Graded on Gender, Race, LGBTQ, Disability, and more — Written by Li Lai Previous Top 10 Most Diverse Films: 2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 2022 has just about wrapped, so we’re taking a moment to celebrate the year’s most inclusive films. For folks new to our publication, a quick rundown: We score movies based on metrics for…

Mediaversity’s Guide to the 94th Academy Awards, Best Picture — Written by Li Lai All years: 2023 / 2022 / 2021 / 2020 / 2019 Given how the Oscars continue to hold real influence over the film industry, looking at the slate of pictures deemed “award-worthy” each year is one of the many benchmarks we can use to measure progress…

Full Transcript of Technicolor Theatre podcast: Season 3, Episode 4 — Aditya is joined by filmmaker Ivan Herrera to talk about portraying life in the Dominican Republic, the objectivity of the camera, and Alexandre Moors’ 2013 film Blue Caprice. The episode aired on April 22, 2021 and can be found here. Full transcript (below) was captured by Madelyn Gee. Aditya Joshi…

Full Transcript of Technicolor Theatre podcast: Season 3, Episode 3 — Aditya is joined by filmmaker Alika Maikau to chat about life in Hawai’i, the tightness of the Maori and Polynesian film communities, and Taika Waititi’s 2010 instant classic, Boy. The episode aired on January 7, 2021 and can be found here. Full transcript (below) was captured by Madelyn Gee. Aditya…

Full Transcript of Technicolor Theatre podcast: Season 3, Episode 2 — Aditya is joined by Jose Solís, film critic and the host of the Token Theatre Friends podcast, to dive into how the wild, campy, colorful world of Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge (2001) spoke to Jose during his childhood in Honduras. The episode aired on December 23, 2020 and can be…

Full Transcript of Technicolor Theatre podcast: Season 2, Episode 7 — Aditya chats with actor, producer, and director Alain Uy on the importance of being given a chance to fail, meeting Justin Lin on the set of True Detective, and the wild, irrepressible spirit of Lin’s solo directorial debut Better Luck Tomorrow (2002). The episode aired on October 15, 2020 under…

Full Transcript of Technicolor Theatre podcast: Season 2, Episode 6 — Aditya chats with actor and singer Alex Newell about the politics of gender identity, his experience playing the first transgender character on network television, and the impact of To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Neymar (1995). The episode aired on September 7, 2020 under the podcast’s previous name, Token…

Full Transcript of Technicolor Theatre podcast: Season 2, Episode 5 — In this episode of Technicolor Theatre, filmmaker Aditya Joshi, artist-inventor-technologist Nader Helmy and data scientist Basil Seif discuss their experiences with 9/11, performative activism, and the scarily accurate Egyptian representation in Ramy’s “Strawberries” (Season 1, Episode 4). The episode aired on August 31, 2020 under the podcast’s previous name, Token…

In Conversation with Actor-Comedian Rita Sengupta — By Madelyn Gee This interview is excerpted from an episode of Technicolor Theatre podcast, which originally aired on August 24, 2020. Listen to the full interview or read the transcript. Rita Sengupta is a queer South Asian American actor and comedian based in Brooklyn, NY. She chats with podcast host…