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curated: why so much movie criticism, and the movies themselves, are so awful these days

Sun, Jun 06, 2021
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“[T]he denial of mythos is everywhere in our culture, and it can partially explain why so much of our approach to everything artistic, challenging, or mysterious seems reductive, dull, and unimaginative….”

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African Apocalypse documentary review: Black perspectives matter (LFF 2020)

Fri, Oct 30, 2020
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In an intimate yet shattering documentary, Black British activist Femi Nylander searches for “the imperial history they didn’t teach at school,” and finds it. Heartbreaking, provocative, illuminating.

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Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts 2020 (92nd Academy Awards) review

Sun, Feb 09, 2020
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My pick: “Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl),” a tremendous ode to the power of sports to boost girls’ self-esteem and set them free from the shackles of the limited expectations.

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The First Purge movie review: a ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ for #BlackLivesMatter

Thu, Jul 05, 2018
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This shrewd sci-fi horror franchise is as sharp as ever as it reaches yet further down into the unpleasant flipside of the American myth. A rare prequel that doesn’t feel superfluous.

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