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Article contributions on films like Crooklyn, Bamboozled, Inside Man, and more.
Speaking of fresh, this team of international writers and content creators - from the USA, Canada, Mexico, and the UK - are the definition of “squad goals”.
“As an exercise in storytelling, Burning succeeds spectacularly. Each of the stories is compelling, and the filmmaking in each heightens the horrors that the family is facing.”
“It might be the least Spike Lee Spike Lee film, but he and cinematographer Matthew Libatique make sure that it is still very much a Spike Lee film at least in tone and feel.”
“…Lee wants us considering the ripple effects that these cold-blooded killings have on a hyper-proud, hyper-macho and fiercely tight-knit community…”
“Bamboozled doesn’t work today because its satire was strictly true in 2000. It works because it’s still true today.”
“The film leaves you in such a disquieting state, allowing for the chance to really reflect on and ponder so many of the key ideas and themes here through such a personal lens. I know I haven’t been able to shake the film for weeks.”
“The details are so particular and unique, ‘Crooklyn’ becomes immediately and infectiously transportive; it’s a step back in time in film-form.”
“The Well might tread on some familiar territory, but its well-defined characters –particularly the performance by McCarthy as the antagonist – and well-thought-out world make it perhaps not unique, but entirely believable.”
“25th Hour is one of Spike Lee's most moving films. It's thematically complex and still holds up 23 years later.”