The amount of effort it takes to be a law-abiding citizen in America-and anywhere else, for that matter-is the subject of ...

"Ricky," which screened at the Sundance Film Festival, tells a tension-filled and moving story of a parolee (Stephan James) ...

Ricky' director Rashad Frett and star Stefan James discuss the Sundance recidivism movie at the IndieWire Studio, presented ...

Ricky,” a new feature film by Hartford-raised director Rashad Frett, was one of the breakout successes of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film won an award in the “Directing: U.S. Dramatic” ...

Other women — Jaz and Cheryl, for example — struggle to be more than foils here, especially as Ricky moves toward its devastating climax. A tonal dissonance trips up the film, which ...

Rashad Frett made "Ricky" in and around his hometown of Hartford about a man getting out of prison after 15 years.

Filmmaker Rashad Frett is making movies with a mission. “I’m here to make films that bring in humanity,” Frett tells Variety.

Sundance: First-time director Rashad Frett establishes himself as a major force in a film that tells a familiar story with a personal touch. For 30-year-old Ricky Smith (Stephan James), life as a ...

Humanizing the discourse around criminal justice is as ambitious a goal as any for a feature film, but it’s a tall order that filmmaker Rashad Frett more than fulfills in “Ricky,” his debut ...