I'm not sure rave reviews or buzzing awards talk are enough to express the amplitude of what director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal achieve in Detroit, a film about race riots from half a century ago. It's a hardcore masterpiece that digs into our violent past to hold up a dark mirror to the systemic racism that still rages in the here and now. Tragically, this incendiary topic could not be more timely or in need of clarifying debate. The movie begins with panels from the Great Migration, tempera...
- 7/25/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Attention, awards voters and pundits: the Academy Award-winning director-writer team of Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal will return to the big screen Aug. 4. “Detroit,” a sure-to-be-gripping depiction of the 1967 riots in Detroit, Michigan, will be released by Annapurna Pictures to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the racially charged events. Bigelow and Boal have turned their lens to recent history on foreign soil—the Iraq War in “The Hurt Locker” and the hunt for Osama bin Laden in “Zero Dark Thirty”—but now shift their focus to American history. Starring John Boyega as a security guard and Will Poulter as a police officer responding to the riots, the film is based on John Hersey’s book “The Algiers Motel Incident.” Read: John Boyega Is the “Star Wars” Hero You’re Looking For If the trailer below is anything to go by, the filmmaker’s skill at building tension and crafting action is as strong as ever.
- 4/13/2017
- backstage.com
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