Staff Picks: Inauguration Edition 2021
It’s almost the end of the first month of 2021, and just over a week since the U.S. saw a new president take office. In light of the occasion, some of us highlighted our favorite political films below!

An intuitive self-portrait and esoteric geographic exploration of the filmmaker's astrocartography line of Venus and Midheaven in Los Angeles, a prominent point in her birth chart for creativity and harmony. With each version of herself comes a distinct relationship with the city and cinema, and each version shares an unavoidable fate: the passing of her grandmother.
It’s almost the end of the first month of 2021, and just over a week since the U.S. saw a new president take office. In light of the occasion, some of us highlighted our favorite political films below!
The series follows Mark Naird (Carell), a four star general who has been appointed to run the newly created Space Force
In a world where we hear ringers and beepers at every corner, technology feels inescapable. This is why technology is often an enemy in Digital J-horrors, like One Missed Call.
Ultra-violent storytelling has never been my thing, but the issues with Scarface go beyond that. The film perpetuates harmful stereotypes about Latinx immigrants and uses gore and misogyny for shock value that never serves any purpose. The whole venture is frustratingly empty, and left me desiring something more.
This groundbreaking summer blockbuster proves that diversity enhances the action genre.
Indie director, Niki Caro (known for 'Whale Rider') directs the live-action 'Mulan' and sets another example of strong females fighting against gender inequality.