Deborah Ross

Messy but absolutely necessary: Da 5 Bloods reviewed

Even when Spike Lee is all over the place, he’s more interesting than most other filmmakers

Isiah Whitlock, Norm Lewis, Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo and Jonathan Majors in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods.
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