18 to Party
By Andrew Plimpton November 5, 2020
The year is 1984, the place is upstate New York, school has just started, and a group of eighth graders are waiting to get inside a nightclub.
The year is 1984, the place is upstate New York, school has just started, and a group of eighth graders are waiting to get inside a nightclub.
This highly choreographed concert features Byrne as an elder statesman of rock, with a relaxed and genial presence.
A story of triumph and compassion against great odds.
It documents the rage of an entire generation finally boiling to the surface.
The director has one ace in the hole: the lean, beguiling face of leading man Luca Marinelli.
The courtroom drama is definitely enjoyable, a smooth ride filled with standout performances and snappy dialogue, but it is also somewhat one-dimensional and flat.
In terms of surface-level crudeness, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm delivers some lighthearted laughs in a time when we need it most.
Racism rebranded through YouTube algorithms, podcasts, and stump speeches.
