Warming by the Devil's Fire (2003)
Director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger) presents a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family in Mississippi in the 1950s, and intergenerational tensions between the heavenly strains of gospel and the devilish moans of the blues.
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It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
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There are women in the film, but none has anything you could call a personality.
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Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
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It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
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