When I Am Sad 

The human experience is described through the eyes of a marginalized outsider, neither judgmental nor invested, just an observant donkey.

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.

The repeated actions, the blood on the petals, the rustling under the floor…An ambient short horror film takes us into another realm.

Crossroads follows a young guitarist on a journey through the American South in search of blues history and his own voice.

Netflix’s new mystery thriller, The Marked Woman (released originally as La Desconocida), is confusing. More critically, though, it commits the worst mistake a movie can make: it’s boring. From Spanish director Gabe Ibáñez, the film squanders its premise at every turn, fills the story with unlikeable characters, and lacks emotional payoff.

Here's what Disney got wrong with "Aladdin" and how it can avoid those pitfalls with "Hercules."