Black Panther: Wakanda Forever mourns an icon in a messy meditation on grief

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever mourns an icon in a messy meditation on grief

Ryan Coogler and the MCU struggle for purpose in a world without Chadwick Boseman, muddying what made the first film so great.

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

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

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Martin Scorsese Is A Great Filmmaker, and Dead Wrong About Marvel

There's a lot more nuance to be found in the discourse surrounding Marvel movies and arthouse cinema.

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