Once Upon a Time in (White) Hollywood
Tarantino's alternative history of the 1960's uncritically repeats the era's sexist and racist stereotypes.

Beach party escapade features a bookworm with glasses who learns to "groove", as she attempts to sing "Ready to Groove."
Tarantino's alternative history of the 1960's uncritically repeats the era's sexist and racist stereotypes.
This horror movie combines elements of horror and babysitting with Black representation.
The film basically says she was a lost cause from the start. We don't get a sense of who Marilyn was.
When it comes the horror genre, I am VERY hard to please or impress, much less scare. Coming from a current mindset of appreciation for chilling, unsettling, tension-inducing efforts such as "Hereditary", "The Conjuring" (ONLY the first one to date, mind you), "Lights Out", "The Babadook", "Midsommar", "Talk To Me", "Oddity", "Bring Her Back", and the like
A few episodes in, I realized the most prominent theme of In The Long Run wasn't culture, race or even finding independence--but the idea of belonging.