BLACKKKLANSMAN

Spike Lee's BLACKKKLANSMAN is up there with his DO THE RIGHT THING in terms of working perfectly as a movie. As you've probably heard, the new movie is based on a  true story, but what makes it most satisfying are often scenes that are totally made up (which has drawn some strong criticism, but those scenes make the story work as a movie).

John David Washington (also known as Denzel's son) does a great job in the leading roll as a black cop who infiltrates the KKK, and Adam Driver is as good as he's ever been as the white cop who fronts for Washington's character. There's a lot of good acting and storytelling, and lots of new, as well as familiar, cinematic tricks from Lee. Not to be missed.