Alkaline Trio Past Live (2018)

When a group of White women are invited to dinner by an Indian woman and a Black woman to talk about race in America, sparks fly.

Swapped combines comedy, adventure and emotional growth while delivering one of the biggest plot twists in animation history.

At its heart, it’s a fond tribute to an influential artist and thus one that can speak to everyone’s inner artist, even if it lacks the sincere commentary you may wish to see.

Set in a future dystopian United States in which water is running out, Julia Hart’s Fast Color (2018) is a refreshingly different take on the superhero film.

This film’s ambition is betrayed by its lack of substance.

Shadow & Bone excels in natural story representation with powerful centering of culture. Jessie Mei Li stars as Alina Starkov, the feisty cartographer with kindness, innocence, and integrity, who comes to be revealed as the legendary summoner of light.