Directed by Ava DuVernay I often have a hard time breaking down a film like Selma, parsing apart the importance of the film's message with the way it's handled and the ways it attempts to engage the audience. Some films lead with a heavy hand, announcing their importance before we meet the characters involved, but others, … Continue reading Selma (2014)
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Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town (2017)
Directed by Christian Papierniak Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town is a punk rock little movie made in the style of something from the early 90s, deeply colored with qualities of other Gen X movies. Mackenzie Davis plays Izzy, down on her luck and stewing in her own misery. When she learns that her ex-boyfriend Roger (Alex … Continue reading Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town (2017)
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Directed by Boots Riley Sorry to Bother You satirizes our own world by constructing one of its own, not unlike those of Terry Gilliam's movies, most notably Brazil. There is a lot going on here, from the commentary on race (adopting white traits to get ahead in the world) to the commentary on Silicon Valley CEOs … Continue reading Sorry to Bother You (2018)