The trailer for Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman is deceiving: this is definitely not a black/white buddy comedy. Ripped from the headlines, BlacKkKlansman is instead, a “social thriller”: a well-crafted dramatization of real events whose focus is racism in America and how the past continues to mirror the present. Ron Stallworth (John […]
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Today is the hottest day not only in the history of Thailand where I live, but probably some other countries out there as well. Let’s face it, nobody likes extremely hot weather. It causes many problems and conflicts. I mean, it’s an indirect cause…but it heats up (no pun intended) […]
With spring-summer approaching, I’ve been recently thinking about the many movies that take place in that warm time of the year. After going over the titles I could cover, I realized it would be a perfect opportunity to look back on the first film I ever saw by one of […]
Spike Lee’s 1992 epic biographical masterwork was a true labor of love for the director. It was first going to be made by Norman Jewison (In The Heat of The Night) but after protesting that a black filmmaker should make the film, Lee was hired to direct. During the production […]