Messy but absolutely necessary: Da 5 Bloods reviewed

Even when Spike Lee is all over the place, he’s more interesting than most other filmmakers

From magazine issue: 13 June 2020

Isiah Whitlock, Norm Lewis, Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo and Jonathan Majors in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods.

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