From the opening shot of Blitz Bazawule’s retelling of The Color Purple, audiences will know this is not their mother’s version of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel. Distinct from Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film ...

In the original 1985 film, Whoopi Goldberg played Celie. More than 30 years later, Fantasia Barrino takes on the dynamic character in a new musical adaptation. In 1985, Whoopi Goldberg introduced fans ...

The team behind “The Color Purple” had a big challenge on its hands: bringing the musical stage adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning 1982 novel (which was previously adapted into a nonmusical ...

Namwene Mukabwa is a Collider author based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has a penchant for Westerns, classics, historical, and underrated movies and television series. He became hooked on screens at the age ...

I’ve never experienced a performance as powerful and audience-rousing as Blitz Bazawule’s “The Color Purple” (2023). The musical numbers are visually stunning and the cast is stacked not just with big ...

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Oprah Winfrey played Sofia in 1985's 'The Color Purple,' while Danielle Brooks portrays the character in the new film Eric Charbonneau/Getty; Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty This story contains ...

Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks responded to criticism about the portrayal of a romantic relationship between Shug and Celie. Making a new adaptation of “The Color Purple” was always going to be ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

The media watchdog organization cited progress thanks to films like 'Rustin,' 'The Blackening,' 'The Color Purple,' 'Shortcomings,' 'Joy Ride,' 'Cassandro' and more. By Chris Gardner GLAAD released ...