Odie Henderson reveals why he loves John Singleton’s Oscar-nominated masterpiece.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:02 AM
A really fantastic and personal piece by @odienator.bsky.social about BOYZ N THE HOOD.
Sue me, but it still sounds like "chi-chi-chi! Ha-Ha-Ha!" in those movies! Happy Jason Day!
February 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Sue me, but it still sounds like "chi-chi-chi! Ha-Ha-Ha!" in those movies! Happy Jason Day!
RuPaul's Drag Cat! You betta work!
February 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
RuPaul's Drag Cat! You betta work!
We also have a bracket at the Globe! Vote in our Olympics movie bracket. We're on round 2. Movies that are still in the running include BLADES OF GLORY, COOL RUNNINGS and MIRACLE.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...
Bracket: Vote for the Greatest Olympic movie of all time in the Reel Olympics, Round 2 - The Boston Globe
Discover the best Olympics-themed movies with The Reel Olympics! Vote for your favorite and see which film will win Globe gold.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
We also have a bracket at the Globe! Vote in our Olympics movie bracket. We're on round 2. Movies that are still in the running include BLADES OF GLORY, COOL RUNNINGS and MIRACLE.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...
Everybody wants to be a cat...🎶
It’s time for a new episode of Mousterpiece Melodies! @noelmu.bsky.social joins @scottrenshaw.bsky.social and I to talk about the very…uh…im-purr-fect songs of The Aristocats: mousterpiecemelodies.podbean.com/e/mousterpie...
Mousterpiece Melodies -- Episode 20: The Aristocats | Mousterpiece Melodies
Hello, friends! It's time for a brand-new episode of Mousterpiece Melodies, as Scott and Josh are joined by special guest Noel Murray to talk about the coolest cats in France, specifically The Aristoc...
mousterpiecemelodies.podbean.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Everybody wants to be a cat...🎶
My 10 unconventional romances piece is in the paper today. As promised, I'll tell you what they were:
HAROLD AND MAUDE
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
THE FLY
STARMAN
HER
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH
ELECTRIC DREAMS
WITNESS
LADYHAWKE
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...
HAROLD AND MAUDE
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
THE FLY
STARMAN
HER
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH
ELECTRIC DREAMS
WITNESS
LADYHAWKE
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...
From ‘Her’ to ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,’ here are 10 unconventional movie romances - The Boston Globe
Want something different for your Valentine’s Day movie?
www.bostonglobe.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
My 10 unconventional romances piece is in the paper today. As promised, I'll tell you what they were:
HAROLD AND MAUDE
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
THE FLY
STARMAN
HER
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH
ELECTRIC DREAMS
WITNESS
LADYHAWKE
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...
HAROLD AND MAUDE
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
THE FLY
STARMAN
HER
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH
ELECTRIC DREAMS
WITNESS
LADYHAWKE
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...
I have four articles in the paper today, but this is the one of which I'm most proud. BOYZ N THE HOOD turns 35 this year, so I wrote an anniversary tribute.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/13/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/13/a...
Praying for that fool: ‘Boyz N the Hood’ turns 35 - The Boston Globe
Globe film critic Odie Henderson reveals why he loves John Singleton’s Oscar-nominated masterpiece.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I have four articles in the paper today, but this is the one of which I'm most proud. BOYZ N THE HOOD turns 35 this year, so I wrote an anniversary tribute.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/13/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/13/a...
Reposted by Odie Henderson
This is the way. When they come at us, we come back at them twofold. Raise that Pride flag every time they take it down. If they prevent that, surround the park with Pride flags. Ruin their petty little lives until they shit rainbows. Never stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
N.Y.C. Officials Reinstate Pride Flag at Stonewall After Federal Removal
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:56 AM
This is the way. When they come at us, we come back at them twofold. Raise that Pride flag every time they take it down. If they prevent that, surround the park with Pride flags. Ruin their petty little lives until they shit rainbows. Never stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
I was going to do a ranking of 007 theme songs at the paper, but I decided against it because i didn't want to be aggravated. But this would be in the top 10. They did Gladys wrong--she's the only singer of a Bond theme song who isn't mentioned in the opening credits.
youtu.be/ItDMFnCQT-o
youtu.be/ItDMFnCQT-o
Gladys Knight - Licence To Kill (Proms in Hyde Park 2018)
YouTube video by BBC Music
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I was going to do a ranking of 007 theme songs at the paper, but I decided against it because i didn't want to be aggravated. But this would be in the top 10. They did Gladys wrong--she's the only singer of a Bond theme song who isn't mentioned in the opening credits.
youtu.be/ItDMFnCQT-o
youtu.be/ItDMFnCQT-o
I also wrote about SCHOOL DAZE's best musical number as part of my 11 Great Musical numbers piece at the Globe.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/11/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/11/a...
February 12, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I also wrote about SCHOOL DAZE's best musical number as part of my 11 Great Musical numbers piece at the Globe.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/11/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/11/a...
38 years ago today, SCHOOL DAZE came out. One of the few movies I've changed my mind about; I gave it two stars back in 1988, but now I'm fiercely protective of this movie. I think it's the last time Lee spoke exclusively to a Black audience. I wrote about it in back in 2009.
youtu.be/VLGm0rTAd3U
youtu.be/VLGm0rTAd3U
E.U. - Da Butt (1988) 4k Upscale
YouTube video by Upscale King
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 11:27 PM
38 years ago today, SCHOOL DAZE came out. One of the few movies I've changed my mind about; I gave it two stars back in 1988, but now I'm fiercely protective of this movie. I think it's the last time Lee spoke exclusively to a Black audience. I wrote about it in back in 2009.
youtu.be/VLGm0rTAd3U
youtu.be/VLGm0rTAd3U
I can't stand ANY version of ALICE IN WONDERLAND, so this made me vote for the movie with the star of Olaf's White As Hell Christmas Special (that ran before COCO) and Satan herself, Adele Dazeem. Damn you, bracket!
Today in the second round of the Walt Disney Animation Studios bracket, two sisters go up against a girl, a mad tea party, and a lot of silliness.
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/kWcp1E/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Frozen
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/kWcp1E/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Alice in Wonderland
📊 Show results
1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/kWcp1E/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Frozen
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/kWcp1E/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Alice in Wonderland
📊 Show results
February 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I can't stand ANY version of ALICE IN WONDERLAND, so this made me vote for the movie with the star of Olaf's White As Hell Christmas Special (that ran before COCO) and Satan herself, Adele Dazeem. Damn you, bracket!
Just read the damn book.
She should have called this "Saltblah." My God, this it boring. Even the sex is boring. Miscast and boring.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/a...
‘Wuthering Heights’ is a withering sight - The Boston Globe
Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are miscast in Emerald Fennell’s loose adaptation of Emily Brontë’s English class staple.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Just read the damn book.
Opening in Boston today.
PILLION is very, very good. Surprisingly sweet and unabashedly raunchy. Skarsgard and Melling sell this often hilarious and bittersweet story of a shy bloke whose heart (and other parts) belongs to Daddy.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/10/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/10/a...
In ‘Pillion’, a shy bloke’s heart belongs to daddy - The Boston Globe
Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling star in a bittersweet rom-com about BDSM.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Opening in Boston today.
Thanks to everyone who answered my "unconventional romance" thread on here yesterday. Here's what I put together for the Globe. I'll list the 10 movie titles in a post on Friday after this runs in print.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...
From ‘Her’ to ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,’ here are 10 unconventional movie romances - The Boston Globe
Want something different for your Valentine’s Day movie?
www.bostonglobe.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Thanks to everyone who answered my "unconventional romance" thread on here yesterday. Here's what I put together for the Globe. I'll list the 10 movie titles in a post on Friday after this runs in print.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/11/a...
Whoo hoooo!
a bit of great news: we're getting another Mike Leigh movie
Mike Leigh Wrapping Next Film in London as Secretive Project’s Lead Cast is Unveiled
Mike Leigh's secretive next film with Bleecker Street and Studiocanal will star Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Kate O’Flynn and Alice Bailey Johnson
variety.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Whoo hoooo!
I also interviewed PILLION's director, Harry Lighton, at the Globe.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/a...
Coolidge Breakthrough Award winner Harry Lighton debuts ‘Pillion’ at the theater Feb. 9 - The Boston Globe
The director’s new "dom-com" stars Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I also interviewed PILLION's director, Harry Lighton, at the Globe.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/a...
PILLION is very, very good. Surprisingly sweet and unabashedly raunchy. Skarsgard and Melling sell this often hilarious and bittersweet story of a shy bloke whose heart (and other parts) belongs to Daddy.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/10/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/10/a...
In ‘Pillion’, a shy bloke’s heart belongs to daddy - The Boston Globe
Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling star in a bittersweet rom-com about BDSM.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:43 PM
PILLION is very, very good. Surprisingly sweet and unabashedly raunchy. Skarsgard and Melling sell this often hilarious and bittersweet story of a shy bloke whose heart (and other parts) belongs to Daddy.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/10/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/10/a...
Reposted by Odie Henderson
I mean, fuck these guys for removing the Pride flag from the Stonewall Monument, but also, fuck those guys.
The queer history of Stonewall isn't changing.
The queer people of today aren't changing.
Fuck off, haters.
The queer history of Stonewall isn't changing.
The queer people of today aren't changing.
Fuck off, haters.
February 10, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I mean, fuck these guys for removing the Pride flag from the Stonewall Monument, but also, fuck those guys.
The queer history of Stonewall isn't changing.
The queer people of today aren't changing.
Fuck off, haters.
The queer history of Stonewall isn't changing.
The queer people of today aren't changing.
Fuck off, haters.
OK folks! I put together a list of "unconventional" romantic movies for my next article. But I wonder if I'm being either too weird or too conventional.
So, what is your idea of an "unconventional" romantic movie? Rom-com or otherwise.
So, what is your idea of an "unconventional" romantic movie? Rom-com or otherwise.
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
OK folks! I put together a list of "unconventional" romantic movies for my next article. But I wonder if I'm being either too weird or too conventional.
So, what is your idea of an "unconventional" romantic movie? Rom-com or otherwise.
So, what is your idea of an "unconventional" romantic movie? Rom-com or otherwise.
I've done this many times. I have gotten people fired by sending their racist E-mails to their company's HR. Still doing that.
some guy wrote me an incredibly nasty email today from his regular email with his full name and i was bored so i decided to send it to every member of his family on facebook and his employer, a large MN nonprofit
good luck tom!
good luck tom!
February 10, 2026 at 4:33 AM
I've done this many times. I have gotten people fired by sending their racist E-mails to their company's HR. Still doing that.
In honor of this month, I'll be posting an article a day that celebrates us folks. Today, it's an excerpt from my book BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS. I hosted a screening of SUPER FLY in Chicago back in 2024 and my beloved Ebert site ran this excerpt.
www.rogerebert.com/features/boo...
www.rogerebert.com/features/boo...
Book Excerpt: Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema by Odie Henderson | Features | Roger Ebert
An excerpt from the new book by the great Odie Henderson.
www.rogerebert.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
In honor of this month, I'll be posting an article a day that celebrates us folks. Today, it's an excerpt from my book BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS. I hosted a screening of SUPER FLY in Chicago back in 2024 and my beloved Ebert site ran this excerpt.
www.rogerebert.com/features/boo...
www.rogerebert.com/features/boo...
She should have called this "Saltblah." My God, this it boring. Even the sex is boring. Miscast and boring.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/a...
‘Wuthering Heights’ is a withering sight - The Boston Globe
Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are miscast in Emerald Fennell’s loose adaptation of Emily Brontë’s English class staple.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:42 PM
She should have called this "Saltblah." My God, this it boring. Even the sex is boring. Miscast and boring.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/a...
American International Pictures version of this shoulda been rated R! It's American International Pictures, goddammit!
February 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
American International Pictures version of this shoulda been rated R! It's American International Pictures, goddammit!