And while this is absolutely the intention of writer/director Theodore Witcher – to push back against the notion that ‘black cinema’ was all about urban thrillers – it not only dates the film horribly, but also throws up a barrier to accessing these characters. Immediately placing us in a strange, rarefied world, where people can quit jobs to concentrate on ‘writing’, house sit in luxurious penthouse apartments, and 90% of everyone are some form of renaissance people means any notion of ‘real life’ doesn’t get a look in. All to the sounds of jazz infused poetry readings… From here, love tries to blossom, but unfortunately, those old friends miscommunication, petty jealousy and insecurity pay a visit and we follow all of these, and a host of their other friends, through make ups, break ups and life lessons. So what has been top of my far-too-unwieldly ‘to watch’ pile this month?Ī run-of-the-mill romantic drama, notable at the time for its depiction of its all African-American cast, that sadly hasn’t aged well due to its heavy reliance on all the usual contrivances associated with the genre and very little else.ĭarius Lovehall ( Menace II Society’s Larenz Tate) meets Nina Mosely ( Boyz N The Hood’s Nia Long) at a jazz poetry club, the kind of place where whispered verses are accompanied by bongos to the finger-clicking amusement of the audience. So without further ado, let's dive into this month’s releases – and in an unusual move, I’ve managed to watch significantly more than ten of these new releases thanks to a plethora of discs arriving in time for deadlines (we’ve received the most films/discs yet for a monthly review – sixteen films across twelve disc releases, plus a digital one to boot). And already the labels are spoiling us with severely high-quality films being released on some seriously high-quality releases, causing their 4K cousins to glance nervously and enviously over their shoulders at the smorgasbord of delights awaiting us and our ever-emptying wallets. So with Arrow, Criterion, 88 Films, Studiocanal and even a couple of smaller studios all releasing this month, which ones are worthy of your time?Ī big month for 4K ( Spidey, Ghostface and Gene Kelly, oh my!) lets the boutiques sneak under the radar and put out a gorgeously wide-ranging set of films that cover all the bases for physical media fans.

The year is now a third gone and the release schedules are settling down into familiar patterns.

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