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Until Democracy Falls: Talking with Matthew Baker

  • Garrett Biggs
  • August 14, 2020
Matthew Baker discusses his new story collection, WHY VISIT AMERICA.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #213: Elizabeth Kadetsky

  • Grace Talusan
  • April 16, 2020
“I like to engage with and argue with the research; this makes the work dynamic.”
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Gentrification Looks Like Us: Making Rent in Bed-Stuy by Brandon Harris

  • Zakiya Harris
  • September 5, 2017
Harris thoughtfully examines what happens when privilege and lack of privilege are forced to coexist in the same neighborhood—and, occasionally, in the same apartment.
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Empathy Is Cheap: A Conversation with Brandon Harris

  • Lauren Wissot
  • August 2, 2017
Brandon Harris discusses his memoir Making Rent in Bed-Stuy, gentrification in New York City and Brooklyn, the homogenization of American cities by corporate America, and whiteness of film culture.
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Luke Cage: When Representation Isn’t Enough

  • Rebecca Bodenheimer
  • January 19, 2017
This show’s true strength is its diverse portrayal of African-American subjectivity and morality, amongst both the male and female characters.
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Rising Above the Rink: Remembering Bill Nunn

  • Argun Ulgen
  • October 27, 2016
In those little moments, a higher truth emerges from above the rink: with some humor, peace becomes more possible.
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Boyz n the Hood, Chi-Raq, and America 2016

  • Argun Ulgen
  • July 14, 2016
And while the faces and nomenclature between these historically discrete agents of change differ, the one governing commonality remains the same: unfettered gun ownership and correlative violence play a pivotal role.
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The Rumpus Review of 10 Cloverfield Lane

  • Sean Donovan
  • April 7, 2016
To hell with alien attacks; cinematically speaking, Hollywood’s destroying itself just fine.
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#OscarsSoWhite: Calling Out Academy Bias

  • Nicole Zschiesche
  • January 28, 2016
Instead of influencing our movie-going habits, The Academy can take its cues from us. We can continue to speak up through social media and—more importantly—our dollars.
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The Rumpus Review of Spike Lee’s Oldboy

  • Jon Busch
  • December 12, 2013
Remaking a foreign film is a dubious task. And surely, it’s impossible for those of us who have seen Chan-wook Park’s original Oldboy to really have a pure view of Lee’s remake.
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Django Take #4: Substance Amidst Spectacle

  • Ade Adeniji
  • January 7, 2013
There is an unpleasant moment about halfway through Quentin Tarantino’s new film, Django Unchained.
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