{"id":10634,"date":"2020-02-06T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T02:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=10634"},"modified":"2020-04-27T19:28:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T02:28:54","slug":"queen-slim-love-on-the-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2020\/02\/06\/queen-slim-love-on-the-run\/","title":{"rendered":"QUEEN & SLIM – Love on the run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

from The Guardian<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Queen & Slim review \u2013 love on the run across the US racial divide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

by Mark Kermode<\/a><\/strong>, Observer film critic<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bokeem Woodbine and Indya Moore in Queen & Slim. Photograph: Universal Pictures\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This arresting debut feature from Melina Matsoukas \u2013 Grammy-award winning director of Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s Formation video, whose television CV includes\u00a0Master of None<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Insecure<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 puts new twists on familiar outlaw riffs that can be traced back through\u00a0Badlands<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Bonnie\u00a0and Clyde\u00a0<\/em>to\u00a0\u00c0 bout de souffle<\/em>\u00a0and beyond. Boasting outstandingly empathic performances from dynamite screen presence Daniel Kaluuya (Oscar-nominated for\u00a0Get Out<\/a><\/em>) and rising star Jodie Turner-Smith, in a career-making first feature lead, it\u2019s an intoxicatingly lawless lovers-on-the-run romance played out against the politically charged backdrop of racially divided modern America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shot in a dreamy natural light by Tat Radcliffe, who did such remarkable work on French-Algerian director Yann Demange\u2019s Belfast-set <\/a>\u201971<\/a><\/em>, and sensuously scored by Devont\u00e9 Hynes (aka Blood Orange), Queen & Slim<\/em>immerses its audience in an unfolding road-movie fable. While Lena Waithe\u2019s script (on which author\/producer James Frey shares a story credit) may veer occasionally into narrative contrivance, there\u2019s an emotional honesty to the central love story that rings true despite the odd note of implausibility \u2013 a sense of powerful, magical potential that burns out any first-feature flaws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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