A director critically reexamines his 1980s childhood in 'Armageddon Time'

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A director critically reexamines his 1980s childhood in 'Armageddon Time'

James Gray has made a loving re-creation of a time and place he knows well — but this is no rosy nostalgia trip. This film is a tough-minded movie about race, class, assimilation and white privilege.
     

James Gray has made a loving re-creation of a time and place he knows well — but this is no rosy nostalgia trip. This film is a tough-minded movie about race, class, assimilation and white privilege.

(Image credit: Anne Joyce /Focus Features)

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