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Reexamining the anti-racist messaging of HBO’s “Whitewash”

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Lambasted at the time for not being direct enough about race, HBO’s animated short takes on new significance in a post-BLM America.

Sylvie Soulet Posted on June 8, 2020July 2, 2020

“Black Panther,” M’Baku, and reclaiming the savage

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Ryan Coogler’s superhero film not only salvages the colonialist origins of the comic’s imagery, it reclaims them for a Black audience.

Oluwatayo Adewole Posted on April 26, 2020April 26, 2020

Watchmen Recap: “She Was Killed By Space Junk”

Watchmen She Was Killed By Space Junk
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An old character from the comics arrives reinvented, as we see the other half of the story thus […]

Clint Worthington Posted on November 3, 2019November 3, 2019

The Day Shall Come Review: Chris Morris Satire Lacks Bite

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Tone-deaf obviousness and blunt-force capitalist critiques plague Morris’ latest, letting down its good intentions with disappointing bluntness.

Matt Cipolla Posted on September 26, 2019July 2, 2020

Sword of Trust Review: Mumblecore Meets Civil War

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The South rises again thanks to the effortless comic charms of Lynn Shelton and Marc Maron.

Jonah Koslofsky Posted on July 17, 2019July 17, 2019

Sixteen Candles at 35: A Bittersweet Birthday

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Full of racist jokes & sexual assault subplots, John Hughes’ teen rom-com classic has aged like bad cheese. But is there anything worth saving about it?

Gena Radcliffe Posted on May 4, 2019August 7, 2020

Five Years Later, Ava DuVernay’s “Selma” Remains a Powerful Document of the Civil Rights Movement

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Five years on, Ava DuVernay’s gripping account of the march from Selma to Washington stresses that MLK’s fight is far from over today.

Andrea Thompson Posted on April 27, 2019August 7, 2020

The Best of Enemies Review: The Real Racism Was the Friends We Made Along the Way

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Solid lead performances are little compensation for more feel-good “can’t we all just get along?” Oscar bait.

Matt Cipolla Posted on April 5, 2019August 6, 2020

If Beale Street Could Talk Review: Love is a Battle, Love is a War

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Barry Jenkins’ sensitive, lyrical adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel is one of the year’s best, most tragic romances.

Caroline Siede Posted on December 13, 2018August 2, 2020

Green Book Review: Playing the Same Old Song About Jim Crow Racism

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Peter Farrelly’s period road movie about a black piano player and his Italian driver in Jim Crow America […]

Theo Estes Posted on November 20, 2018August 2, 2020
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