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close reads July 15, 2021

When Presented With a Black Gaze, the Emmys Turned AwayThis year’s nominations struggled to recognize works that approach Black stories as three-dimensional portraits, rather than blunt, thematic hammers.

By Robert Daniels
oscars 2021 Apr. 20, 2021

We’ve Been Having the Same Fights About the Oscars for 70 YearsFrom Parasite to Green Book, many of the Oscars fights of recent years are actually reprises of controversies from days of old.

By Nate Jones

our streaming future Dec. 29, 2020

Is It a Movie or Is It TV? And Does Anyone Really Care?After nearly a year of watching everything on the same damn screen, four critics attempt to talk through an unkillable debate.
promising young movies Dec. 20, 2020

The L.A. Film Critics Association Names Small Axe Their Best Picture of 2020Turn on “Silly Games” and let’s get this discourse going.

By Rebecca Alter
log off Dec. 4, 2020

Letitia Wright Apparently Not Sorry for Tweeting Anti-Vaccine Video“My intention was not to hurt anyone,” the Black Panther star responded.

By Zoe Haylock
movie review Nov. 27, 2020

Small Axe Is a RevelationSteve McQueen’s Lovers Rock is undoubtedly one of the most transfixing films of the year.

By Angelica Jade Bastién
how everything works Nov. 17, 2020

How Steve McQueen Pulled Off the Year’s Greatest Movie SceneLovers Rock shows what happens when white people aren’t looking — the rapture in black joy.

By Hunter Harris