“Omoiyari: A Song Film by Kishi Bashi delves into Japanese American history and identity, but at times its discussions on race feel underdeveloped.”
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“Thrilling, dark, and visibly diverse, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes makes for an enjoyable update to the blockbuster trilogy.”
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“Characters in The Holdovers have an assortment of disabilities—some of them normalized, but some that border on cliché.”
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“Killers of the Flower Moon stakes its curiosity in the sins of white men rather than in the rich lives and contributions of Native peoples.”
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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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“Seagrass incorporates themes of being Japanese Canadian and biracial with coherent, if sometimes heavy-handed language.”
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“Red, White & Royal Blue continues a bias for a certain type of queer presentation.”
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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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“Margot Robbie plays the main character in Barbie, but it’s Latina women—America Ferrera’s Gloria and onscreen daughter Sasha—that tug at the heartstrings the most.”
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“In Elemental, the choice to present Wade as the catalyst for Ember’s growth devalues her strength and independence.”
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“The Miracle Club’s fumbling ‘Mr. Mom’ scenes feel dated, banking on an audience that finds male ineptitude silly, rather than simply frustrating.”
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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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“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny fulfills its don’t-cancel-me quota and phones in the rest.”
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“Gwen takes on a larger role in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”
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“My burning question going into Fast X was ‘Would there be #JusticeForHan?’”
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“Characters in Gaga organically mingle Christian and Atayal beliefs.”
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“Given the pressing need for a wider range of movies that happen to feature LGBTQ relationships, The Mattachine Family should be embraced.”
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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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