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By Any Means review – Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II drama provokes with horror of 1960s racism

Elegance Bratton’s civil rights drama in the Jim Crow south confronts you with almost unbearable brutality

The Guardian - US · Sep 3

Streaming: Cocaine Bear and the best ‘so bad they’re good’ films

Farcical thriller Cocaine Bear – about a drugged-up bear on the loose – follows in the knowingly naff footsteps of Snakes on a Plane, Sharknado and more

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023

The Inspection review – fiercely candid US marines drama

Elegance Bratton’s impressive tale of a young, gay, homeless Black man who joins up is informed by his own experience

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2023

In strong boot-camp drama ‘The Inspection,’ a gay man finds purpose in the Marines

Jeremy Pope gives a searing performance as the young man lacking direction, with Gabrielle Union a powerful force as the mother who initially disowns him.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 22, 2022

Don't Ask Don't Tell in "The Inspection"

Elegance Bratton on a progressive military and how neither the gay or straight male space addresses intimacy

Salon · Nov 18, 2022

Review: 'The Inspection' is a strikingly personal portrait of the military under 'don't ask, don't tell'

At the beginning of "The Inspection," Elegance Bratton's stirringly intimate drama about a gay Black man in the U.S. military, one personal hell is exchanged for another. The man's name is Ellis (he's played by Jeremy Pope), though as a Marine recruit, he's referred to most often by his surname,…

Los Angeles Times · Nov 18, 2022

How a painful chapter from his own youth revived James Gray's passion for filmmaking

"Armageddon Time," written and directed by James Gray, is one of a number of films this season drawn from the filmmakers' own personal experience: Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans," Sam Mendes' "Empire of Light," Charlotte Wells' "Aftersun," Elegance Bratton's "The Inspection."

Los Angeles Times · Oct 27, 2022

New York Film Festival fetes 60 years with eye to the future

Like a pair of moviegoers huddled in debate outside a movie theater, the past and future of film converge in conversation at the New York Film Festival, which on Friday launches its 60th edition with the premiere of Noah Baumbach’s Don DeLillo adaptation, “White Noise.”

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022

The Inspection review – military drama mixes queerness with convention

Toronto film festival: Strong performances and some smart mirroring between homoeroticism and army-encouraged hyper-masculinity lift an often formulaic drama

The Guardian - US · Sep 9, 2022