The Public
2019, PG-13, 122 min.
Directed by Emilio Estevez, Starring Emilio Estevez, Christian Slater, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling, Michael K. Williams, Alec Baldwin, Richard T. Jones, Bryant Bentley.

Not reviewed at press time. The value and meaning of public spaces discussed in this humor-tinged drama about a group of people experiencing homelessness who stage a sit-in at a public library as a cold front engulfs Cincinnati.

This article appears in April 5 • 2019.

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