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‘Wakanda Forever’ Gets Lost in the Marvel Machine

by Rōgan Graham

A still from The Inspection shows a Black man looking concerned, pensively at something off screen while standing in uniform in line with other military members.

The Stunning, Queer Conviction of ‘The Inspection’

by Beandrea July

A Kinship of Air

by Bedatri D. Choudhury

A still from CETTE MAISON, featuring a Black person sitting amongst flowers and greenery, inside.

At Third Horizon, Filmmakers Create Conduits for Closure

by Alexandra Martinez

Installation view of Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme: May amnesia never kiss us on the mouth. There are two large projections. The one on the left has an image of a person with big curly hair and a yellow t-shirt, they are in a forest-like setting. The text on top of the image says "WE ARE IN THE NEGATIVE" in English, beside that is Arabic text that presumably says the same. The projection on the right is a blown-out image of a group of people, their silhouettes are a bright white. The text on the image says "WE ARE IN THE NEGATIVE" in English, beside that is Arabic text that presumably says the same.

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme Counter the Colonial Logic of Disappearance

by Nasrin Himada

Two Black men stand facing the viewer in a dark, blue-lit space. Donald Glover stands in the foreground, looking off frame, while LaKeith Stanfield stands in the background, with a hand framing his left eye.

‘Atlanta’ Is Back and Bold as Ever

by Tre Johnson