The Spook Who Sat by the Door 1973

Vincent Canby, New York Times: It is such a mixture of passion, humor, hindsight, prophecy, prejudice and reaction that the fact that it's not a very well-made movie, and is seldom convincing as melodrama, is almost beside the point. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Possibly the most radical of the blaxploitation films of the 70s, this movie was an overnight success when released in 1973, then was abruptly taken out of distribution for reasons still not entirely clear. Read more