Review: 'The Last Black Man in San Francisco' is a gorgeous, moving ode to a city in flux
by Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
Jun 04, 2019
4 minutes
There is no shortage of lovely images in "The Last Black Man in San Francisco," from the Golden Gate Bridge wreathed in a gray morning mist to the flowers growing near the Hunters Point shipyard. But the loveliest is a Victorian house located in the city's Fillmore District - a tall, angular white structure lined with red and gold trim and covered with fish-scale shingles, with a conical "witch's hat" tower poking out of the rooftop.
The building's beauty is a matter of architectural ingenuity, but also a matter of perspective. When you see the house - carefully framed, like every shot here, in a nearly square aspect ratio - you can all but feel the filmmakers' affection streaming through
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