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QUEEN & SLIM (2020)
Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Chloë Sevigny, Bokeem Woodbine, Flea, Indya Moore, Sturgill Simpson, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Benito Martinez and Melanie Halfkenny. Directed by Melina Matsoukas.

While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman, are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results, when the man kills the police officer in self-defence. Terrified and in fear for their lives, the man, a retail employee, and the woman, a criminal defence lawyer, are forced to go on the run. But the incident is captured on video and goes viral, and the couple unwittingly becomes a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people across the country.

As they drive, these two unlikely fugitives will discover themselves and each other in the direst and desperate of circumstances and will forge a deep and powerful love that will reveal their shared humanity and shape the rest of their lives.

REVIEWS Queen & Slim - A worthwhile tale with bumpy storytelling

MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL (2019)
Starring Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Flea, Juliette Gréco, Herbie Hancock, Lee Konitz, Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Jimmy Cobb. Directed by Stanley Nelson.

Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator. Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial. Genius. The very embodiment of cool. The man with a sound so beautiful it could break your heart.

The central theme of Miles Davis's life was his restless determination to break boundaries and live life on his own terms. It made him a star - it also made him incredibly difficult to live with, for the people who loved him most. Again and again, in music and in life, Miles broke with convention - and when he thought his work came to represent a new convention, he changed it again. Miles's bold disregard for tradition, his clarity of vision, his relentless drive, and constant thirst for new experiences made him an inspiring collaborator to fellow musicians and a cultural icon to generations of listeners. It made him an innovator in music - from bebop to “cool jazz,” modern quintets, orchestral music, jazz fusion, rock ‘n’ roll, and even hip-hop.

REVIEWS Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool - The man behind the jazz legend

BOY ERASED (2018)
Starring Lucas Hedges, Joel Edgerton, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joe Alwyn, Troye Sivan, Théodore Pellerin, Xavier Dolan, Cherry Jones and Flea. Directed by Joel Edgerton.

Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his family, friends, and faith.

REVIEWS Boy Erased - All the best intentions, but never quite reaches them

BABY DRIVER (2017)
Starring Jon Bernthal, Lily James, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Ansel Elgort, Jamie Foxx, Eiza González, Flea, Sky Ferreira and Lanny Joon. Directed by Edgar Wright.

A young getaway driver who relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game, but after being coerced into working for a crime boss, he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom.

REVIEWS Baby Driver - A spectacular full-throttle symphony