Mami Wata giveth, and Mami Wata taketh away. The gender fluid sea siren, common to the folklore of western, eastern, and southern Africa as well as South Ame...

Nanny is a last-minute contender for best horror film of the year

Some movies, mostly to do with how they’re marketed, keep the audience guessing as to what the hell it is, exactly, right up until the moment the lights go...

Star Anna Diop and director Nikyatu Jusu give horror fans a taste of their talents in this compelling film about the immigrant experience in the U.S.

A nanny is haunted by a presence at her new role.

A Senegalese migrant’s working life turns monstrous in Nikyatu Jusu’s sharply observed debut feature

Nikyatu Jusu's debut feature revolves around a Senegalese woman working as a nanny for a wealthy New York couple and haunted by frightening visions.

Nikyatu Jusu's haunting debut follows a woman trying to make it in a world not built for her.

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Peter Rainer and Amy Nicholson review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms.

Diop has a quiet ferocity...

"Nanny," written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu, stars Anna Diop and Michelle Monaghan in a terror tale of a Senegalese woman working as a caregiver for a whit...

An undocumented immigrant working as a nanny in New York faces supernatural forces in Nikyatu Jusu's spell-binding and assured feature debut.

Sink into a surreally scary story.

While the live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid casts Black actors in a preexisting white narrative, Nanny illustrates that Black people have their ow...

Nikyatu Jusu’s new film, about a Senegalese woman who works as a babysitter in New York, plays like an immigration drama and a cruel labor farce.

Not every movie needs a horror hook

While its horror elements and overall structure lack gratification, the woman at its center, and the submergence into the spirit of her being, make it a poig...

“Nanny” is that rare sophisticated and cosmopolitan horror movie, a tale with chills and cross-cultural issues far beyond your usual nut-with-a-knife or ...

Nikyatu Jusu's thriller mixes the plight of an immigrant domestic worker with African myth to deliver a powerful, reality twisting fable of our time

Actress Anna Diop gives standout performance as an undocumented migrant in New York

Part slow-burn immigrant drama, part supernatural horror, Nanny is a spectacular dismantling of the American Dream.

An undocumented immigrant finds a job caring for the daughter of a wealthy white couple in New York in Nanny.

There are lots of themes and big ideas swirling in the new horror movie, but it fails where it counts: making you unsettled.

With Nanny, Nikyatu Jusu presents a more haunting depiction of the American Dream. Her feature debut nods to Ousmane Sembène’s seminal Black Girl while di...

Nikyata Jusu's Sundance film "Nanny" is an uneven mix of horror and character drama. It feels there’s a great movie fighting to break out.

Anna Diop's turn as an overqualified and beleaguered au pair stands out in Nikyatu Jusu's ambitious but flawed debut feature

Reviews of "The Pale Blue Eye," "Broker," "A Man Called Otto," "Nanny," and more.

In this bold debut, writer-director Nikyatu Jusu conjures figures from West African folklore to critique another myth: the American dream.

A stunning debut, 'Nanny' is brimming with incredible visuals and powerful performances.