Aisha Harris
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Sinners (2025)
98%
“Jordan is at his very best here, yet more proof that Coogler might be the only director the actor's worked with thus far who truly understands what makes him a star.” –
NPR
Apr 17, 2025
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Twinless (2025)
95%
“There are some twists and turns in this dark comedy, and your tolerance for those directions may vary -- but for me at least, watching these two opposites attract and trauma-bond was exciting and satisfying. ” –
NPR
Mar 1, 2025
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Together (2025)
100%
“Writer-director Michael Shanks' third act fumbles a bit in its predictability, but Brie and Franco lock into the offbeat humor of the film's premise, and the special effects are a marvel.” –
NPR
Feb 28, 2025
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The Virgin of the Quarry Lake (2025)
79%
“Casabé uses magical realism and the macabre to explore desire, jealousy, and insecurity within a protagonist who's both extremely relatable and scary to contemplate.” –
NPR
Feb 28, 2025
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Lurker (2025)
96%
“Both actors have been around for a minute but their moody chemistry together as the star-struck barnacle and the self-serious artist crackles on screen, and could very well mark a turning point in their careers. ” –
NPR
Feb 28, 2025
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BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (2025)
100%
“Its most affecting moments are the essayistic montages of archival footage, which stitch together a clear-eyed mediation on memory, lineage, and the meaning of freedom.” –
NPR
Feb 28, 2025
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Omaha (2025)
88%
“The film is heavy on immaculately lit imagery of desert highway and small-town life and a little too lean on narrative details until the very end, but the adolescent Wright is particularly affecting.” –
NPR
Feb 28, 2025
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Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025)
82%
“Luna and Lopez are great, but this is Tonatiuh's movie -- he takes a role that could easily be a caricature of queer flamboyance and pathos, and grounds it with depth and soul.” –
NPR
Feb 28, 2025
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Atropia (2025)
41%
“The film (and especially the excellent Shawkat) juggles a bunch of different tones and it succeeds at some better than others. But it's scrappy and oddball enough to withstand some of its more scattered ideas around the stupidity of war.” –
NPR
Feb 28, 2025
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Zodiac Killer Project (2025)
85%
“Shackleton's narration is wry and astute but also wistful; he's self-aware enough to know he's drawn to this stuff just like so many of us, even as he understands its limitations and drawbacks. ” –
NPR
Feb 28, 2025
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Nickel Boys (2024)
91%
“Ross inventively remixes iconography and history to come up with something so distinct it's (almost) ineffable. In doing so, he manages to remarkably chip away at, if not fully erase, the inherent temporal divide between his subjects and the viewer.” –
NPR
Dec 16, 2024
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Wicked (2024)
87%
“Like its predecessor, it's an imperfect production that has a lot of heart and brains. If it only had the courage to tell a complete story in a reasonable amount of time.” –
NPR
Nov 19, 2024
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Anora (2024)
93%
“At its core it’s a romantic dramedy that’s gotten a lot of comparisons to Pretty Woman, though it seems even more spiritually akin to Federico Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria.” –
NPR
Nov 15, 2024
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The Substance (2024)
89%
“This is a towering showcase for Qualley and especially Moore, who might be channeling the abrasive, ever-spiraling spirit of Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest and late-period Bette Davis. ” –
NPR
Sep 18, 2024
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My Old Ass (2024)
90%
“The absence of mystical lore leaves ample space for rich character- and world-building in a tidy 90-minute package. ” –
NPR
Sep 13, 2024
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A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
86%
“Quite simply: Nyong’o elevates the franchise. ” –
NPR
Jun 27, 2024
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Hit Man (2023)
95%
“Hit Man’s final act is the kind you either go with or get frustrated by. It’s a big swing that tests the limits of suspending disbelief. But the movie’s driving theme reflects curiosity about the human capacity for change and self-creation...” –
KQED (San Francisco)
Jun 13, 2024
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Rangeelay (2013)
4/5
“Vel beatae dicta modi magnam.” –
New York Times
Apr 22, 2024
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The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024)
25%
“So many disparate ideas and tones are being mashed up here, and none of them gel.” –
NPR
Mar 15, 2024
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The Color Purple (2023)
81%
“There's enough here to recommend it to anyone who's loved some previous version of the original story.” –
NPR
Dec 19, 2023
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Priscilla (2023)
84%
“Coppola's glistening and brooding dissection of Priscilla's life with Elvis reveals a clear-eyed vision for depicting the intoxication of fame and how easily it's wielded upon the young and impressionable.” –
NPR
Nov 2, 2023
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Bottoms (2023)
91%
“In the realm of black comedies unabashedly embracing teen nastiness, Heathers walked so Jawbreaker could run, Mean Girls could fly, and so Bottoms can now proudly land in outer space.” –
NPR
Aug 22, 2023
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Barbie (2023)
88%
“It's a Barbie world you'll be more than happy to have visited, even as it confounds.” –
NPR
Jul 19, 2023
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The Blackening (2022)
87%
“Many Black viewers have yelled at the screen for the preposterous decisions made in countless movies like this one. The Blackening will be a different experience.” –
NPR
Jun 14, 2023
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The Little Mermaid (2023)
67%
“My nostalgia for the 1989 Little Mermaid, a movie I can quote by heart, has probably never been stronger than it is now. Neither has my wearied sense of déjà vu.” –
NPR
May 22, 2023
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