“Kogonada’s After Yang leaves us with a viscerally Asian American experience that few other filmmakers could put on screen.”
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“Alana is constantly hit on, ogled at, or subjected to predatory advances.”
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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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“Despite some well-executed diversity, Moonfall ultimately worships at the altar of white male ‘mavericks.’”
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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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“American Underdog pines for a fantasy where women, Black men, and a blind kid fawn over a white male Christian ‘underdog.’”
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“Mars One naturally works in disabled narratives through several of its key characters.”
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“Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley had every opportunity to portray carnivals as diverse places with people from all walks of life.”
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“While race is not overtly addressed in Eternals, neither is the casting colorblind.”
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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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“Samira Wiley and Laura Harrier’s undisclosed roles were cut from Finch, leaving a cast that’s entirely white.”
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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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"Last Night in Soho reinforces biases against sex workers and people with mental illness."
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“Villeneuve’s Dune comes off more regressive than Herbert’s novel from sixty years ago.”
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“The Guilty reinforces the false belief that people with mental health conditions are ‘dangerous to society.’”
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“The Humans normalizes disability and never flattens it into someone’s sole identity.”
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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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“In Scarborough, writer Catherine Hernandez raucously celebrates the diversity and resilience of her community.”
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