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Streaming: Cocaine Bear and the best ‘so bad they’re good’ films

Farcical thriller Cocaine Bear – about a drugged-up bear on the loose – follows in the knowingly naff footsteps of Snakes on a Plane, Sharknado and more

The Guardian - UK

The Inspection review – fiercely candid US marines drama

Elegance Bratton’s impressive tale of a young, gay, homeless Black man who joins up is informed by his own experience

The Guardian - UK

RGV Punk Rocker Makes It Big on the Silver Screen

After growing up near the border in McAllen, Raul Castillo developed a lifelong love of acting and writing plays.

Texas Observer

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Review: Tough love and hard lessons in 'The Inspection'

The son of a disapproving mother heads off to boot camp to "make himself a man" — big quotes around that phrase — in "The Inspection," a tough drama that takes a while to find its center.

Tribune News Service

Movie review: ‘The Inspection’ passes muster as stellar drama

Written and directed by Elegance Bratton and based on his own life story, “The Inspection” comes out of the blue to knock you off your feet. It’s a gay “An Officer and a Gentleman” for a new generation and a new world.

Boston Herald

From homelessness to Hollywood: How director Elegance Bratton made 'The Inspection'

Bratton learned filmmaking as a gay Black man in the Marines. Then he made a movie about it.

Mic

In strong boot-camp drama ‘The Inspection,’ a gay man finds purpose in the Marines

Jeremy Pope gives a searing performance as the young man lacking direction, with Gabrielle Union a powerful force as the mother who initially disowns him.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Don't Ask Don't Tell in "The Inspection"

Elegance Bratton on a progressive military and how neither the gay or straight male space addresses intimacy

Salon

Review: 'The Inspection' is a strikingly personal portrait of the military under 'don't ask, don't tell'

At the beginning of "The Inspection," Elegance Bratton's stirringly intimate drama about a gay Black man in the U.S. military, one personal hell is exchanged for another. The man's name is Ellis (he's played by Jeremy Pope), though as a Marine recruit, he's referred to most often by his surname,…

Los Angeles Times

How a painful chapter from his own youth revived James Gray's passion for filmmaking

"Armageddon Time," written and directed by James Gray, is one of a number of films this season drawn from the filmmakers' own personal experience: Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans," Sam Mendes' "Empire of Light," Charlotte Wells' "Aftersun," Elegance Bratton's "The Inspection."

Los Angeles Times

New York Film Festival fetes 60 years with eye to the future

Like a pair of moviegoers huddled in debate outside a movie theater, the past and future of film converge in conversation at the New York Film Festival, which on Friday launches its 60th edition with the premiere of Noah Baumbach’s Don DeLillo adaptation, “White Noise.”

The Independent UK

The Inspection review – military drama mixes queerness with convention

Toronto film festival: Strong performances and some smart mirroring between homoeroticism and army-encouraged hyper-masculinity lift an often formulaic drama

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