(Not So) Quickies: May 2016

Miles Ahead (2015) ✭✭½This is a schlocky, wrongheaded film that often feels more like an episode of Starsky and Hutch than the story of one of history's most influential musicians. Clumsily directed by star Don Cheadle, the film shows us a couple of chaotic days in the life of Miles Davis circa 1979, a period in which he had quit performing in favor of holding up in his Manhattan brownstone