By Candlelight (1933)

The makings of a great midseason filler episode that would connect in many different directions. This is a police drama filler with a guest director.

As a huge fan of Sean Baker’s Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket, I’ve wanted to watch Anora since before it even was released. But life got in the way, my watchlist grew, and honestly, the fact that it was marketed as a romantic comedy put me off. Even with all the critical praise and the five Academy Awards it won last year, I just kept postponing it indefinitely.

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.

Greta Garbo, a queer actress playing a real-life queer Queen is the best of both worlds.

A story of a magical dragon brings great representation for Chinese culture.

An animated short film that never gets old, especially with iconic characters from the Disney series.