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Up All Night

What the Ross Brothers nail is the sense of home and belonging, and really the emotional freedom and safety, that The Roaring 20s provides for its patrons—which anyone blessed with a reliable local can immediately relate to.

HE MOVIES ARE GRACED WITH MANY FINE scenes and moments, or should I say: enter The Roaring 20s—the dive bar where Bill and Turner Ross’s site-specific documentary takes place. Except, it’s a little more complicated than just one specific site… but we’ll get to that. For starters, know that the Ross brothers have filmed a delightful and suitably bittersweet look at a bar’s final night before shutting up shop.

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