BlacKkKlansman

It’s odd that there are two comedies currently playing that hinge on black men sounding white on the phone, but here we are. BlacKkKlansman is an exceptionally stylish adaptation of a 2014 memoir by Ron Stallworth (John David Washington), the first black police officer in Colorado Springs. In the mid-70s, Stallworth and a white stand-in (Adam Driver) infiltrated the Klan and became phone buddies with national leader David Duke (Topher Grace). Director Spike Lee is never subtle – the film’s wives and girlfriends are its most outspoken ideologues – and he’s not shy about connecting some dots that the audience (hopefully) doesn’t need connected, but the intensity builds until a big operatic finale. Harry Belafonte even makes a cameo.

BlacKkKlansman is currently playing at Showcase Cinemas (Providence Place/Warwick only), Cinemaworld Lincoln, Mystic Luxury Cinemas, and Regal Cinemas Bellingham