2019年5月13日星期一

Alana Zimmer


ph: Erik Madigan Heck

New Stuff: Alex North


Alina Phillips


Knock Down the House (2019)


A young bartender in the Bronx, a coal miner's daughter in West Virginia, a grieving mother in Nevada, and a registered nurse in Missouri build a movement of insurgent candidates to challenge powerful incumbents in Congress.

Engaging celebration of the emerging young candidates also details their difficulties and setbacks; and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is simply compelling with her sweeping enthusiasm and charisma.

Chawntell Kulkarni


ph: Faiyaz Kolia

New Stuff: National Geographic


Saffron Vadher


ph: Jamie Hawkesworth

Boyz n the Hood (1991)


The lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles.

Slice-of life approach with a great cast achieves both authenticity and heartfelt drama.

Halliwell**: "Episodic in form and over-schematic in its depiction of social difficulties, particularly those caused by absentee fathers, but it holds one's interest throughout."

Maltin***: "Sober, thoughtful look...Impressive debut...; longish, and not always on-the-money, but overall quite potent and effective."