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Now Playing at AFS: Reasons to Stay in the Fight

Now Playing at AFS: Reasons to Stay in the Fight

Nick BachanAugust 31, 2020Comment

The COVID Canon || Part 2: Apocalypse

The COVID Canon || Part 2: Apocalypse

Patrick PryorAugust 29, 2020Comment

DRIVEWAYS, MISS JUNETEENTH and the People We Need

DRIVEWAYS, MISS JUNETEENTH and the People We Need

Nick BachanAugust 20, 2020Comment

STREAM THIS: Cast A Deadly Spell

STREAM THIS: Cast A Deadly Spell

Tanner Carlos HadfieldAugust 14, 2020 Comment

ARTEMIS FOWL Is 2020's Essential Trainwreck

ARTEMIS FOWL Is 2020's Essential Trainwreck

Morgan HydeAugust 13, 2020Comment

Now Playing at AFS: NOTHING FANCY and New French Shorts

Now Playing at AFS: NOTHING FANCY and New French Shorts

Nick BachanAugust 12, 2020Comment

Top 10 Needledrops

Top 10 Needledrops

Alejandra MartinezAugust 11, 2020Comment

Stella Meghie’s THE WEEKEND and The Black Rom-Com State of The Union

Stella Meghie’s THE WEEKEND and The Black Rom-Com State of The Union

Graham CumberbatchJuly 23, 2020 Comment

ALIEN vs. Proletariat

ALIEN vs. Proletariat

Kathryn BaileyJuly 21, 2020Comment

Arthouse(ish) Films on Netflix

Arthouse(ish) Films on Netflix

Shelby DillonJuly 16, 2020Comment

Black Womanist Futures and Parallel Paradigms in Lizzie Borden’s Sci-fi Opus BORN IN FLAMES

Black Womanist Futures and Parallel Paradigms in Lizzie Borden’s Sci-fi Opus BORN IN FLAMES

Graham CumberbatchJuly 15, 2020Comment

B*A*P*S* And The Political Joy of Black Camp

B*A*P*S* And The Political Joy of Black Camp

Graham CumberbatchJuly 8, 2020 Comments

Youtube Rabbit Hole Vol. 1

Youtube Rabbit Hole Vol. 1

Sylvie ShamlianMay 30, 2020Comment

STREAM THIS: I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

STREAM THIS: I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

Tanner Carlos HadfieldMay 29, 2020Comment

Soundtrack to the Remitten Fever of Your Twisted Romance

Soundtrack to the Remitten Fever of Your Twisted Romance

Keaton SmithMay 28, 2020Comment

Defining One End of The Spectrum: 5 of The Worst Films You Will Ever See

Defining One End of The Spectrum: 5 of The Worst Films You Will Ever See

Ben RubinMay 27, 2020 Comment

Terror Tuesday: ZOMBI 3

Terror Tuesday: ZOMBI 3

Patrick PryorMay 26, 2020Comment

Double Dose: THE JUNIPER TREE (1990) and THE WITCH (2015)

Double Dose: THE JUNIPER TREE (1990) and THE WITCH (2015)

Alejandra MartinezMay 26, 2020Comment

CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

James StrattonMay 25, 2020Comment

THE BIG SKY: Go North, Young Man

THE BIG SKY: Go North, Young Man

Vikrant NallaparajuMay 24, 2020Comment