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C
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The Mastermind
(2025)
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Chris Akiba
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The Mastermind stands out for its character-driven narrative and immersiveness, but stereotypes are allowed to play out without interrogation.
Posted Feb 01, 2026
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D
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Moses the Black
(2026)
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Li Lai
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Moses the Black has no curiosity about its characters beyond how they fit the mold of St. Moses’ story.
Posted Jan 30, 2026
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C
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Joybubbles
(2026)
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Li Lai
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Joybubbles' floaty approach makes it difficult to get invested in the film’s interesting topics of disabled excellence, counterculture, and tech history.
Posted Jan 28, 2026
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A
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Cookie Queens
(2026)
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Li Lai
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As a parent, Cookie Queens' quiet scenes resonated, mirroring my own primordial need to stay physically connected to my 1- and 3-year-olds for as long as they’ll let me.
Posted Jan 28, 2026
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B+
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Bedford Park
(2026)
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Li Lai
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Bedford Park makes a lovely addition to the library of Asian American stories that interrogate our complicated histories in this country.
Posted Jan 25, 2026
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B+
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Everybody To Kenmure Street
(2026)
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Li Lai
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Everybody to Kenmure Street capably includes the women who were integral to the protest’s success.
Posted Jan 24, 2026
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B-
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Lilo & Stitch
(2025)
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Clint Worthington
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The plot differs from the original Lilo & Stitch, and its new depiction of foster care in Native contexts has uncomfortable implications.
Posted Jan 05, 2026
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C
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The Dutchman
(2025)
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Li Lai
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With a preference for archetypes over character development, The Dutchman doesn't add anything new to existing conversations about being Black in America.
Posted Jan 02, 2026
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B+
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A Nice Indian Boy
(2024)
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Ishmeet Nagpal
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Familiar references and attention to detail make A Nice Indian Boy feel authentically Indian despite being set in the West.
Posted Dec 30, 2025
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A-
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The Mother and the Bear
(2024)
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Li Lai
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The Mother and the Bear presents a powerful look at parenthood and celebrates personal growth at any age.
Posted Dec 30, 2025
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B
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One Battle After Another
(2025)
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Gavin Spoors
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One Battle After Another tackles stereotypes but doesn’t give characters enough depth to subvert them.
Posted Dec 29, 2025
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B
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Hamnet
(2025)
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Carolyn Hinds
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Hamnet breathes life into an unknown woman.
Posted Dec 23, 2025
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C+
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Wicked: For Good
(2025)
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Gavin Spoors
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Even though Wicked: For Good imparts an awful message about friendship, it isn’t enough to derail the film thanks to Grande and Erivo’s committed, brilliant performances.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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A
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Sinners
(2025)
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Deborah Mouton
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Sinners explores intraracial conflicts, showcasing the diversity of Black Americans.
Posted Dec 10, 2025
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C
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Merrily We Roll Along
(2025)
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Li Lai
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The barrage of close-ups feels limiting. The viewer is cut from having any spatial awareness, and we lose the understanding of set design or actors’ blocking when scenes jump from emotive face to emotive face.
Posted Dec 05, 2025
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C
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H Is for Hawk
(2025)
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Sarah Manvel
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H is for Hawk irons out the most interesting complexities of Helen Macdonald’s lived experience.
Posted Dec 02, 2025
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D
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Nuremberg
(2025)
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Li Lai
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In a sometimes cavalier movie like Nuremberg, the invocation of horrific archival footage feels misguided, even callous.
Posted Nov 10, 2025
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D
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Violent Ends
(2025)
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Li Lai
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Without a single original idea, Violent Ends just doesn't hold up.
Posted Nov 03, 2025
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D
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Blue Moon
(2025)
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Li Lai
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No matter how sharply Margaret Qualley plays Blue Moon’s blond bombshell, there’s no fixing a script that spends most of its time objectifying her.
Posted Oct 24, 2025
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C+
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After the Hunt
(2025)
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Gavin Spoors
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On the one hand, After the Hunt is visually entertaining, and the terrific acting carries the film. But it feels outdated in its surface-level commentary on #MeToo.
Posted Oct 17, 2025
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C+
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Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
(2025)
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Li Lai
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While the visuals lean heavily into traditional gender coding, Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie avoids toxic messages.
Posted Sep 24, 2025
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C-
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Adulthood
(2025)
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Li Lai
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To its credit, Adulthood does weave in disability storylines without sensationalizing them.
Posted Sep 21, 2025
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B
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Doin' It
(2024)
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Li Lai
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The cultural references in Doin’ It suffer from oversimplification.
Posted Sep 17, 2025
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A-
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The Sun Rises on Us All
(2025)
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Li Lai
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The Sun Rises On Us All demonstrates an intimacy with women’s experiences around healthcare and fertility, with certain moments feeling plucked from my own life.
Posted Sep 12, 2025
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A
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Meadowlarks
(2025)
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Li Lai
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While Meadowlarks occasionally lapses into melodrama, it succeeds in its most important mission—elevating the stories of 60s Scoop survivors.
Posted Sep 11, 2025
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B
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Modern Whore
(2025)
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Li Lai
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Modern Whore challenges the desexualization of disabled people in mainstream narratives.
Posted Sep 10, 2025
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C-
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Weapons
(2025)
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Gavin Spoors
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Weapons squanders its potential by rehashing outdated stereotypes.
Posted Aug 09, 2025
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B
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The Bad Guys 2
(2025)
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Li Lai
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The Bad Guys 2 gives a stellar blueprint for how a franchise can tweak older material to suit today’s audiences.
Posted Aug 05, 2025
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B
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Twinless
(2025)
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Gavin Spoors
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Whether it’s on screen as Dennis, or behind the camera as a writer-director, Sweeney is a storyteller to keep an eye on.
Posted Aug 04, 2025
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D
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Smurfs
(2025)
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Li Lai
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Is it too much to ask for a kids’ movie to skip the value judgments on food and body size?
Posted Jul 20, 2025
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B
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Jurassic World Rebirth
(2025)
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Gavin Spoors
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The diversity in Jurassic World Rebirth feels like more than just box-ticking.
Posted Jul 17, 2025
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5/5
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Worth the Wait
(2025)
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Carolyn Hinds
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The perfect rom-com balances the tingling excitement of love at first blush with the more serious elements of a relationship once the “honeymoon phase” has ended.
Posted Jun 20, 2025
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B
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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
(2024)
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Li Lai
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For today’s teens and twentysomethings, who find romantic storylines overblown, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is a nice option.
Posted May 30, 2025
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B-
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
(2025)
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Gavin Spoors
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The women of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning are instrumental to saving the world.
Posted May 26, 2025
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C-
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Warfare
(2025)
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Gavin Spoors
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Warfare brilliantly recreates the nightmare the SEALs went through, but at the cost of sidelining Iraqis.
Posted Apr 29, 2025
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A
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The Wedding Banquet
(2025)
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Li Lai
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The Wedding Banquet’s abundance of angst reduces the overall impact, leaving a low thrum of emotion rather than the gut punches that explode out of pent-up tension.
Posted Apr 17, 2025
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D
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Opus
(2025)
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Joshua Harris
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There’s an opportunity here to explore the specific struggles of Black women, but Opus doesn’t take the bait.
Posted Apr 05, 2025
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C-
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The Penguin Lessons
(2024)
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Li Lai
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The Penguin Lessons comes off as well-meaning but wrong-footed.
Posted Mar 19, 2025
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C-
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A Complete Unknown
(2024)
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Clint Worthington
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A Complete Unknown is really about a few white men dueling over the fate of folk, with little room for the Black artists who created the genre in the first place.
Posted Feb 26, 2025
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C+
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The Brutalist
(2024)
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Ro Moore
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Isaach De Bankolé makes the most of very little, but it’s not enough to uplift a script that only depicts Blackness through stereotypes.
Posted Feb 25, 2025
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B
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I'm Still Here
(2024)
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Joshua Harris
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Against the backdrop of Brazil’s military dictatorship, I’m Still Here draws poignant parallels to contemporary struggles for justice.
Posted Feb 24, 2025
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C+
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The Substance
(2024)
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Monique Jones
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Despite its supposed feminist credentials, The Substance doesn’t exactly walk the walk.
Posted Feb 19, 2025
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D
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Nightmare Alley
(2021)
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Alexandra Parker
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Nightmare Alley had every opportunity to improve on the original film by portraying carnivals as the diverse places they are, with people from all walks of life. They didn’t.
Posted Feb 14, 2025
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C
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Chemical Hearts
(2020)
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Alexandra Parker
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Rather than interrogate disability stereotypes, Chemical Hearts employs them to stunting effect.
Posted Feb 14, 2025
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F
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Emilia Pérez
(2024)
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Alexandra Parker
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Several great movies centering trans characters came out in 2024. Yet it is Emilia Pérez that has soaked up all the awards attention.
Posted Feb 13, 2025
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C+
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Challengers
(2024)
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Joshua Harris
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While technically accomplished, Challengers essentially treats queerness as a punchline or fan-bait.
Posted Feb 06, 2025
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B
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Heightened Scrutiny
(2025)
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Li Lai
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Though Heightened Scrutiny lacks the polish of the filmmakers’ previous film, its urgency overrides that detraction.
Posted Jan 29, 2025
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B-
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Third Act
(2025)
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Li Lai
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Third Act drifts out to sea, hinting at a wide range of topics without drilling down into any.
Posted Jan 28, 2025
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C+
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Conclave
(2024)
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Sarah Manvel
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Conclave provokes a great deal of thought, but unfortunately, some stereotypes linger.
Posted Jan 26, 2025
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D
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Star Trek: Section 31
(2025)
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Li Lai
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Disability tropes strongly undercut Star Trek: Section 31’s inclusivity.
Posted Jan 23, 2025
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