Odie Henderson

Odie “Odienator” Henderson is the chief film critic of the Boston Globe and runs the blogs Big Media Vandalism and Tales of Odienary Madness. A lover of film noir, musicals, Blaxploitation, bad art, and good trash, Henderson was previously a contributing writer at RogerEbert.com from 2011 to 2022. He has written for Slant Magazine’s The House Next Door blog since 2006. His work has also appeared in The Village Voice, Vulture, Cineaste Magazine, MovieMezzanine, Movies Without Pity, Salon, and The Criterion Collection. He recently finished a long career in IT. He lives in northern New Jersey.

Odie Henderson's Titles

Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras A History of Blaxploitation Cinema

Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras

The definitive account of Blaxploitation cinemathe freewheeling, often shameless, and wildly influential genrefrom a distinctive voice in film...