At 156 minutes, “Da 5 Bloods” is messy, frenzied, vital and astoundingly timely. He draws a perfectly straight line from the Vietnam of the 1970s to the Black Lives Matter movement of today and releases a howl of frustration, pain and rage throughout every second of the film’s runtime.
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Top 10 Movies (and Other Stuff) of 2018
‘Twas Another Fine Year
Here we are again. Another end of the year list and the end of a pretty phenomenal year for film. Normally, it’s pretty easy for me to select a top 10, but this year I had around 25 in my list and it was like telling my kids they were ugly each time I eliminated […]
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Re-Birth of a Nation
Spike Lee throws down against the Klan
There are few filmmakers with such a mastery of tone, structure and storytelling as Spike Lee. His visual style and technical adventurousness are his hallmarks—but he never lets that style overwhelm the story he’s telling, even when he goes full bananas in films such as “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus” and “Chi-Raq.” Since Lee came […]
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May the Source Be With You
Public humiliation, ’50s housewives and countless riddlesIn Pod We Trust:Bingeworthy:
Here we are, living though another sweltering hot week while we wait for the sweet release of air conditioning to take us away on its centrally cooled wings. With MoviePass changing its service from unlimited movies to only three movies a month, it’s financially understandable to be a little discriminating when it comes to theatrical […]