“For a film that gleefully takes down those in power, Triangle of Sadness’ reliance on disability tropes feels like an incongruous misfire.”
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“Bones of Crows features a few disability tropes.”
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“Aristotle and Dante walks the right side of the line that separates stereotype and representation.”
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“The Asian filmmakers behind Easter Sunday blissfully craft a film that avoids the white gaze.”
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“Olivia and daughter Addy exert clear-cut boundaries and avoid the gendered pitfall of having to ‘fix’ the man in their lives.”
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“Depictions of gang-riddled Los Angeles leave much to be desired, but the traversing of two social worlds does feel honest to the Black experience.”
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“Though men are the main breadwinners in Belfast, Branagh successfully shows that it is in fact the women who rule the roost.”
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“It’s still sadly rare to see female characters working in STEM given the grace to be imperfect on screen.”
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“While Drive My Car counts as an easy win for multiculturalism, a male gaze persists throughout the film.”
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“CODA clearly trusts its magnetic cast to honestly portray dimensionality within a Deaf family.”
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“In a vacuum, Tick, Tick...Boom! does everything right.”
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“The issues that lurk beneath the surface of Shang-Chi leave me wondering when a necessary reckoning will happen.”
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“It’s possible to appreciate the instances of colorblind casting that increase opportunities for actors of color, so long as we don’t stop there.”
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“After Michelle Rodriguez called out F8 for its dated machismo, F9: The Fast Saga regains lost traction.”
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“The fact that Tig Notaro was cast only because a male sex offender was ‘found out’ slightly dampens the inclusiveness of Army of the Dead.”
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“Despite its oversimplification of Deaf culture, Sound of Metal generally constructs positive and nuanced characters.”
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“Only two women are given space in this story—and not much space, at that.”
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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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“In The Legend of Molly Johnson, code switching becomes a matter of survival.”
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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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