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Class Issues and Identity in South Korean Cinema

Class Issues and Identity in South Korean Cinema

Bryan HempelOctober 3, 2020Comment

Now Playing at AFS: Stories About Art as Communication

Now Playing at AFS: Stories About Art as Communication

Nick BachanOctober 3, 2020Comment

Now Playing at AFS: Stories About Reclaiming Space

Now Playing at AFS: Stories About Reclaiming Space

Nick BachanOctober 2, 2020Comment

The Feminine Mashriq: WADJDA

The Feminine Mashriq: WADJDA

Emily BasmaSeptember 24, 2020Comment

Now Playing at AFS: Stories About What Haunts Us

Now Playing at AFS: Stories About What Haunts Us

Nick BachanSeptember 21, 2020Comment

Now Playing at AFS: Stories About Growing Up

Now Playing at AFS: Stories About Growing Up

Nick BachanSeptember 18, 2020Comment

The Feminine Mashriq: THE SILENCES OF THE PALACE

The Feminine Mashriq: THE SILENCES OF THE PALACE

Emily BasmaSeptember 15, 2020Comment

The Feminine Mashriq: CARAMEL

The Feminine Mashriq: CARAMEL

Emily BasmaSeptember 8, 2020Comment

The Feminine Mashriq: WAJIB

The Feminine Mashriq: WAJIB

Emily BasmaSeptember 1, 2020Comment

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