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Dee Rees

Black History, Interviews, Juneteenth

13 min read

Tamar-kali bewitches us with her magical score for “Shirley”

by Rebecca Martin

June 5, 2020

There was no doubt that this wasn’t tokenization. I thought that was so important because- I mean nothing is perfect, a lot of stuff is flawed, that’s humanity. But you

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Chicago, Coming of Age, Halloween, Interviews, LGBTQ+

10 min read

A cult classic is in our midst with Jennifer Reeder’s teen noir ‘Knives and Skin’

by Rebecca Martin

December 5, 2019

"Knives and Skin" follows the investigation of a young girl's disappearance in a rural Midwest town. The coming-of-age film has been described as a mix of Lynchian thriller and high
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