Steph:
Blue Collar is a thought-provoking film about union politics and the working class where trust, corruption, and betrayal among men stays front and center (with the women characters—if you can call them that—relegated to the background), but I loved the performances and found this film from 45 years ago entirely relevant to today’s political climate (in which the billionaire class watches everyone else fight one another for crumbs). ⏰⏰⏰
Josh:
I can definitely see why alienated adolescent Josh declared this crushingly cynical drama his number one movie back in 1978, and it holds up pretty damn well, though despite the volatility of Pryor’s and Keitel’s performances, and the lived-in sweaty grittiness of the locations, and the script’s bracingly complex racial politics, the magic still fades a little every time Yaphet Kotto is off the screen. ⏰⏰⏰⏰
The Bare Minimum 