It’s strange, sad and telling that the world has had to wait until 2019 to see a big-budget screen adaption of an American hero like no other. But it’s here in theaters now, and though it shies away from depicting the familiar violence and horrors of slavery, Harriet is an […]
Kasi Lemmons
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John Woo‘s 1993 furious action classic HARD TARGET marked his debut as an American filmmaker and was my introduction to his work. I remember reading about the film when it was released and my curiosity was stirred when star Jean Claude Van Damme referred to Woo as “the Martin Scorsese […]