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Ginger, an animated chicken wearing a beanie, in Chicken Run

Flewed Out: After 20 Years, “Chicken Run” Remains a Lesson in Ethical Labor

by Dejan Jotanovic
January 16, 2020 at 10:42am
Ginger and her chooks taught us that collective action, coalition building, consciousness-raising, and plucky persistence are necessary ingredients for a revolution. Read more »
Grace and Frankie, two old white women, kneel on a beach

“Grace and Frankie” Expands Its World, but Loses Insight into the Women at Its Center

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
January 15, 2020 at 3:15pm
Grace and Frankie is at its best when it follows its tried and true formula. Read more »
Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne sit next to each other at a table, Haddish wears a t-shirt and leather jacket with a high ponytail, while Byrne wears her hair short and bleach blond and holds a coffee cup. They are speaking to each other animatedly.

“Like a Boss” Takes Down a Girlboss, But Loses Its Sense of Humor

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
January 15, 2020 at 8:55am
Like a Boss has a message that’s both confusing and unfunny. Read more »
Two girls, one with red hair and red lipstick, another one white with a high blond ponytail, stand by a fire in a trash can. They both look serious.

The Witching Hour: What the CW Loses to Magical Surrealism

by Meggie Gates
January 14, 2020 at 10:20am
As the CW depicts women’s coming of age stories through magical surrealism, we lose nuance. Read more »
John Cho and Issa Rae, an Asian man and a Black woman, respectively, sit next to each other at the Oscars.

The 2020 Oscars Noms Aren’t Just White—They’re Boring: A Point/Counterpoint

by Evette Dionne
January 13, 2020 at 3:05pm
Once again, the Oscars are snow white and it’s become so predictable that it’s boring. Read more »
four white women dressed in mid-century dresses in Little Women

Forever Your Girls: “Little Women” Is a Film in Conversation with Its Own History

by Jourdain Searles
January 10, 2020 at 3:25pm
Greta Gerwig offers a meditation on the novel’s biggest themes, rather than a familiar narrative trajectory. Read more »
Victoria Pedretti and Penn Badgley star as Love and Joe, a white couple standing together in a kitchen, in You

Sinister Niceness: On “You,” Killers Don’t Change their Spots

by Evette Dionne
January 8, 2020 at 1:35pm
If Season 2 is any indication, we have no choice but to overlook the obvious in favor of granting white men an inherent innocence; it’s a default. Read more »
Awkwafina, an Asian woman with jet black hair, holds a Golden Globe statuette while she smiles

Does Representation Still Matter at the Golden Globes?: A Point/Counterpoint

by Evette Dionne
January 6, 2020 at 5:10pm
Though the Golden Globes made progress around inclusion in 2019, it still has major issues with diversity. Read more »
Janelle Monáe as Veronica, a Black woman, who hugs a young Black girl. She has a long ponytail and a striped headband.

BitchWatch: The Most Anticipated Movies of 2020

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
January 3, 2020 at 4:41pm
From a strong start with Little Women to Janelle Monáe in Antebellum.  Read more »
Cynthia Erivo, a Black British woman, portrays Harriet Tubman, a darkskinned Black woman dressed in a brown outfit and holding a gun in her land with a Black child in her right arm

End All, Be All: A Roundtable About “Harriet” and the State of Black Film Criticism

by Gloria Oladipo
December 20, 2019 at 5:32pm
We need to give critics space to ply their craft without pitting them against the films, the audiences, and/or each other. Read more »

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by Gabrielle Moss
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Tina Belcher breaks all the rules of network sitcoms. That's why she's wonderful.  Read more »