Euphoria Special Recap: Most GirlsIn its second, Jules-centric holiday special, the series returns to its ostentatious roots, undercutting the potential of its own story.
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Emerald Fennell Explains HerselfHer icy film Promising Young Woman set off a fascinating conversation about what we expect from rape-revenge stories.
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The Empty Spectacle of Wonder Woman 1984The disappointing sequel highlights not only the dire state of the live-action superhero genre, but the dire state of Hollywood filmmaking as a whole.
Small Axe Is a RevelationSteve McQueen’s Lovers Rock is undoubtedly one of the most transfixing films of the year.
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Kindred Has Haunted Me for WeeksI can’t stop thinking about what the film suggests — just under the surface — about Blackness, maternal life, and inheritance.
The Failure of Mrs. America’s Phyllis SchlaflyRevisiting the show, I started to think about Bette Davis’s performance in In This Our Life and what it takes to create a white female villain.
I Am Tired of Films Like AntebellumThis movie had the opportunity to show a more dynamic side of slavery narratives, but it ends up reaffirming the very horror it is trying to critique.
Insecure Is a Balm, Even When It FailsDespite a soapy twist, season four felt like solace, bristling with mature storytelling and beguiling aesthetic dimensions.
Killing Eve Recap: A Love of ChaosDeath knocks on Carolyn’s door again in an exceedingly fun episode packed with heart attacks and deaths, yearning gazes and near misses.
The Good Fight’s Most Scathing Episode Yet“The Gang Deals With Alternate Reality” is a study in not just the failures of corporate feminism but the white imagination itself.