It’s a British film, and it’s over five hours long all told, but The Red Riding Trilogy is a masterpiece, and there’s nothing new that’s better worth your time. In many ways it feels like more than a movie, or three movies, and more like a unified field theory of human darkness and modern social evil, splayed out in grueling, fascinating long form. It spans a full decade of fictional history in the nastiest chunk of “the North Riding” of Yorkshire, with dozens of characters, many of whom seem like neglectable supporting nobodies until they bloom later on as primary figures of malice or guilt or fermented secrets.
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On DVD: The Epic, Rule-Breaking Masterpiece Red Riding Comes Home
