“Terrace House”: The Kinder, Gentler Japanese Alternative to Reality TV
"Terrace House" improves on the standard reality TV format by affording its cast privacy, freedom, and respect.

Playboy Kaarel is desperate to sleep with Tuule, a girl whose bird recently died.
"Terrace House" improves on the standard reality TV format by affording its cast privacy, freedom, and respect.
“There’s always something you can do…to make people feel like they’re welcome”
The animated musical adventure beings fantasy and magic to viewers as they follow Keegan and Moya.
Anna May Wong was a talented actress and a fashion icon and still had to fight for everything she had due to hatred and racism.
Him is visually stunning—all concrete cathedrals and bone-rattling impact shots that look like a nightmare highlight reel. Marlon Wayans is magnetic as this legendary quarterback who's basically selling salvation with a smile that never quite reaches his eyes. But the story keeps running in circles: more tests, more cryptic pep talks, more ritualistic drills. The sports-as-religion metaphor beats you over the head when subtlety would've been more effective. The middle drags, and that finale chooses spectacle over substance. It's undeniably stylish, but left me cold. Also worth noting: despite the Monkeypaw connection, this isn't actually a Jordan Peele film—he didn't write or direct.
We have a long way to go with LGBT representation in film, especially when it comes to LGBT characters of color and trans characters.