“Shortcomings doesn’t try to force any answers on us, acknowledging the thorniness of honest, unfiltered conversations.”
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“Asian women get to be sexy, horny, and messy in Joy Ride, rather than exotified or leered at through a white male gaze.”
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“Given the pressing need for a wider range of movies that happen to feature LGBTQ relationships, The Mattachine Family should be embraced.”
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“Alejandro’s financial stress—and existential dread—in Problemista as he waits to get a visa sponsorship could just as easily have been my own.”
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“While Bottoms features a diverse cast with Black and queer main characters, it stays light on topics of identity.”
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“Women Talking doesn’t stop with what women can do for each other. It also shows what true allyship from men looks like.”
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“It feels lazy for Tár to use the one wheelchair user as a symbolic shorthand for a fate worse than death.”
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“Several interviewees in KOKOMO CITY theorize on why Black cis culture holds such deep-rooted tensions with trans women.”
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“It’s great to see someone openly queer play a leading role in a popular, mainstream movie like Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”
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“Aristotle and Dante walks the right side of the line that separates stereotype and representation.”
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“Everything Everywhere All At Once accurately captures the organic changes in language and accent that divulge a character’s underlying traits.”
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“Queer subtext has always lived hand-in-hand with The Matrix franchise, with LGBTQ representation subtle but present in Resurrections.”
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“Mars One naturally works in disabled narratives through several of its key characters.”
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“West Side Story stirs emotions of pride, especially for a nostalgic older generation. But it will never be a film that tastes of café con leche y pan sobao.”
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“While Bruised gets a gold star for lesbian representation, other stereotypes prove to be its weakest elements.”
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“In a vacuum, Tick, Tick...Boom! does everything right.”
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“The Humans normalizes disability and never flattens it into someone’s sole identity.”
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“In Scarborough, writer Catherine Hernandez raucously celebrates the diversity and resilience of her community.”
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“By virtue of so many Mi’kmaw characters, no single person in Wildhood has to shoulder the brunt of ‘representation.’”
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“Parabellum marks the most diverse entry into the John Wick franchise yet.”
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