screen review

Please, Take the Blue Pill: "The Matrix Resurrections" Review

Keanu Reeves, as Neo in The Matrix Resurrection, in a long black coat and inside of a warehouse.
by Grace Lavery
December 22, 2021 at 3:45pm
Down the rabbit hole goes Thomas Anderson and so, therefore, must we, into “The Matrix Resurrections.”
Halsey dressed in a black crown, veil, and ornate gown with bold shoulders that leak upwards in watercolor.

Personal Parallels: Halsey’s Gothic Film Is a Gendered Journey Through Pregnancy

by Rachel Saywitz
November 9, 2021 at 3:46pm
“I am not a woman, I’m a god / I am not a martyr, I’m a problem.” Read more »
Steve Zahn as Mark, a distraught white man sitting at the bar beside iMurray Bartlett as Armond, a white man wearing a colorful shirt, in The White Lotus

“The White Lotus” Shines Its Tiki Torch on Settler Colonialism

by Dejan Jotanovic
September 2, 2021 at 9:00am
The White Lotus looks to critique masculinity and its many toxicities. Read more »
Jesse Leigh, a Chinese and American nonbinary actor, stands with a clip board and short brown hair next to Dana L. Wilson, a Black woman with shoulder-length black hair.

Land Mine: Did “Rutherford Falls” Need to Center a White Guy?

by Amanda Gokee
August 18, 2021 at 10:05am
The story draws on a narrative that has gained traction in the reckoning around race and history. Read more »

Making Waves: In “Luca” and “Wolfwalkers,” Monstrousness Is a Queer Metaphor

by Marina Watanabe
July 28, 2021 at 9:00am
While the two films feature protagonists’ attempts to assimilate into human culture, they also ultimately do so under the threat of violence and discrimination. Read more »
Eleanor Wong, an Asian American teenager wearing an orange outfit, Fabiola Torres, a mixed-race teenager with an afro, and Devi Vishwakumar, an Indian American teenager, stand next to each other looking appalled in Never Have I Ever

Big Time Crush: “Never Have I Ever” Loses Itself In a Teenage Love Triangle

by Mansee Khurana
July 22, 2021 at 11:44am
Never Have I Ever is like a teenager: It wants to be popular, relatable to everyone, and alienating to no one. Read more »
Anjana Vasan as Amina, a brown-skinned, thin woman with a hijab, who is playing the guitar in We Are Lady Parts

Bring the Noise: “We Are Lady Parts” Chooses Joy Over Judgement

by Aaliyah Dasoo
July 16, 2021 at 11:44am
No trauma porn, no white saviors. Read more »
A photo of actors Aisha Dee, a biracial woman with curly black hair, Meghann Fahy, a white woman with light brown hair, and Katie Stevens, a white woman with long, dark brown hair, are hugging on the set of their show The Bold Type.

Dressed for Comfort: The Series Finale of “The Bold Type” Is Fashionably Emotional

by Addissyn House
July 6, 2021 at 4:35pm
The series finale of The Bold Type is a call back to the five seasons Kat, Jane, and Sutton shared on Freeform. Read more »
Riley Keough as Stefani, a thin, white woman with a blond ponytail, looks at Taylour Paige as Zola, a thin Black woman with long, brown hair in Zola

Is Hollywood Ready for the Realness of “Zola?”

by Dr. Jon Paul
June 30, 2021 at 2:14pm
You can’t tell stories about Black women without Black women creators. Read more »
Rose Byrne plays Sheila Rubin, a white woman with curly brown hair, who is sitting down in an aerobics studio and smiling at people exercising

Inner Demons: “Physical” Presents a Darker Underdog Story

by Rebecca Long
June 24, 2021 at 12:40pm
The show depicts an unfulfilled housewife’s inner demons with brutal clarity, making for a compelling but difficult watch. Read more »
Image from animated series Tuca and Bertie. Tuca a grey toucan with a yellow beak is chatting with Bertie a brown songbird wearing a red sweater.

Super Fly: “Tuca & Bertie’s” New Season Is an Incisive Look at Friendship

by Jourdain Searles
June 18, 2021 at 11:57am
After a year in limbo, the bird besties are back. Read more »

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