Biography
Biography
Blackkklansman
Spike Lee’s complex crime thriller exploring black power, white supremacy, and the nature of political and racial violence in the 1970s begins strongly but ends with a didactic moral lesson that betrays the lack of faith it has in its audience.
Amistad
This film explores the horrors of slavery through an atypical lens in exciting and moving ways, but runs out of gas by the end and barely drags itself across the finish line.
The Boys in the Boat
A paint by numbers, fairly mediocre sports movie that largely wastes its exhilarating true story.
All The President’s Men
The Godfather of investigative journalism movies is still first in class.
Fighting with My Family
An unironic plunge into professional wrestling that, while offering a unique perspective on its topic, is ultimately only an OK movie.
42
It is neither a great sports movie nor a great race movie.
Bonnie and Clyde
An uneven movie whose lack of polish in storytelling and cinematography is likely a result of originating much of the modern narrative and cinematic techniques it employs.
Rob Roy
Rob Roy is a chore that feels every minute of its two hour and twenty minute length.