“Monkey Man uses tropes about women, but its inclusion of marginalized hijras works brilliantly.”
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“Ostensibly about a deadbeat dad trying to get to know his daughters, it’s the relationships between women in Reinas that provide the most satisfying conclusions.”
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“In the Land of Brothers gives insights into the casually cruel treatment of Hazara Afghan refugees in Iran.”
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“Over the course of the film, Brief History of a Family organizes itself within the context of China’s one-child policy.”
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“100 Yards neatly deviates from its more jingoistic peers by painting a slightly nuanced picture of a global port city in the 1920s.”
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“Though it shares a perspective that’s sorely underrepresented in film, Bye Bye Tiberias stands too close to its subjects.”
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“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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“Gwen takes on a larger role in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”
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“Characters in Gaga organically mingle Christian and Atayal beliefs.”
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“Polite Society draws from the personal frustrations and challenges of writer-director Nida Manzoor, who grew up in a Pakistani Muslim family.”
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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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“As a Panamanian-Chilean co-production with a Costa Rican filmmaker at the helm, diversity among Latinos organically takes place in Sister and Sister.”
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“Past Lives makes time for the minutiae that define the immigrant experience.”
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“Broker is a movie that distinctly blends Japanese director Kore-eda’s sensibilities with those of Korea.”
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“It’s wonderful to see such breadth of Black identities and skin colors in this Scottish, Glasgow-set story.”
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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 rare to see Black Muslim Americans depicted with the understated authenticity seen in To Live and Die and Live.”
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“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s screenplay makes it hard to root for Shuri.”
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“The Woman King provides a template for how men can advocate for women.”
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