Oliver Stanescu - Smalltalk 

A best friend that will stick with you to the end, on a group trip from hell, is someone to die for.

The 'Shaft' remake fails to capture Blaxpoitation's rebellious spirit.

The animated musical adventure beings fantasy and magic to viewers as they follow Keegan and Moya.

Netflix’s Shadow and Bone has a complicated relationship with race. It has a diverse cast, but not without its problems. Based on Leigh Bardugo’s two book series, the show features characters from the Shadow and Bone trilogy, which is very straight and white, and the Six of Crows duology, which is much more diverse. When bringing together a cast and writing about these characters, the team behind the show expanded upon some of the representation missing from the first trilogy, then seemed to take away representation from the duology. Shadow and Bone seems to play a bit of a push and pull game when it comes to portraying diversity onscreen.

'Sex Education' is one of the most diverse shows I've ever seen! From sexuality to gender identity to race, this show features so many minorities and so many different kinds of relationships!

"Driveways" is a nuanced portrait of an Asian American family, touching on themes of loss, growth, and belonging.