The Burial: Movie Review

Taking down greed and racism in an entertaining crowd-pleaser.

The biggest crowd-pleaser you’ll find this year. A highly entertaining court room drama about good guys vs bad guys. There might be a few minor misdirections on which one is which, but it’s all due to how they play the race card. A story which is seemingly not about race at all turns out to be very racially motivated thanks to a smart observant young lawyer.		2023 Directed by: Maggie Betts Screenplay by: Doug Wright, Maggie Betts, Jonathan Harr Starring: Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Mamoudou Athie

Rustin: Movie Review

A biopic that matches its lead character.

Rustin starts a little chaotically; a jazz score with Bayard Rustin (Colman Domingo) in various political offices with various political bigwigs and African American leaders. It feels out of sorts and difficult to get into, and while it’s not obvious at first, this is very much on purpose. Rustin is a traditional biopic but it tries to skirt familiarity by giving the film the same personality as its subject.		2023 Directed by: George C. Wolfe Screenplay by: Julian Breece, Dustin Lance Black Starring: Colman Domingo

Reality: Movie Review

An FBI transcript turned into a riveting true story.

Reality takes a new spin on the based-on-a-true-story genre by presenting a word-for-word real-time account of something that most of us probably only know from headlines in the news. And wow does this style ever work. It is impressive how much our perceptions of the story and the people shift and suspense has been packed in as the filmmakers follow the actual transcript of the FBI raid and interrogation of Reality Winner.		2023 Directed by: Tina Satter Screenplay by: Tina Satter, James Paul Dallas Starring: Sydney Sweeney