The stunning, and gripping, true story set during the violent Detroit riots is coming to blu-ray in just a couple months. 20th Century Fox announced the release date this morning along with details ont he special features. Come inside to check it out!
Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit flew a little under the radar this year, as it released against some strong competition in the box office. Despite that, however, it's still a poignant film worth checking out. If you missed out, you'll get your chance to bring it home on blu-ray on December 12th (November 28th if you want to snag it digitally):
From Kathryn Bigelow, the award-winning director of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, comes the gripping story of one of the most terrifying secrets in American history. John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) plays a Detroit security guard caught in the crossfire after a...
Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit flew a little under the radar this year, as it released against some strong competition in the box office. Despite that, however, it's still a poignant film worth checking out. If you missed out, you'll get your chance to bring it home on blu-ray on December 12th (November 28th if you want to snag it digitally):
From Kathryn Bigelow, the award-winning director of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, comes the gripping story of one of the most terrifying secrets in American history. John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) plays a Detroit security guard caught in the crossfire after a...
- 10/25/2017
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
MaryAnn’s quick take… Tense, gripping, enraging, but only about things that black Americans already know. This is a primer about racism for white people, and we must pay attention. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Detroit is a movie about racism in America for white people. It mostly does not center black characters except as victims. Its villain — a murderously racist white cop — is also its protagonist. A movie about racism in America for white people isn’t the most terrible idea ever: Detroit wants to show us white people how the systematic weight of endless injustice weighs on black people, psychologically as well as physically, because of entrenched racism, not only of the actively vicious kind but also of the “I’m not getting involved, I’m just minding my own business” kind.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Detroit is a movie about racism in America for white people. It mostly does not center black characters except as victims. Its villain — a murderously racist white cop — is also its protagonist. A movie about racism in America for white people isn’t the most terrible idea ever: Detroit wants to show us white people how the systematic weight of endless injustice weighs on black people, psychologically as well as physically, because of entrenched racism, not only of the actively vicious kind but also of the “I’m not getting involved, I’m just minding my own business” kind.
- 8/31/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
A half-century on, Detroit bears the scars of racial violence that racked it and other cities in the late 1960s.
Tensions boiled over in the summer of 1967 when Detroit Police raided an African-American speakeasy in the dead of the night on July 23. After the officers arrested all civilians found at the scene, the city began to riot in defiance, leading to a week of unrest and dozens of deaths.
Kathryn Bigelow’s new film Detroit dramatizes an incident at the Algiers Motel that occurred on the third night of the riots in which police and National Guardsmen, claiming to be looking for snipers,...
Tensions boiled over in the summer of 1967 when Detroit Police raided an African-American speakeasy in the dead of the night on July 23. After the officers arrested all civilians found at the scene, the city began to riot in defiance, leading to a week of unrest and dozens of deaths.
Kathryn Bigelow’s new film Detroit dramatizes an incident at the Algiers Motel that occurred on the third night of the riots in which police and National Guardsmen, claiming to be looking for snipers,...
- 8/4/2017
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
A scene from Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit. Photo by Francois Duhamel. Courtesy of Annapurna Pictures (c)
In Detroit, director Kathryn Bigelow spotlights the civil unrest that shook Detroit in the summer of 1967, and particularly the infamous events that took place at the Algiers Motel, when police abused a group of mostly black men and killed three. One would have hoped that 50 years on, we would be looking back those events and noting how far we have come. Sadly, that is not the case.
The award-winning director of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty tackles an event that took place 50 years ago yet seems timely now, in the light of Michael Brown and Ferguson, and other recent incidents of police violence and public outrage. It is certainly a worthy subject but the film itself has some flaws. Like in Zero Dark Thirty, Bigelow takes awhile to bring the subject into focus,...
In Detroit, director Kathryn Bigelow spotlights the civil unrest that shook Detroit in the summer of 1967, and particularly the infamous events that took place at the Algiers Motel, when police abused a group of mostly black men and killed three. One would have hoped that 50 years on, we would be looking back those events and noting how far we have come. Sadly, that is not the case.
The award-winning director of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty tackles an event that took place 50 years ago yet seems timely now, in the light of Michael Brown and Ferguson, and other recent incidents of police violence and public outrage. It is certainly a worthy subject but the film itself has some flaws. Like in Zero Dark Thirty, Bigelow takes awhile to bring the subject into focus,...
- 8/4/2017
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Algee Smith, the breakout star of Detroit, plays Larry Reed, the former member of the Dramatics. Reed is featured on the song, though he dropped out of the Dramatics and...
- 8/1/2017
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
We see .Detroit. through the eyes of Algee Smith (.Earth to Echo,. .The New Edition Story.) who stars as Larry Reed, the lead singer of the upcoming Motown group .The Dramatics.. Meanwhile, Jason Mitchell (.Straight Outta Compton,. .Keanu,. .Kong: Skull Island.) steals most of his scenes as Carl Cooper. His singular act in the film catapulted the narrative. I sat down with the actors to talk about Kathryn Bigelow.s .Detroit..
- 7/31/2017
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
I'm not sure rave reviews or buzzing awards talk are enough to express the amplitude of what director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal achieve in Detroit, a film about race riots from half a century ago. It's a hardcore masterpiece that digs into our violent past to hold up a dark mirror to the systemic racism that still rages in the here and now. Tragically, this incendiary topic could not be more timely or in need of clarifying debate. The movie begins with panels from the Great Migration, tempera...
- 7/25/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Last week was probably the best week of the year for me yet, screening wise. Not only did I lay eyes on Dunkirk at last, but I also got a chance to see Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film. That film, in case you’re not aware, is Detroit and it quickly stood up next to Dunkirk as the class of 2017. In fact, I think Bigelow’s movie is slightly better, even. With the embargo having lifted yesterday in the late afternoon, I can now begin to rave about it. And believe me, it deserves to be raved about. Detroit is something special. Bigelow and Mark Boal have done it again. This film is a docudrama about the 1967 Detroit Rebellion, also known as the 12th Street Riots. A central incident depicted is a police raid on the Algiers Motel. Known as the Algiers Motel incident, that fateful July 25th night in...
- 7/24/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
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