
A man reflects as people in his life begin to leave in one way or another. He doesn’t have much left to do in his golden years besides to think about the past. He spends most nights alone at home or singing karaoke in a near empty bar.
Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.
This list was made with the intention of celebrating comedic craft and a love of seeing more women of colour and newcomers on the scene.
I write for a diversity-focused film review blog, so I’ll be honest: I really wanted to like Pretty Lethal. Starring Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Avantika, and Millicent Simmonds, Amazon Prime’s new thriller seemed like it would be a girl power movie about dancers with a horror action twist. Sort of a Suspiria for teens. But with shallow and unlikeable characters, a confusing plot, an overreliance on violence, and cringey dialogue, any fun the movie started out with was quickly lost. What was left was a faint echo of greater horror movies about dancers made before.
2025 has just about wrapped, so we’re taking this time to celebrate the most inclusive films that came out this year. Graded on Gender, Race, LGBTQ, Disability, and more