Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews
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Founder & EIC, Mediaversity Reviews | TV & films graded on diversity | 🍅 critic | Sr. Director, Content at Common Sense Media (views her own) | 📍Seattle, WA
In Taiwan on family vacation and crying that I a) don't have time ob) can't understand Chinese (lol), otherwise I'd love to catch this theatrical screening of Yi Yi 😭
October 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
In Taiwan on family vacation and crying that I a) don't have time ob) can't understand Chinese (lol), otherwise I'd love to catch this theatrical screening of Yi Yi 😭
Final #TIFF50 rundown: 26 films, most of them good or very good. #Hamnet tops the list ❤️ A great year, excited to see more like #LeftHandedGirl #RentalFamily when they come out soon!
September 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Final #TIFF50 rundown: 26 films, most of them good or very good. #Hamnet tops the list ❤️ A great year, excited to see more like #LeftHandedGirl #RentalFamily when they come out soon!
#CaliforniaSchemin dir. by James McAvoy (onstage, along with main actors) was so much fun—a total crowd pleaser, and we can always use more Scottish movies!!
September 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
#CaliforniaSchemin dir. by James McAvoy (onstage, along with main actors) was so much fun—a total crowd pleaser, and we can always use more Scottish movies!!
Kicking it off with dumping rain, #TheChoral (fluffy, with a few cringey punchlines/scenes, but overall a pleasure to watch), and noodle lunch at my TIFF go-to, Pho Xe Lua
September 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Kicking it off with dumping rain, #TheChoral (fluffy, with a few cringey punchlines/scenes, but overall a pleasure to watch), and noodle lunch at my TIFF go-to, Pho Xe Lua
Look who I found on my flight to #TIFF50 @eclectichutch.bsky.social ❤️ Yes that beautiful backdrop is YYZ lol
September 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Look who I found on my flight to #TIFF50 @eclectichutch.bsky.social ❤️ Yes that beautiful backdrop is YYZ lol
Also very good and largely under the radar: #DropsOfGod. I'm excited it finally got a Season 2 renewal 🙏🏻
March 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Also very good and largely under the radar: #DropsOfGod. I'm excited it finally got a Season 2 renewal 🙏🏻
Play on a white russian with a pink foam strawberry topper for #Anora #Oscars2025
March 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Play on a white russian with a pink foam strawberry topper for #Anora #Oscars2025
Red wine (aka the blood of Christ) mixed with red vermouth, Benedictine, grand marnier, orange juice, topped with the body of Christ #Conclave
March 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Red wine (aka the blood of Christ) mixed with red vermouth, Benedictine, grand marnier, orange juice, topped with the body of Christ #Conclave
Pineapple juice, gin, ginger beer, and chartreuse for #TheSubstance 💉 #Oscars
March 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Pineapple juice, gin, ginger beer, and chartreuse for #TheSubstance 💉 #Oscars
#Nosferatru's midsummer solstice gin, Lillet, creme de violette, sour bitters, shaken with lots of ice with bleeding hibiscus petals soaked in grenadine
March 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
#Nosferatru's midsummer solstice gin, Lillet, creme de violette, sour bitters, shaken with lots of ice with bleeding hibiscus petals soaked in grenadine
Blue curacao creme de cacao, vermouth, and gin with a dark chocolate sand for #DunePartTwo
March 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Blue curacao creme de cacao, vermouth, and gin with a dark chocolate sand for #DunePartTwo
Oscars thread this year is just cocktails: Midori tea with grapefruit bubble ice 🤭
March 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Oscars thread this year is just cocktails: Midori tea with grapefruit bubble ice 🤭
so excited for this year's oscar themed cocktails again. my friend is an a+++ mixologist 😂
March 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
so excited for this year's oscar themed cocktails again. my friend is an a+++ mixologist 😂
A bright spot of news: Women reached equality in movies for the first time since USC Annenberg began tracking. Of the 100 top-grossing films in 2024, 54 featured a girl or woman in a lead/co-lead role. Universal fared best (67%) and Sony Pictures worst (39%). usc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?...
February 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A bright spot of news: Women reached equality in movies for the first time since USC Annenberg began tracking. Of the 100 top-grossing films in 2024, 54 featured a girl or woman in a lead/co-lead role. Universal fared best (67%) and Sony Pictures worst (39%). usc.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?...
Couldn't get into #Atropia, it has a pretty specific sense of humor that didn't work for me 🤷🏻♀️ Didn't finish watching this one. Onto the next! #Sundance2025
January 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Couldn't get into #Atropia, it has a pretty specific sense of humor that didn't work for me 🤷🏻♀️ Didn't finish watching this one. Onto the next! #Sundance2025
Oof, #Omaha. Felt longer than it needed to be, but ends on a gut punch. #Sundance2025
January 31, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Oof, #Omaha. Felt longer than it needed to be, but ends on a gut punch. #Sundance2025
Hmm, so #DJAhmet weirdly didn't work for me at all. Normally I love a coming-of-age dramedy, but this one was so s - l - o - w ... 🐢 Didn't live up to the energy I'd expected out of a story about a rural sheep farmer who wants to be a DJ. #Sundance2025
January 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Hmm, so #DJAhmet weirdly didn't work for me at all. Normally I love a coming-of-age dramedy, but this one was so s - l - o - w ... 🐢 Didn't live up to the energy I'd expected out of a story about a rural sheep farmer who wants to be a DJ. #Sundance2025
#Sundance2025 movie number 8 is #Twinless, and I really dug it. Felt fresh and modern with its genre-bending between psychological thriller, dark comedy, and drama.
January 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
#Sundance2025 movie number 8 is #Twinless, and I really dug it. Felt fresh and modern with its genre-bending between psychological thriller, dark comedy, and drama.
Chongqing- and Paris-set film #LUZ at #Sundance2025 is visually gorgeous, full of neon and noir-ish sensibilities. A contemporary dance piece midway through is truly striking. That said, the two main narratives are too distant to connect, and the pacing is a bit of a slog.
January 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Chongqing- and Paris-set film #LUZ at #Sundance2025 is visually gorgeous, full of neon and noir-ish sensibilities. A contemporary dance piece midway through is truly striking. That said, the two main narratives are too distant to connect, and the pacing is a bit of a slog.
I enjoyed #LoveBrooklyn, it's a vibe. And the ruminations on change—mourning what's lost, and being hopeful about what's gained—is an evergreen message that will resonate with many. #Sundance2025
January 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I enjoyed #LoveBrooklyn, it's a vibe. And the ruminations on change—mourning what's lost, and being hopeful about what's gained—is an evergreen message that will resonate with many. #Sundance2025