Wherein you, the readers, talk amongst yourselves.

Many old movies that are considered classics were made when racism was the accepted norm and non-white characters usually embodied negative racial and ethnic stereotypes (uh… even more so than in contemporary movies, I mean). Many of these movies — think Gone with the Wind, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and Birth of a Nation, which is an important part of cinema history but one of the most racist films ever made — reflect those attitudes and stereotypes. Recently, a planned public screening of Breakfast at Tiffany's in Sacramento sparked protests from the Asian-American community. How do we deal with these films? Should we not watch them, screen them, or show them to our kids? Should they be sold with disclaimers? Or are people smart enough not to get sucked into attitudes of the past in the two hours it takes to watch a film?

Wherein you, the readers, talk amongst yourselves.

What's your favorite movie of all time?

Happy Weekend!

• Here's a sneak peek of Kanye West's new clothing line, Pastelle. Don't say anything bad about it. He's sensitive. [Clutch]

• Anyone who takes medical advice from Grey's Anatomy needs to see a doctor. [Jossip]

• F. Gary Gray has signed on to direct the film version of Julius, an urban graphic novel based on the story of Julius Caesar. [DS]

• Of course Britney's back to perform at the VMAs. [MG]

• Oh, Laurie Ann. That's so unfortunate. [NB]

Welp, with Prince of Persia, you've done it again, Hollywood! You've toyed with history in order to cast a very white person in a heroic role probably more suited for a person of color, just so that other white people will be comfortable spending their money to see it.

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The 12th Annual American Black Film Festival went down this weekend in L.A., and it attracted black actors and filmmakers from across the celebrity spectrum. At the top was Halle Berry, who participated in the festival's opening. Also seen in the photo archives: several Obama shirts. Surprise, surprise.

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Despite the fact that 66 percent of its stars died suddenly and tragically this weekend, Soul Men, starring Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes and Samuel L Jackson, will be released (albeit possibly later than planned).

For the millionth time, the very-prolific Samuel L. Jackson is coming soon to a theater near you, this time as Octopus, the elaborately-costumed villain in Frank Miller's The Spirit. Elaborate costumes and hair are par for the course in movies based on graphic novels, but Jackson has always been known for dramatically switching up his look for roles. Identify a select few of those roles below.

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Danny Glover is having difficulty finding funding for his Toussaint Louverture biopic, because financiers are worried about the lack of white heroes… in a movie about the Haitian Revolution. Okay.

'"Producers said 'It's a nice project, a great project… where are the white heroes?'" he told AFP. "I couldn't get the money here, I couldn't get the money in Britain. I went to everybody. You wouldn't believe the number of producers based in Europe, and in the States, that I went to. The first question you get, is 'Is it a black film?' All of them agree, it's not going to do good in Europe, it's not going to do good in Japan."' [AFP]

Wherein you, the readers, talk amongst yourselves.

Easy one today. What's the last movie you saw in the theater? Do you recommend it?

With the Dark Knight breaking all kinds of box office records in its opening weekend, it's only right to commemorate the occasion with Prince's very odd "Batdance." It was on the soundtrack for Tim Burton's 1989 Batman, which now seems like a gazillion years ago.