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Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed.

2/22/19

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For a kinder, gentler take on A Star Is Born, try Judy Garland’s Easter Parade

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2/21/19

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For a subtler tale of friendship on the road, let Green Book guide you to The End Of The Tour

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2/20/19

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Guillermo del Toro built his own blockbuster around the steely cool of a black Marvel superhero

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2/18/19

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Love Roma? Then check out this gorgeous triptych from a kindred spirit of Alfonso Cuarón

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

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2/15/19

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There are glimmers of BlacKkKlansman’s fire in an earlier Best Picture winner about American hate

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2/14/19

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Decades before Vice, another political dramedy examined the business of politics

Jesse Hassenger

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2/13/19

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There’s way more bohemian rhapsody in this earlier biopic of a stylish queer icon

Lawrence Garcia

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8/23/18

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Sliding Doors split life in two for Gwyneth Paltrow

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8/22/18

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Mulan’s gender politics haven’t aged so gracefully

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8/21/18

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Bulworth’s politics remain timely, even if Warren Beatty’s awful rapping doesn’t

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6/15/18

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Blacula blew some fresh air into a musty genre crypt

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6/14/18

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James Brown soundtracks one of blaxploitation's most cynical films

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6/12/18

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The Mack remains one of blaxploitation’s most artistically ambitious films

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6/11/18

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The original Super Fly is more than a blaxploitation time capsule with a killer soundtrack

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6/8/18

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Don’t Look Now’s ending still shocks, even if its famous sex scene doesn’t

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6/7/18

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Pontypool puts a wicked intellectual twist on a horror trope

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6/6/18

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Reality turns into nightmare in the underappreciated horror classic Jacob’s Ladder

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6/5/18

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The unclassifiable Kill List is an unsettling odyssey to the dark side

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

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6/1/18

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Chow Yun-fat rose to stardom as a scene-stealing rogue in an early John Woo classic

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5/31/18

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You don't get a bead on Drug War's snitch until the electrifying final shootout

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