The Best Films of 2025
Like life itself in these times the visceral, the absurd, and the morbid all take their rightful place in our eclectic compilation of Best Films 2025.
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Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ Has Its Claws in the Zeitgeist
Ryan Coogler's Black Panther engages with deep and timely social, cultural, and psychological concepts, and completely taps into America's zeitgeist.
From the Women of Dahomey to Black Panther’s Women of Wakanda
Black Panther is more than just another Marvel blockbuster; it's a revelation in Western depictions of Africa and African women.
Black Panther Brings Much Needed “Black Joy” to the World
This movie doesn't exist in a vacuum, and there's something positive for the world to be found in embracing "black joy".
‘Black Panther’ Is Its Own Kind of Animal
Marvel Studios scores another major success, and taps the zeitgeist, by allowing Ryan Coogler free reign to make the most thoughtful, socially conscious superhero film to date.
‘Black Panther’ Turns Repeatedly to Women for Better Judgment
Will it take the Black Panther world as long as it's taken every other white comic book hero world to build itself around wondrous women?
‘Black Panther’ Is to Superhero Movies That ‘Get Out’ Is to Horror Movies
An action-packed superhero adventure, a sexy spy thriller, a palace intrigue drama, and a poignant tale about the pains and perils of leadership -- Ryan Coogler's epic Black Panther is the most personal Marvel film to date.
‘Fruitvale Station’ Is a Powerful Film That Demands to Be Viewed and Discussed
To what extent is Grant responsible for his life, and to what extent is he a product of a larger culture and society that thrives and survives on the institutional racism against African-Americans?