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!

Malena, 17, is playing with her daughter Marina when she is interrupted by her grandmother, who asks her to go run an errand. She goes out with her daughter in her arms to make the delivery a few blocks from her house, where she meets two young men in a car.
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!
Bong Joon Ho’s masterpiece, Parasite (2019) became one of the few international films to break into the American mainstream.
Can a piece of bad representation truly be reclaimed? We Are Pat (2025) attempts to answer this question.
Crossroads follows a young guitarist on a journey through the American South in search of blues history and his own voice.
"Clifford the Big Red Dog" retells the adventures of Emily and her striking puppy to highlight the joy of being different and inspire another wave of young fans.
Making Apes begins by looking back at the history of makeup effects in Hollywood, which was revolutionized by Jack Pierce, the person behind Frankenstein (1931) and The Wolf Man (1941)