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JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH

February 10, 2021 By Leave a Comment

JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH

The religious overtones of JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH come towards the end of this searing examination of racial politics during the 1960s. And when they arrive, in a sequence that is most assuredly a shout-out to the Last Supper, director/co-writer Shaka King has earned the right, and then some, to invoke the metaphor. The… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, Black Panthers, Chicago, Civil Rights Movement, class struggle, FBI, government surveillance, racism

PAWN SACRIFICE

September 18, 2015 By 1 Comment

PAWN SACRIFICE

Chess has never been more compelling cinematically than in PAWN SACRIFICE. Whether you know nothing about the game, or you are a grand master, the story of Bobby Fischer’s rise to the world championship, and the toll it took on his already fragile psyche, has all the suspense and intrigue of an espionage thriller. That… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, Bobby Fischer, Boris Spassky, chess, cold war, government surveillance, Liev Schreiber, narrative, paranoia, PAWN SACRIFICE, politics, Steven Knight, Tobey Maguire

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