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A charming Romeo & Juliet love story, Cane River is set in Louisiana, in one of the first free communities of color. The young couple confront class and color divisions that continue to roil America to this day. Check out the trailer. On the Criterion Channel.
posted by latkes on May 18, 2020 - 2 comments

Newly arrived in Los Angeles, Fauna attempts to track down her family, including her mysterious grandfather, George Hodel; Jay continues his pursuit of the Bloody Romeo, but can't let go of the story that ruined his career years ago.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 6, 2019 - 3 comments

Pat Lee is a self-described "mixed race" teenager living outside of Reno, Nevada in the late 1960's. Jay Singletary (Chris Pine) is a burned-out reporter barely scraping together a living. When Pat finds out she was given away at birth and that neither her birth mother nor even her own name were what she thought, their paths begin to turn parallel. A limited series directed by Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman) based on the autobiography One Day She'll Darken by Fauna Hodel.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 28, 2019 - 4 comments

In the final chapter in the Rockport Limited story arc, our heroes have little time to stop their runaway train from colliding with Neverwinter, potentially ruining some other group's D&D session. Magnus takes a tumble. Merle channels Gary Sinise. Taako does some pretty dope magical stuff.
posted by Tevin on Jun 4, 2015 - 10 comments

As you might have guessed from the title of the past few episodes, our heroes' journey isn't going to be an especially calm one. Because of all the murder, I mean. Taako mourns the dead. Merle finally plays his part. Magnus does one of the absolute coolest punches ever.
posted by drezdn on Apr 23, 2015 - 8 comments