Tag: social commentary
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NOTES ON Avatar: Fire and Ash – Breaking Down the Themes
Anyone who doesn’t want politics in their science fiction or social commentary in their epic fantasy should probably stay away from Avatar: Fire and Ash, but you shouldn’t
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Another RIOTUS Melee with Pluribus, Wake Up Dead Man, and Is This Thing On?
We debate and delight in Pluribus, Wake Up Dead Man, and Is This Thing On? Then pick a few favorites of the year, including Chainsaw Man and a juke joint full of Sinners.
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Series Appetizer: Gachiakuta [Episodes 1 – 2]
“Legit Trash” isn’t a paradox In the new Crunchyroll anime, Gachiakuta. It’s a way of life.
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Alliance of Women Film Journalists’ Movie of the Week: ‘Woman of the Hour’
Woman of the Hour, the directorial debut from Anna Kendrick, is coming to Netflix this week and it shakes you up
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REVISITED: ‘Joker’ The Diary of a Lone Gunman
Villains are meant to be wrong. Sometimes empathized with, sometimes correct in theory but ultimately wrong in their ideology, methodology, or both. That is their glory. And their purpose… Sup, Killmonger? Oh hey, Heisenberg…that understanding is…
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One of Our Kind: Us Versus Us
In ‘One of Our Kind,’ Nicola Yoon takes us inside the mind of Jasmyn, a woman who craves change and equality for Black America. The resulting journey leads to an unsettling, dystopian utopia where social…