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!

Young Palermitan Lorenzo must make the FtM transition. He has broken up with his family and wanders between the Foro Italico , in Palermo, Sicily, and his friends' bedrooms to draw, play video games, and have his future told on cards. He measures his desire by the clothes he wants to wear, the tricks he wants to do and the drawings in which he can imagine himself again...
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!
During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.
Hulu's 'Crush' leaves you giddy, light, hopeful, and, yes, all crushed out on the possibility of what? You got it, your next crush.
This little Netflix film was very inspirational. It passes the Bechdel test, and features a different worldview with rural Indian representation.
The original Mothra is a fun monster movie that has way stronger lore, music, and special effects than most of its contemporaries.