Ne Zha: Demon Seed
Last year when I reviewed Big Fish & Begonia, I wrote about how China is playing catch-up with the rest of the Far East...
Ready or Not: Olly Olly Oxen Free
You may remember Samara Weaving making a brief but hilarious impression as the ex’s rambling fiancée in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The 27-year-old...
Blinded by the Light: Born in the U.K.
Sarfraz Manzoor hated growing up as the son of Pakistani immigrants in Britain in the 1980s, but instead of seeking out The Clash or...
Little Woods: Smuggler’s Blues
A black woman walks down the street and watches a car with a law enforcement insignia pass by her in the other direction. She...
Farewell: Our Cancer Lies
Lulu Wang based The Farewell on her own experiences with her Chinese family, which she detailed in an episode of This American Life for...
Dora: Inca Dinka Doo
Early on, Dora and the Lost City of Gold signals that it’s not going to be a straight-up live-action version of Dora the Explorer,...
Rafiki: Love Is Upendo
You probably know that Rafiki is the name of the mandrill / high priest in The Lion King, but if you have a passing...
Wild Rose: Another Country
Round the middle of this decade, when it became clear that Saoirse Ronan was here to stay awhile, some observers remarked on a curious...
Art of Self-Defense: Komical Karatekas
There have been comedies about martial arts, but I can’t recall a previous one about how a master’s demand for loyalty and discipline, abetted...
The Lion Bores
OK, I’m trying here. I’m trying really, really hard to see the point of the Lion King remake (beyond the obvious point, which is...
