The movies have hardly ever told the story of jazz through the lens of Black life. In the past few years, jazz has shown up onscreen most prominently in the work of Damien Chazelle. While “Sylvie’s Love” hinges on a “Paris Blues”-like tension between art and romance, the two are ultimately able to coexist. “Sylvie’s Love” takes that conflict and melts it away, as a great screen romance can. “This is the moment where I fell in love with jazz,” Joe says, recalling the first time he stepped into a jazz club as a kid.

Source: bd News24 December 30, 2020 04:41 UTC