Drama Rated R
…isn’t true to the hard work of confession.
“Despite the way it functions as flashy entertainment, the weight of slavery can still be felt in Django Unchained.”
Drama Rated NR
Beasts, Khaki Scouts and moors…
Drama Rated PG-13
"…always aware of how this traumatic experience would be filtered through this particular family."
"…the movie’s on-the-nose vision of the man makes for an unsurprising narrative."
"…almost unbearably sensual – and not only in a sexual way."
"(Murray) erases any trace of his own comically morose persona and gives us a kind old uncle figure. Hardly a fair trade in my opinion."
"…true to the awfulness of aging, yet Haneke also unveils a trait I didn’t previously associate with him: mercy."
Black Caesar – the blaxploitation era’s response to The Godfather, as well as an heir to the likes of ’30s gangster pictures The Public Enemy and Little Caesar – is bookended by two savage beatings, both endured by the movie’s title antihero. “Paid the cost to be the boss,” declares James Brown on the soundtrack,
"…a clever-enough idea – ratty criminal enterprise as the American economy in miniature – but the movie hammers its theme home, repeatedly."
