Clear from the first scene that this is One of Those - a They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To. Two lonely people finding solace and refuge in one another from the poisonous gaze of a repressed society. Not a moment of artifice, the whole thing - even the moments where they inevitably inflict upon another some of the vitriol and pain the world has inflicted on them - feels like a warm embrace.
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat 2024
Absolutely essential viewing. Makes America’s often obfuscated foreign meddling legible, and done against the most kick-ass backdrop of the greatest jazz legends ever assembled (unfortunate that they were being used, though). Such a shame that that era of optimistic third world-solidarity and struggle now seems so distant and naive. Give Africa a seat on the security council!
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Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé 2023
I’ll admit: before this film, I was bey-curious. Renaissance was one of my favorite albums of last year, but I’d never listened to Lemonade all the way through. I could recite Dance for You and Countdown by heart, but could name only a handful of songs from the Destiny’s Child era or even anything pre-2010.
That was then - now, I’m a bey-liever.
I am convinced that Beyoncé is the closest thing this country has produced to Michael Jackson, and…
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Gladiator II 2024
The story of America as foundational myth or manipulative fiction - would have appreciated an ending that showed what became of Rome (and what is likely coming for us) rather than the half-hearted attempt at wrapping things up to align with the ethos sympathetic to empire.
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