“Moonlight Sonata is an affecting work that gives full texture to the meaning of being deaf, hard of hearing, or having loved ones in the community.”
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“While Fast Color adopts some comic book conventions, they’re wrapped in feminist allegory.”
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“Booksmart feels baked in sexual diversity.”
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“Michelle Yeoh continues to be #LifeGoals.”
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“The Wilsons leap over stereotypes about dark-skinned Black characters and embody another aspect of their identities—their upwards mobility.”
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“The Weekend feels quietly radical with its rendering of Black characters in roles we normally see reserved for the white upper middle class.”
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“Captain Marvel centers a white protagonist but offers significantly more fleshed-out roles for Fury and Maria that rise above sidekick status.”
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“Native Son challenges society to stop objectifying Black culture, showing how worshiping it can be just as dehumanizing as loathing or fearing it.”
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“We’re in good hands with Numa Perrier, who wraps you in a cocoon of safety as we traverse Jezebel’s difficult material together.”
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“Romantic Comedy recaps the flotsam and jetsam of gender and media studies you may have come across in your lifetime.”
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“Vice comes off as a boys’ club that has its heart in the right place but ultimately succumbs to its own self-importance.”
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“What Men Want never reaches for lazy stereotypes to garner its many laughs.”
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“Singer has been repeatedly accused of sexual assault against underage boys, leading to a thick cloud of unease that hangs over Bohemian Rhapsody.”
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“Vai amplifies Pacifika filmmaking with its slate of 9 directors, all of them indigenous women.”
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“Green Book stuns with its gleeful swan dive into gender roles, complete with petite women stuffed into hourglass corsets and a leading lady we never see outside the kitchen.”
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“The Farewell dives straight into the deep end with authentic representation, handily revealing the infinite diversity within Chinese identity alone.”
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“Lack of racial diversity in Bumblebee is tempered by a complex female lead, with the end result of a rockin’ movie guaranteed to make your Millennial soul soar.”
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“Chloé Zhao’s The Rider serves as a testament for why making the extra effort to tell underrepresented stories matters.”
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“Hereditary literally demonizes a transgender spirit.”
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“I’m flummoxed by how many new (and progressive!) films still fail the laughably easy Bechdel Test.”
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