“Code of the Freaks presents one of the most comprehensive looks at disability in film thus far.”
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“I Will Make You Mine pits three leading women against each other for the affections of a man.”
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“I Carry You With Me reveals the intersection of misogyny and homophobia that exists among traditionalists.”
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“Depending on your point of view, Promising Young Woman could be considered sexist.”
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“Refreshingly, Uncut Gems casts some of its most prominent Jewish characters with actors who are actually Jewish.”
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“An underlying ‘mean girls’ streak contradicts the feminist ideals that Charlie’s Angels tries to convey.”
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“Despite Little Monsters marketing Lupita Nyong'o as headliner, she sees her screen time eroded by other characters.”
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“Waves pushes the envelope and shows us what a nuanced coming-of-age story for Black characters can look like.”
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“The Peanut Butter Falcon’s lesson in positive masculinity contributes to the ongoing conversation about what it means to be a man in the modern era.”
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“It matters that the filmmaker satirizing the horrors of the Holocaust is Jewish.”
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“Norton humanizes Tourette Syndrome in Motherless Brooklyn but still reinforces media tropes about the condition.”
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“Knives Out weaves in some effective commentary on immigration.”
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“Many films set abroad borrow ‘exotic’ backdrops and locals to make their lead characters more interesting. To the Ends of the Earth avoids all that.”
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“Based on true stories of workplace harassment, the gender-swapped tragicomedy Step Into My Office highlights the absurdity of what women regularly face.”
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“‘Not ghosts but human beings,’ reads a slogan for International Albinism Awareness Day, so it’s ironic that the sole person with albinism in Scary Stories shows up as a ghost.”
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“I would love to see MJ and Peter’s classmates of color get a little more meat to their stories.”
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“Gender equality should be shown, not joked about.”
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“Always Be My Maybe breaks barriers for diverse talent but offers a simplistic take on the Asian American experience.”
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“Rocketman fully acknowledges—and leans into—the fact that Elton John is gay.”
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“For all of its well-meaning examinations of race, The Sun Is Also a Star rests upon troubling casting.”
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