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Film Reviews: New Releases for Aug. 19 - 22
Honey Don't!, Eden, Relay, Ne Zha II, The Map That Leads to You, The Streak, DEVO, Eenie Meanie
Margaret Qualley in Honey Don't! DEVO ***1/2 Veteran documentarian Chris Smith ( American Movie , Tiger King ) offers a lively 50-years-on portrait of the veteran New Wave/punk/art band that offers not just a career retrospective, but a sense of how frustrating it can be for an artist to have a message that almost nobody seems to understand.
From the initial meeting of founders Mark Mothersbaugh and Jerry Casale as Kent State University students in 1970, Smith spins the tale of angry Vietnam-era activists keen to spread a satirical message about human “de-evolution” in a chaotic time, and…
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