Like Me
By Alasdair Bayman January 25, 2018
A highly kaleidoscopic twist in a well-worn genre of filmmaking.
A highly kaleidoscopic twist in a well-worn genre of filmmaking.
A unique, fictionalized view of the racial unrest leading up to the devastating L.A. riots
Two movies take on the concept of privilege from the outsider’s point of view in very different ways and epochs.
Julie Dash’s layered, poetic, and timeless film garnered lavish praise when it came out in 1991. It has now been rereleased on its 25th anniversary,
With more than a touch of Grand Guignol horror, this indie desperately wants to be a midnight movie,
Barry Jenkins’s film is like three short films strung together to tell one sweeping story.
Perhaps no other film this year arrived with as much expectation and coverage as Nate Parker’s directorial debut.
Familiar works such as Garden State and even Donnie Darko come to mind as Little Sister rolls on, albeit with a looser, more determinedly madcap feel.
A quiet, female-focused triptych of tales that keeps its scope quite modest.