Shelved too quickly after poor early word, Charles Burnett's romantic drama starring Lynn Redgrave and James Earl Jones deserved a run — which it's now getting.

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 ...

The late James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave star as aging neighbors turned tender lovers in “The Annihilation of Fish,” newly restored in 4K from Kino Lorber and Milestone Films. Playing New ...

At one point, Fish worries that the two of them have nothing in common, to which Poinsettia replies, "Old is what we have in common!" It's one of many lines I laughed at in The Annihilation of ...

Now 80, the filmmaker got on the phone earlier this week from his home in L.A.’s Baldwin Hills to talk about the rediscovery of “The Annihilation of Fish.” Burnett: I think it was 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 ...

But to watch “The Annihilation of Fish” now, 26 years after its debut, that frustrating backstory only adds extra poignancy to a picture already suffused with it. A tale of two troubled souls ...

The late James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave star as aging neighbors turned tender lovers in “The Annihilation of Fish,” newly restored in 4K from Kino Lorber and Milestone Films. Playing New York now ...

The movie, “The Annihilation of Fish,” directed by Charles Burnett, had its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1999 but never received a proper release. Now it’s getting ...