Category: Black
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What Sinners Gets Right About Family, Fear, and the Fight to Stay Human
The quiet ache of guilt sitting at the dinner table, the silence after a truth is buried, and the way pain is passed down like a name.
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Challengers—Blurring the Lines of Platonic and Romantic Love
What happens to an inseparable bond when love for competing morphs into competing for love?
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Media as the Evil in Eddington
Eddington attempts to capture how media is intertwined with the uncomfortable present.
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“Opus” Is Fun But Doesn’t Know Its Own Motivation
Mark Anthony Green was unable to connect all of the pieces in his debut feature film, leaving Opus as a middling entry in an already oversaturated genre.
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STRAW 2025: A Mother’s Silence Was Louder Than a Siren
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.
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New Mean Girls
This 2024 musical film is based on the Broadway show and the 2004 film of the same name with major differences.
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With ‘American Fiction,’ Cord Jefferson offers a fresh lens on the cinematic sub-genre of racial satire
Cord Jefferson’s hilarious and thought-provoking film continues a long-standing cinematic tradition, expanding the conversation around the impact of systemic racism in today’s media.
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‘American Fiction’ Speaks Truth
American Fiction is a genuinely entertaining film with a few lessons.
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The Good Deeds in ‘A Good Person’
‘A Good Person’ makes it clear that forgiveness is hard.
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‘You Are My Home’ and Only Hope
A homeless girl faces depression and uncertainty during the holidays.