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‘Kicks’ Is An Astonishing Directorial Debut By Justin Tipping About Manhood, Violence & Dreams [Review]
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/09/entertainment/kicks-movie-interview/
The film follows film star Lee Hayden (Elliott), whose Western film icon days are in the rearview mirror. In the present day, he makes money doing voiceovers but spends most of his spare time smoking pot and hanging out with his friend Jeremy (Offerman). But when Lee receives life-changing news, he decides he wants to […]
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The 2016 Indiewire Tribeca Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival “Good kid, mad city,” reads one of several intermittent chapter headings in “Kicks,” the debut feature from writer-director Justin Tipping. While the line paraphrases Kendrick Lamar, it aptly sums up the essence of Tipping’s slick, engaging drama about an inner-city […]
Given how the influence directors Spike Lee and John Singleton have had on millennial filmmakers — and given the extent to which new diversity-minded stories are aching to be told — it was only a matter of time before a whole new class of young black stories emerged. That idea, brewing for some time, may […]
When Justin Tipping was growing up in the Bay Area, he got the living shit beaten out of him over a pair of custom Nike Prestos. “I was alone in a parking lot at a movie theater that doesn’t exist anymore in West Oakland. I had just got my shoes, borrowed my dad’s car, and […]
Every year, the Tribeca Film Festival screens over 100 films. And every year, a few indie films shine brighter than the rest of the competition. This year, everyone is talking about ‘Kicks,’ a coming-of-age film about an inner-city boy and his two friends who embark on a harrowing journey to retrieve his stolen sneakers. Written […]