“Ludi successfully humanizes the sometimes one-dimensional idea of ‘immigrant grit.’”
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“For a film named after a groundbreaking blues icon, Ma Rainey frustratingly gets very little screen time.”
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“With two Hoffmans, a Schultz, and a Rubin, it doesn’t take a genius to realize that many of the characters in this story are Jewish.”
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“In The Legend of Molly Johnson, code switching becomes a matter of survival.”
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“What The Fabulous Filipino Brothers gets right is the way it easily employs a Pinoy lens.”
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“Watching Amin embrace his sexuality and let himself go to the soaring tones of Daft Punk is all but guaranteed to bring a tear to your eye.”
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“In the hands of a different filmmaker, Chaos Walking could have put forth a potent message.”
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“A disabled character on the silver screen who’s not solely defined by their condition is all too rare.”
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“Barb and Star proves that comedy doesn’t have to be offensive to make people laugh.”
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“By prioritizing a straight perspective, So My Grandma’s a Lesbian! pushes its queer protagonists to the sidelines.”
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“An ease with bilingualism solidifies the Latino perspective of Son of Monarchs.”
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“Sammy and Patricia tussle and yell with sheer physicality, occupying space in a way that young Chinese American women aren’t normally afforded in American media.”
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“While Try Harder! hints at the correlation between anti-Blackness and the model minority myth, it never quite threads anything together.”
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“One for the Road’s impeccable first half is let down by later scenes of misogyny and ableism.”
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“Meaningful representation consists of more than simply casting women and people of color.”
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“Period films disproportionately favor male luminaries, casting history in a skewed light where the contributions of women remain obscure.”
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“Val’s entire role depends on harmful stereotypes of mental illness.”
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“Hollywood frequently pigeonholes filmmakers of color into only telling stories about their own communities. It’s exciting to see Run depart from that harmful trend.”
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“Seeing a complex love story between two women onscreen—flawed though it may be—never stops feeling like a revelation.”
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“Mank jubilantly leans into the sexism and racism of pre-war Hollywood.”
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