“Decision to Leave deftly uses a Korean-Chinese language barrier to heighten the romantic tension between the leads.”
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“Tobias Lindholm renders The Good Nurse with more sensitivity than other titles in the true crime genre.”
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“Armageddon Time’s autobiographical nature should not be a pass for crafting hollow Black and female characters.”
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“The Woman King provides a template for how men can advocate for women.”
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“The Eternal Daughter uses a complicated mother-daughter relationship as its central mystery.”
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“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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“The showcase of Cape Town’s multiculturalism is where The Umbrella Men shines.”
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“Aristotle and Dante walks the right side of the line that separates stereotype and representation.”
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“Prey evolves the female action hero by incorporating quieter strengths into her characterization.”
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“The Asian filmmakers behind Easter Sunday blissfully craft a film that avoids the white gaze.”
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“It’s positive to see The Devil You Know showcase loving relationships between Black men, even if it indulges in stereotypes to get there.”
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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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“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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“Campion’s cautionary tale on the dangers of toxic masculinity remains compellingly relevant to the present.”
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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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“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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