“Nomadland presents older characters, many living with disabilities, unvarnished but with endless empathy.”
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“Critics from Western countries often ask why Bora Kim depicts bisexuality in House of Hummingbird.”
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“Grounded by its specific following of a Black Texan community, Miss Juneteenth manages to carve out a unique voice in a crowded field.”
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“In these times of upheaval, The Half Of It makes the perfect getaway car.”
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“Selah and the Spades makes no assumptions about sexuality.”
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“Atlantics depicts Islam with matter-of-factness: No explanation, no exoticization, nor hiding some of its uglier practices.”
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“Hustlers hits a home run with its wider allegory to capitalism in America.”
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“Clemency ‘shows’ rather then ‘tells’ its inclusive tenets.”
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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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“Yellow Rose deftly parallels two seemingly opposing groups: the American cowboy and the undocumented immigrant.”
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“Late Night spins a great message about racial diversity, but stops short at embodying it.”
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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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“It’s a joy to see Tsai Chin, who is now 85 years old, play the lead of an action-oriented gangster comedy set in New York City’s Chinatown.”
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“Wild Rose lives and breathes feminism without ever having to comment on it.”
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“While Fast Color adopts some comic book conventions, they’re wrapped in feminist allegory.”
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“Booksmart feels baked in sexual diversity.”
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“The Wilsons leap over stereotypes about dark-skinned Black characters and embody another aspect of their identities—their upwards mobility.”
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“The Weekend feels quietly radical with its rendering of Black characters in roles we normally see reserved for the white upper middle class.”
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“Captain Marvel centers a white protagonist but offers significantly more fleshed-out roles for Fury and Maria that rise above sidekick status.”
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“We’re in good hands with Numa Perrier, who wraps you in a cocoon of safety as we traverse Jezebel’s difficult material together.”
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