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One Night in Miami is incisive about the pressures of Black celebrity, and its central dialogue circles the question of what its characters—all icons in their own right—owe to both the Black community at large and a nascent civil rights movement.

Based on the bestselling novel, Netflix’s The White Tiger is a wry, blistering critique of inequality in India — and elsewhere.

How you feel about the ending of Promising Young Woman likely depends on what genre you think the movie is in.

Through interviews with Khashoggi’s friends and colleagues, as well as old footage of the man himself, The Dissident paints a portrait of a conscientious reporter with powerful connections.

If Wonder Woman 1984's heroine is supposed to represent the good and hope for all humanity, one has to wonder who specifically this humanity is reserved for.

Pixar's 'Soul' is a story about Black life that questions the meaning of all life on Earth

Frances McDormand is naturally great in Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of a book about older Americans who give up the security of home for the hope of work.

“Freaky” offers liberating and honest portraits of young women and queer people, free from tokenism and broad generalizations to which the genre can often resort.

John Carpenter’s movies provide visions of societies falling apart. No wonder his work is resonating now more than ever.

Ron Howard’s Netflix adaptation of Hillbilly Elegy continues a long tradition of seeing hillbillies as a symbol of pristine American whiteness. It’s the same nostalgia Trump has mobilized on the far right.