2013. Moscow. In the basement of an old mansion, the remains of an unknown person have been found. To examine the find, police officer Anton Ermolaev and forensic expert Ekaterina Luzina arrive. They immediately determine that the skeleton belongs to a person who lived in the 19th century. Taking everything they found as evidence and making their way to the surface, they discover that they have traveled back in time and are now in 1879.
“The most disrespected person in America is the Black Woman/the most unprotected person in America is the Black Woman,” Director Spivey Jr quotes. The quotes are absolutely true. Misogynoir is a devastating social ill that is not given the weight it is due.
Not every silence is empty. Some are filled with things too heavy for words.
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
This current year, as well as the past several, has seen a slowly building increase in something the horror genre has required for quite a while in this critic's opinion...originality. I've stated before that I am very hard to please when it comes to this vein of the film industry's offerings, always leaning more towards that which sends chills through my very being in lieu of buckets of blood and gore.
As a musical fan, I enjoyed the film and encourage anyone who likes dark humour and a bit of blood to give it a watch.
