What Kind of Movies Will Come from the Current Anti-Racism Movement?
Given Hollywood's history of racism and financial motivations, how much progress can we expect? Plus: a list of excellent films by Black directors.

Alla ska bada premiered on October 4, 1997. The performance begins in the mid-1930s when Frans-Oskar Bryssel is born. After a while, the performance jumps ten years forward in time and we see him when he is 10 years old. He is then played by Per Fritzell. The plot jumps forward ten years at regular intervals until he finally gets to go swimming in the mid-1990s. Throughout the play, topics that were relevant during the era in which the play is set are depicted. For example, the 1930s depict World War II, and the 1980s depict mobile telephony.
Given Hollywood's history of racism and financial motivations, how much progress can we expect? Plus: a list of excellent films by Black directors.
I have no idea how getting an abortion is still not a basic right at this point, but that means the fight is far from over. So, films like Happening are ever-relevant.
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
Baggage’s experimental mixed formats visualized a woman’s brave inner journey of visiting the museum of her fragmented memories.
Unfortunately, People We Meet on Vacation didn’t hold up quite as well as I’d hoped.
This powerful story shines with poetic animation, an exploration of deeper truths, and the protagonist's complex search for identity.