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Detroit
In recent years, the city of Detroit, Mich., has received plenty of attention for all the wrong reasons, especially from urban explorers who have flocked to the once great Motor City to see firsthand how both racial and class politics can sap a thriving metropolis of its cultural vitality. This movie, the latest from director Kathryn Bigelow, helps to temper that fascination with the cold realities of the city's history, one that has been too often shaped by injustice and one worth revisiting for its still-relevant lessons. Here, with frequent collaborator Mark Boal writing the script, Bigelow focuses her lens on the Algiers Motel incident during Detroit's 12th Street Riot of 1967, serving up a movie that will prove as difficult to watch as it is essential for the times. — Bret
In theaters Friday, Aug. 4
In recent years, the city of Detroit, Mich., has received plenty of attention for all the wrong reasons, especially from urban explorers who have flocked to the once great Motor City to see firsthand how both racial and class politics can sap a thriving metropolis of its cultural vitality. This movie, the latest from director Kathryn Bigelow, helps to temper that fascination with the cold realities of the city's history, one that has been too often shaped by injustice and one worth revisiting for its still-relevant lessons. Here, with frequent collaborator Mark Boal writing the script, Bigelow focuses her lens on the Algiers Motel incident during Detroit's 12th Street Riot of 1967, serving up a movie that will prove as difficult to watch as it is essential for the times. — Bret
In theaters Friday, Aug. 4