20 years ago this month, two sweaty, skanky, Southern-fried flicks showed up in multiplexes: the quasi-musical hip-hop dramedy Hustle & Flow and the hicksploitation horror show The Devil’s Rejects.

When Hustle & Flow premiered at Sundance, it wasn’t just another indie drama. Craig Brewer’s Memphis-set story of a pimp turned rapper became a breakout that would take Hip Hop to the Oscars. What ...

Two decades after his breakout hit, the director looks back on the film that changed his life, launched Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, and made Three 6 Mafia Oscar winners.

I just can't get the tune "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" out of my head. It's the one that recently won an Academy Award for best original song. But don't for a second think I like the song, which is ...