Early Feminism Shown in 'Footlight Parade' (1933)
We can criticize depictions from old media, but they weren’t simply “good for their time”. They were fighting and struggling in a world we can’t imagine.

now i close my eyes the world i see is so beautiful samples lines from Taiwanese New Wave film Yi Yi, in which a young girl speaks to the ghost of her grandmother. These intergenerational whisperings inspire April Lin to follow their own adventures with their grandfather, pondering how ancestors and descendants create bridges across time, and if you’re diasporic – across global space.
We can criticize depictions from old media, but they weren’t simply “good for their time”. They were fighting and struggling in a world we can’t imagine.
Crazy Rich Asians. The title is tacky, but the actual movie is both heartwarming and cosmopolitan. After all, it takes place in Singapore!
An apocalyptic tale captivates the nation as it teaches us to love even in the hardest situations.
'City of God' depicts the cylindrical cycle of violence that is forced upon the underprivileged.
The new biopic 'Elvis' highlights the beginning and end of the career of this rock and roll legend. The audience is taken on this journey knowing the tragic ending but not so much about what led him there. A large topic of discussion is the influences on Elvis that made him who he was as a singer, musician, and performer, which were blues, gospel, and country. Many of the songs that rose him to fame were songs by Black artists he heard growing up in primarily Black settings.