Despite its modest budget, this honorable drama that fearlessly portrays the lives of gay, Black American men through two different eras, has becomes something of a cult favorite.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 30, 2021

Evans manages to treat the Harlem Renaissance without a single reference to the impact of the Russian Revolution and socialism on figures like Langston Hughes.

Full Review | Feb 15, 2021

... it is more than welcome, full of generous quotations and ancestor worship-a memory book, a bildungsroman, and practically a palimpsest, with the past written over but not at all erased, still signifying.

Full Review | Jan 19, 2018

Evans's admirable desire to introduce a misunderstood era's legacy to a wider public helps to excuse the film's occasional clunky dialogue and narrative longueurs.

Full Review | Sep 29, 2017

A refreshingly-honest empowerment flick set against an historical examination of African-American homosexuality.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 9, 2007

Writer/director Rodney Evans has tackled a lot here, too much really

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 15, 2005

Quiet, thought-provoking...Robinson's portrait is joyously dignified, poetic and earthy.

Full Review | Jun 14, 2005

satisfying original journey that is well worth checking out for its sincerity and refreshing honesty

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Jun 9, 2005

Although its reach exceeds its grasp, Rodney Evans' picture deserves points for its ambition and many elements of its craftsmanship.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Apr 26, 2005

The story is a little uneven, but Anthony Mackie and Roger Robinson make it worth a look.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 22, 2005

Takes on a plethora of phobias. Homophobia, racial prejudice and age discrimination are among its targets, and it hits them squarely and fairly.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Apr 21, 2005

An uneven but provocative drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 18, 2005

...uneven yet absorbing. Ambitious and thought-provoking in his (Evans) willingness to explore the complex depths of alienation and artistry

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 5, 2005

Most of the movie's clumsiness comes in documentary veteran Evans' mix of fact and fiction.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 4, 2005

A very good drama about the difficulties of being young, black, and gay. With a bigger budget and a sharper focus, it might have been a great one.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 4, 2005

Brother to Brother is a specialized film that will help bring to light the self-affirming ideas of pride in one's self and one's artistic pursuits.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Jan 31, 2005

Works far better as an idea than its execution.

Full Review | Jan 27, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 19, 2004

Ambitious but clumsy, it's a movie to appreciate rather than to be engaged by.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 9, 2004

Radiantly smart, sexy and deeply affecting.

Full Review | Dec 8, 2004