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Dir. John Singleton, 2000, USA, 100 min.
After emerging as an era-defining voice in Black independent filmmaking and launching the careers of Laurence Fishburne and Cuba Gooding Jr. with Boyz n the Hood (1991), John Singleton went on to direct the Tupac Shakur-Janet Jackson vehicle Poetic Justice (1993) and probe the dark history of the Jim Crow south in Rosewood (1997). By 2003, he was helming 2 Fast 2 Furious, a delightfully idiosyncratic entry in the celebrated saga.
Somewhere between those disparate career poles, Singleton rebooted Gordon Parks's seminal blaxploitation franchise, Shaft, with Samuel L. Jackson in the title role and a screenplay co-written by Richard Price of Clockers (1995), Ransom (1996), and The Wire (2004-2008) fame. The reboot is far more than a lazy attempt to cash in on an established IP; featuring some of the best police procedural dialogue in the business (courtesy of Price), amazing location photography covering practically the entire city (from Washington Heights to Gerritsen Beach), and a stacked ensemble cast (Toni Collette, Mekhi Pfifer, Christian Bale, Busta Rhymes, Jeffrey Wright), Shaft may be a rare case of an improvement on the original. –CB
Part of the series Locations, Locations, Locations.
All sales are final; no refunds or exchanges. Five minutes after the listed showtime, any unused tickets will be considered no-shows and released to standby customers.
Shaft
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Dir. John Singleton, 2000, USA, 100 min.
After emerging as an era-defining voice in Black independent filmmaking and launching the careers of Laurence Fishburne and Cuba Gooding Jr. with Boyz n the Hood (1991), John Singleton went on to direct the Tupac Shakur-Janet Jackson vehicle Poetic Justice (1993) and probe the dark history of the Jim Crow south in Rosewood (1997). By 2003, he was helming 2 Fast 2 Furious, a delightfully idiosyncratic entry in the celebrated saga.
Somewhere between those disparate career poles, Singleton rebooted Gordon Parks's seminal blaxploitation franchise, Shaft, with Samuel L. Jackson in the title role and a screenplay co-written by Richard Price of Clockers (1995), Ransom (1996), and The Wire (2004-2008) fame. The reboot is far more than a lazy attempt to cash in on an established IP; featuring some of the best police procedural dialogue in the business (courtesy of Price), amazing location photography covering practically the entire city (from Washington Heights to Gerritsen Beach), and a stacked ensemble cast (Toni Collette, Mekhi Pfifer, Christian Bale, Busta Rhymes, Jeffrey Wright), Shaft may be a rare case of an improvement on the original. –CB
Part of the series Locations, Locations, Locations.
All sales are final; no refunds or exchanges. Five minutes after the listed showtime, any unused tickets will be considered no-shows and released to standby customers.
