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Showing that rich women in 1969 are “living in a bubble” is like demonstrating that, as ever, water is wet. But even if Palm Royale was meant to deliver messages of great satirical significance, it’s too weak to carry them.

Eight-episode series based on Liu Cixin novels triggers accusations of ‘Americanisation’ of a Chinese story

AD’s journey underscores the Netflix hit’s (Love Is Blind) misogynoir problem.

Many post-Oscar career trajectory outcomes boil down to three things that always seem to go hand in hand with the Oscars: sexism, racism, and the toxic combination thereof, misogynoir.

Avatar remains one of the most unapologetically antifascist shows ever made. It’s not even generically pacifist — it frequently depicts acts of violent resistance as necessary.

Largely set in occupied France during World War II, the new Apple TV+ series The New Look zeroes in on Christian Dior’s rivalry with Coco Chanel — but it falls flat when it tries to handle Chanel’s infamous Nazi sympathies.

True Detective: Night Country breaks ground in television's portrayal of Indigenous women and the MMIW crisis. Characters like Kayla Prior and Evangeline Navarro offer a nuanced reflection of resilience, complexity, and societal struggles.

Loosely based on the 2005 film, the new Mr. & Mrs. Smith TV reboot uses the action-comedy genre to represent how impossible life is for so many people today, with two misfit unemployables turning to assassin work out of desperation.

Swift represents a constituency conservatives are losing big time: Young women.

Prime Video's series, created by The Farewell’s Lulu Wang, is a tragic and truthful rumination on womanhood. The show also sprinkles in arcs about class differences, racism, and motherhood.