The Hate U Give
By Kent Turner October 19, 2018
Less than two years after its publication, the young adult best seller by Angie Thomas fast tracks its way to the big screen.
Less than two years after its publication, the young adult best seller by Angie Thomas fast tracks its way to the big screen.
A tightly focused story of a family’s beloved son hooked on drugs and the cycle of using, cleaning up, relapsing in agony, and cleaning up again.
Paul Greengrass’s fast-paced and intimate docudrama is gripping from start to finish, and ultimately hopeful.
A coming-of-age story that stands out for its kinetic style and raw emotion.
An old-fashioned, tony chamber piece on the surface, the film has surprises below.
The absurdity, the humor, and the implications for today are real when a black cop joins the KKK in the 1970s
Living in displaced limbo by selling schmattes to hausfraus and recalling jokes made to the SS.
A working-class town’s relentless legal battle against the state government’s use of eminent domain, anchored by a powerfully subdued Catherine Keener.