Directed by Khalik Allah Black Mother is a textured dreamlike visual poem taking us through life and death and the streets of Jamaica. The opening images inspired some sort of deja vu, but by the end it felt like even the simplest shots were things I had never seen before. It's an awe-inspiring journey, at … Continue reading Black Mother (2018)
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Tully (2018)
Directed by Jason Reitman Tully, the third collaboration between writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman, is a story about motherhood. Like Juno and Young Adult, this is a human comedy, sensitive to its characters and what plagues them. The humor in these movies feels real, sometimes painfully so. The Charlize Theron character in Young Adult might feel … Continue reading Tully (2018)