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Malcolm X (1992)

With the trailer of the new Spike Lee joint being released, it reminds me THAT MALCOLM X is the greatest biopic of all time!!!!!
Denzel is playing three different iterations of man, and it never misses a beat. Everything is seamless, everything flows with such a fury and purity. Spike photographs Blackness so well, the skin glistens from the screen, and I also think it is not a politic movie, but rather a movie about American man and a movie about what it means to live a life in this truly inhumane country!!! It's weirdly so hilarious too, Malcolm is allowed to just be a human going through different moods

@jayson

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May 6, 2025

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This scene from malcolm x

Does it get more masterful than Spike Lee’s direction? Does it get more masterful than the voice of Sam Cooke? Does it get more masterful than the visage of young Denzel? Fuck. So good.

@sam_mercauto27

Dec 15, 2023

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Spike Lee was the first "auteur" I ever really knew.

This is very much subject to change in the near future (I made a promise to myself to watch more than 150 films this year but I'm already on track for 365), but this is just where I'm at right now.
I've always loved Spike, Moonlight resonated with me as a queer person, and Bran Nue Dae is my out of left field pick that I adore from high school film class.

@donultrawide

Jan 15, 2025

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This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)

I am a big Talking Heads fan and that song is one of my favorite songs ever. I love the hypnotic feel and lovely lyrics. It makes me feel happy and warm. So that is my getting ready for the day song.

@samuel-hairston

Mar 27, 2025

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No other land (2024)

Such an important documentary film, and I’m glad that my local Lyric Theater showed this film. It was devastating but I hope more people watch this film. Thank you to the people who worked on this film. I’m so glad this film won an Oscar! The work done in this film is great and I would love to applaud every single one of these people that made this movie.

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Mar 27, 2025

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PEANUT BUTTER BANANA SANDWICH

I have been eating this sandwich for a long time and it tastes so good to me. I heard some people have this grilled but I don’t grill them. Make sure you grab some water while you eat because it can be hard to chew down.

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