‘Lovecraft Country’ Is a Necessary Reimagining of Genre Fiction

If the title of Lovecraft Country doesn’t let you know what you’re in for, the opening sequence does. First comes young Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) humping his way through a Korean War trench battle while planes roar overhead and dramatic music swells. As he crests a hill and the black-and-white scene gives way to technicolor, […]