Posts tagged New York City
The Way It Is

Netflix’s Two Distant Strangers has been plugged as the Groundhog Day for black Americans, but does not allow for the rich possibility that the time loop genre usually affords.

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Mining Tension

The Safdie brothers’ Uncut Gems might be Adam Sandler’s finest performance. The anxiety-inducing ride about a New York jeweler mines tension for all its worth. But does it go overboard?

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Searching for Catharsis

Ava Duvernay’s new four-part Netlfix offering When They See Us is no easy watch. But art that is both painful and powerful is sometimes needed.

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