Movie of the year: "BlacKkKlansman"
Although it is set in the '70s, Spike Lee's brilliant "BlacKkKlansman" is no period piece. It is as fresh as Donald Trump calling Omarosa a "dog." As terrifying as a Missouri state House candidate saying "Hitler was right" -- and still winning his primary As chilling as hearing a commentator with Trump's ear complain that "the America we know and love doesn't exist anymore" because of "massive demographic changes." It's a movie that wants us to think about our own identity even if some forces in this country think that racial, religious and political roles are unambigous -- and if you are not one of "us" (whoever us may be) then you are to be wiped out. It asks us to consider, no matter how stupid we think some extremists are, they are nonetheless dangerous. And one of them is in the White House. Based on the memoir by Ron Stallworth, "BlacKkKlansman" follows the infiltration of a Ku Klux K...