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Weekend Film Reviews

Detroit

Detroit is Kathryn Bigelow’s incendiary evocation of the riots that convulsed the Motor City 50 years ago this week.

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By Joe Morgenstern • Jul 29, 2017 • 3m Listen

Dramatically relentless and emotionally shattering, Detroit brings news from a turbulent past that casts a baleful light on America’s troubled present.

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