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October 8, 2021

Ted Lasso “Inverting the Pyramid of Success” Recap: Season 2 Finale (mostly) nails it

Ted Lasso's Season 2 Finale choices for Roy and Keeley still baffle, but everything else comes together in this strong closer.
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October 1, 2021

NYFF 2021: The Tragedy of Macbeth is a sparse, elegant take on the Bard

Joel Coen steps out on his own & directs a powerhouse cast in an extra-dark version of Shakespeare's tale of ambition & absolute power.
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June 19, 2021

Tribeca 2021: “Accepted” looks at American education’s racial divide

Dan Chen's documentary starts as a celebration of unexpected Black success, but pulls back the curtain to ask more enticing questions about the racial inequities in education.
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July 14, 2020

Schumacher puts character over tension in “The Client”

Joel Schumacher's ninth feature adapts John Grisham's usual action nonsense with depth & sensitivity.
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March 14, 2020

The Righteousness & Dimension of Black Anger in “Malcolm X”

Spike Lee's biopic of the civil rights firebrand was a gripping, unforgettable cry of black rage and pain.
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February 22, 2020

“The Manchurian Candidate”, A Study of Humanity Lost

Jonathan Demme's remake of the 1962 classic is as notable for its look at political dehumanization as it is its modernization.
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August 9, 2018

BlacKkKlansman is Spike Lee as His Most Confrontational, Outrageous, and Timely

Spike Lee’s latest is one of his best, a funny, soulful blaxploitation-infused take on the ways the racism of America’s past ripples through into its..