“The Peanut Butter Falcon’s lesson in positive masculinity contributes to the ongoing conversation about what it means to be a man in the modern era.”
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“It matters that the filmmaker satirizing the horrors of the Holocaust is Jewish.”
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“Norton humanizes Tourette Syndrome in Motherless Brooklyn but still reinforces media tropes about the condition.”
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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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“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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“‘Not ghosts but human beings,’ reads a slogan for International Albinism Awareness Day, so it’s ironic that the sole person with albinism in Scary Stories shows up as a ghost.”
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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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“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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“Wild Rose lives and breathes feminism without ever having to comment on it.”
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“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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“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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“Long Shot openly acknowledges racial bias using a tone that edges toward satire. However, there is no real attempt at a remedy.”
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