Netflix’s ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is a hit, and as a woman who loves chess, Christina Anthony knows why the story rings true.

It’s exciting to see mainstream platforms making and promoting Christmas romances telling queer stories, but Hulu’s ‘Happiest Season’ is run-of-the-mill holiday cheese. Michelle Nugent reviews.

The ambitious and mind-bending new TV series ‘Split,’ created by Yael Shavitt, follows the two lives of Sammy 12 years after an audition for her dream high school. Kelly Conrad reviews.

Radha Blank’s semi-autobiographical film debut, ‘The Forty-Year-Old Version,’ follows a Black woman playwright as she balances the production of her new play in the predominantly white New York theater scene, and her desire to become a rapper. Kelly Conrad reviews.

A new resource for film fans and a magic show were part of this year’s Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival. Both events are still available to stream free online. Rachel Bellwoar tuned in.

Sex, gender, and dance collide in ‘Aviva,’ a film about love and identity written and directed by Boaz Yakin, with choreography by Bobbi Jene Smith, formerly of Batsheva Dance Company. Melissa Strong reviews.

'Woman of the Photographs,' one of the narrative features screening during the 13th annual Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, is a surreal Japanese film whose loose narrative is further distorted by a forced visual aesthetic. Kelly Conrad reviews.

Sundance Film Festival award winner ‘Minari,’ screened as one of the marquee films at the 29th annual Philadelphia Film Festival, is a family drama that doesn’t delve deep enough into the immigrant experience. Kelly Conrad reviews.

Filippo Meneghetti’s French-language film ‘Deux’ (‘Two of Us’) is a poignant love story and new queer classic. Mina Reinckens reviews the Philadelphia Film Festival screening.

‘Nomadland’ launched the 29th annual Philadelphia Film Festival's hybrid presentation, with a showing at the PFS Drive-in at the Navy Yard on October 23. Stephen Silver reviews.