“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” Revamps the Girl Detective Story
In “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder,” our heroine is facing a world where violence against women is not only normalized but hidden.
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“Turtles All the Way Down” Gives Us a Latina Heroine with OCD
Starring Latina Isabela Merced, “Turtles All the Way Down” dramatizes the claustrophobic atmosphere of OCD with hope and honesty.
“The Long Game” Celebrates A History More of Us Should Know
When Humberto G. Garcia attended San Felipe High School in Del Rio, Texas, he didn’t learn about the Miracle Five–the Mexican-American golf team who won the state championship in 1957. It wasn’t until he was at a local golf tournament in 2008 that he learned about the teen champs, saying at a recent event, “In […]
“AlRawabi School for Girls” Gives Us Non-Western Empowered Girls
Netflix’s “AlRawabi School for Girls” helps us better understand what it is to be a young woman today in Jordan and beyond.
“You Were My First Boyfriend” Finds the Uncomfortable in Teen Stories
“You Were My First Boyfriend” left me pondering my own adolescence. Watching it, I oscillated between being tickled, disturbed, and challenged.
How ‘Sex Education’ Redefines On-Screen Intimacy and Celebrates Diversity
If depicting intimacy on screen is complicated, talking about teen and queer sex seemed impossible. Until “Sex Education” came along.
35 Years Later, “Stand and Deliver” is Still Latinx Gold
“Stand and Deliver” is as relevant as it was 35 years ago, proving that Latinxs can achieve and accomplish anything if we truly have ganas.
Yellowjackets: The Unknown Through Lottie and the Use of Static
Lottie isn’t a power-hungry villain or a powerless victim. Rather she’s a complicated character that lives in the static of ‘Yellowjackets.’
Did Disney’s “The Slumber Party” Bring Back The DCOM?
The Disney Channel Original Movie made a huge impact on me and that’s why it was so fun for “The Slumber Party” to awaken my inner preteen now
“Aristotle and Dante” Director Aitch Alberto on Her Heartfelt Film
A beautiful, meditative film, “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” both is and is not the typical coming-of-age story.