Directed by Joe Talbot The Last Black Man in San Francisco wears its heart on its sleeve, to say the least. It feels like an amped up version of a Barry Jenkins film, taking the tone and texture of If Beale Street Could Talk and combining it with the place and subject matter of Jenkins' Medicine for Melancholy. … Continue reading The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Directed by Barry Jenkins If Beale Street Could Talk certainly wears its heart on its sleeve. Barry Jenkins' follow up to the Oscar-winning Moonlight seems to pick up where that one left off, opening on two characters as if we've known them our whole lives. They are Tish (Kiki Layne) and Fonny (Stephan James), childhood friends … Continue reading If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Blindspotting (2018)
Directed by Carlos López Estrada Blindspotting is intrinsically tied to its setting (Oakland), like a true story thriller is to its own genre. Such a film, like let's say Zodiac, works in accordance with the expectations of its genre, whether to respect or subvert them. With Blindspotting we never forget where we are and when we are. … Continue reading Blindspotting (2018)
Medicine for Melancholy (2008)
Directed by Barry Jenkins Medicine for Melancholy feels like a film from the French New Wave. It's a character study with no real plot. The shots are handheld, and the image is bleached and desaturated so much so that the movie calls attention to the ways in which it is just that, a movie. This … Continue reading Medicine for Melancholy (2008)
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