“Joker suggests that mental health issues require government funding—a narrative that would actually be progressive, if the film stopped there.”
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“It: Chapter Two fails to treat trauma with any nuance or care, leaving its victimized characters high and dry.”
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“Knives Out weaves in some effective commentary on immigration.”
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“Many films set abroad borrow ‘exotic’ backdrops and locals to make their lead characters more interesting. To the Ends of the Earth avoids all that.”
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“Ruby must deal with the stigma of being a Black woman in the VERY white Irish mob. But like so many topics in The Kitchen, nothing ever comes to fruition.”
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“Based on true stories of workplace harassment, the gender-swapped tragicomedy Step Into My Office highlights the absurdity of what women regularly face.”
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“Lose yourself in this nostalgic summer retrospective, and maybe learn a thing or two about the modern history of Taiwan.”
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“Luce upends the Exceptional Negro trope.”
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“The portrayal of Bruce Lee and the othering of Mexicans has the appearance of Tarantino punching down for the sake of cheap humor.”
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“Yellow Rose deftly parallels two seemingly opposing groups: the American cowboy and the undocumented immigrant.”
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“I would love to see MJ and Peter’s classmates of color get a little more meat to their stories.”
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“Late Night spins a great message about racial diversity, but stops short at embodying it.”
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“Shaft completely misinterprets Blackness.”
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“Gender equality should be shown, not joked about.”
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“Always Be My Maybe breaks barriers for diverse talent but offers a simplistic take on the Asian American experience.”
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“Rocketman fully acknowledges—and leans into—the fact that Elton John is gay.”
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“For all of its well-meaning examinations of race, The Sun Is Also a Star rests upon troubling casting.”
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“Plus One pulls back the curtain on romance to present what a ‘perfect ending’ actually looks like.”
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“Endgame fails its female characters by devaluing them and forgets its characters of color entirely.”
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“It’s a joy to see Tsai Chin, who is now 85 years old, play the lead of an action-oriented gangster comedy set in New York City’s Chinatown.”
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