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Friday’s openings redux: Miles of jazz

Dan Webster

In addition to the mainstream openings (see below), Friday will feature a second-run showing of the jazz biopic "Miles Ahead" at the Magic Lantern (the film played for a week previously at AMC River Park Square).

"Miles Ahead" stars Don Cheadle as the controversial, talented trumpet player Miles Davis, who died in 1991. Following are some of the critical comments about the film, which Cheadle wrote, directed and starred in:

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: "Miles Ahead is more a provocative character sketch than a meaty portrait, but it's a film that should be applauded for its daring, and for Cheadle's shape-shifting, soul-baring work."

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: "Purists may howl, but they'll also miss the pleasure and point of this playfully impressionistic movie."

David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: "Its freeform riffs on highs and lows from the musician's life are a fine example of structure emulating the ever-evolving style of an artist defined by unrelenting experimentation."

Other Magic Lantern news: The theater will be closed Thursday, May 5. On Friday, May 13, the theater is scheduled to open the Danish import "Men & Chicken."