Lights, Camera, Analysis

The Modern Day Lorax: Do You Need a Thneed?

Animal Farm: Sowing Seeds of Doubt in the Russian Revolution

Jury Duty: The Moral Implications of a Real Life Truman Show

This Barbie is a Feminist

In the Heights and Out of College: How to Afford Your Degree

1984 & Modern High Tech Surveillance

Shawshank Redemption: Can We Redeem Our Prison System

To Kill a Mockingbird: The Destruction of Ignorance

Lord of the Flies: King of Morality and Human Nature

Fairly Oddparents and a Fairly Odder Lesson About Creativity

Promising Young Woman: And The Broken Promises That Got Us Here

It’s Not Just a Crush: The Importance of Happy Endings

From Archie Bunker to Humbert Humbert: Can Accurate Satire Do More Harm Than Good?

Inside Out: More Lessons For Emotionally Intelligent Teens

Tron Legacy: What’s Going (Tr)on with all the God Allegories?

Moonlight: The School-to-Prison Pipeline Explained

Laura Jean: To All The Rom Coms I've Watched Before

Gone Girl: The Myth of the Faker

I Care A Lot: Queer, Cute, and Evil

Soul: Seeking Life’s Purpose

Black Panther and The Black Panthers

Mary Poppins: A Spoonful of Sugar

Wonder Woman: Recreating A Hit

Home Alone: No Woman’s Deed Goes Unpunished

To Live and The Goddess: She Thinks, Therefore, She is

Thelma and Louise: You Get The Feminism You Settle for

Good Will Hunting: Good Will Isn’t Enough

I am Legend: One for The Books

Parasite: When It Rains, It Poors

Rear Window: Male Fantasy or Deviant Feminist?

Sunset Boulevard: When the Dreams Enfolded Her

Black is King: Activism is Queen

It: The Real Horror

Hidden Figures: Hiding More Figures

The Breakfast Club: The Stories We Tell Ourselves

The Graduate: The Unspeakable Anxiety

White Chicks: White Privilege, Black Comedy

Alice in Wonderland: Can You Stand On Your Head

She’s The Man: Bending Gender for Better or Worse

Inside Out: Being a Team Player

Aladdin: The First Princess of Color

Easy A: It Ain’t Easy Being Easy

Muppets Most Wanted: Heil Kermit

The Lovebirds: Should We Love it or List it?

The Perks of Being a Wallflower: We Accept the Representation We Think We Deserve

Star Wars: The Last Mind Twist

Philadelphia: Balancing Race, Sexuality, and Friendship

Get Out: The White Gaze and The Sunken Place

The Florida Project: And CPS Calls Halley Unfit?

Romeo and Juliet: A Plague on Whose House?