The revolutionary enters the private chambers of the commanding officer. He is Captain Steven J. Lockjaw (Sean Penn)—a magnificent name for a man who walks like the Terminator with a case of hemorrhoids. She is Perfidia Beverley Hills (Teyana Taylor), … Continue reading ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Nothing else matters when you’re in love. People come and go, jobs come and go, the world turns, but none of that sticks. Not that you’re oblivious to such things, it’s just that they all take a backseat to the … Continue reading LICORICE PIZZA
Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) is seventeen and pregnant. She lives in a small, blue-collar Pennsylvania town without much of a support system. Her familial relationship appears strained, as does her relationship with the father of her unborn child. He’s a jerk … Continue reading NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
The infamous Beale Street belongs to the city of Memphis, Tennessee, but every city has a Beale Street. So claimed writer James Baldwin, born and raised in Harlem, New York, on the very streets where he set his seminal 1974 … Continue reading IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Growing up is hard. Growing up in a strange land is even harder. That’s what Morris (Markees Christmas) is dealing with. His father, Curtis (Craig Robison), moved the two of them out of the Big Apple and into the 500-year-old … Continue reading MORRIS FROM AMERICA
Mitch (Earl Lynn Nelson) and Colin (Paul Eenhoorn) are ex-brothers in-laws (they married sisters). Colin’s first wife—Mitch’s wife’s sister—died a while back, but the two have kept a tentative relationship going. Why not? Once you reach a certain age, it’s … Continue reading LAND HO!
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