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  • Top Films of 2023

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    Ready for our top films of 2023? Cinema was back baybe (at least according to some dolls and scientists). Here are some of the standouts of 2023.  Here is the list in alphabetical order.  Anatomy of a Fall – A skillful performance from Sandra Hüller as an author charged with the death of her husband.…

  • Top Films of 2022

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    Ready for our top films of 2022? These are a snapshot of some of our favorite films of the year. Important to note that they are representative of what was available in 2022. Does that mean they’ll stand the test of time (or even the test of looking back next December)? That remains to be…

  • Top Films of 2021

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    It’s time for the top films of 2021! According to Nicole Kidman the movies are back! Yet there’s no denying it was another strange year. We got a flood of films that were delayed from 2020. There was an abundance of Marvel films and a bevy of streaming indies. Yet for all the fanfare about…

  • Top Films of 2020

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    Picking my top films for 2020 was a peculiar experience this year. Normally the hardest part about curating this list is culling it down to just a certain number of films. However let’s be honest, 2020 was not the best year for movies. With theaters being shut, many of the films so many of us…

  • Far from over the moon about Glen Keane’s “Over the Moon”

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    As we are in the midst of turning a much needed (and long overdue) critical eye on the people making our content and informing our perception of the world, Netflix’s “Over the Moon” presents a glaring lack of creative team diversity. In the midst of ongoing conversations about highlighting work by artists of color (and…

  • Top Films of 2019

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    Let’s end the year on a positive note! Here are 19 of the top films I saw this year.  In no particular order:The Farewell – Original ReviewI saw this film at Sundance and was not prepared for the emotional roller coaster. I fully acknowledge that a lot of my affection for this movie comes from a cultural…

  • Why the Specificity of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Matters

    Why the Specificity of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Matters

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    Here’s why Crazy Rich Asians is so important, particularly to Asian-Americans, and this Asian-American in particular. Imagine growing up and for the majority of your life never seeing a person who looked like you (let alone had a similar background) in a leading role in a movie or TV? Unless you’re a fellow minority it’s…

  • Top Films of 2017

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    I saw over 100 movies that came out in 2017, and here are some of my favorites! They’re in chronological order by release date. February 24 – Get Out – It’s natural for enthusiasm for a film to dwindle over the course of a year, but Get Out managed to defy that. I find bringing…

  • Jordan Peele’s Get Out is the Challenge We All Need

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      It’s not every day that you go to the movies and get to be both entertained and challenged. Though he’s best known as half of the comedy duo Key & Peele, Jordan Peele’s directorial debut Get Out is billed as a horror movie. What’s even scarier, however, is the mirror it holds up to the state…