Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Film round-up: January 10, 2025
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Nickel Boys, Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger, Babygirl, and Maria
STUNNING: Ethan Herisse and Brandon Turner in Nickel Boys
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ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
Nickel Boys (12A)
Directed by RaMell Ross
★★★★
CO-WRITER/DIRECTOR RaMell Ross’s debut feature takes a bold and radical look at racism and racial abuse and corruption in the United States in the 1960s against the backdrop of the civil rights movement.
Ross’s impressive drama is based on the 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, which was inspired by the now closed down Florida reform school The Dozier School For Boys, which was notorious for its abusive treatment of its students.
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