#‘One Night in Miami’ Review: Regina King’s Feature Directorial Debut is a Knockout Loaded with Superb Performances [TIFF 2020]

#‘One Night in Miami’ Review: Regina King’s Feature Directorial Debut is a Knockout Loaded with Superb Performances [TIFF 2020]

“#‘One Night in Miami’ Review: Regina King’s Feature Directorial Debut is a Knockout Loaded with Superb Performances [TIFF 2020]” Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke all check into a motel room. It’s almost hard to imagine such legends sharing the same space, but of course, they…

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#‘The Devil All the Time’ Review: Religion is Deadly in This Star-Studded Southern Gothic

#‘The Devil All the Time’ Review: Religion is Deadly in This Star-Studded Southern Gothic

“#‘The Devil All the Time’ Review: Religion is Deadly in This Star-Studded Southern Gothic” Sprawling and brutal, The Devil All the Time is not for the impatient or the squeamish. Adapted rather faithfully from Donald Ray Pollock’s novel of the same name, Antonio Campos‘ star-studded Southern gothic tracks a group of sinners through time as they all mill…

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#‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Review: Spike Lee Turns This Stage Show Into a Cinematic Celebration [TIFF 2020]

#‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Review: Spike Lee Turns This Stage Show Into a Cinematic Celebration [TIFF 2020]

“#‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Review: Spike Lee Turns This Stage Show Into a Cinematic Celebration [TIFF 2020]” “Thanks for leaving your house,” David Byrne tells the audience at the start of David Byrne’s American Utopia. He couldn’t have realized it at the time, but the statement is surreal now. This is the opening night film of…

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#‘Lovecraft Country’ Review: Horrors Both Human and Otherworldly Haunt Misha Green’s Spellbinding Series

#‘Lovecraft Country’ Review: Horrors Both Human and Otherworldly Haunt Misha Green’s Spellbinding Series

“#‘Lovecraft Country’ Review: Horrors Both Human and Otherworldly Haunt Misha Green’s Spellbinding Series” “This is the story of a boy and his dream,” a narrator tells us. “But more than that, it is the story of an American boy and a dream that is truly American.” That narrator is from the 1950 film The Jackie Robinson…

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