Rebecca Theodore-Vachon
Contributor
Rebecca Theodore-Vachon is a film and tv critic who focuses on race, gender and representation in Hollywood. She was the entertainment columnist at TheUrbanDaily.com and has contributed to Shondaland, Harpers Bazaar, Indiewire, NYTimes.com, RogerEbert.com, Entertainment Weekly, Fast Company and Vulture.com. In 2017 she was a featured speaker for Google Talks at the Miami Film Festival and currently hosts Oscar Q&A panels for the Academy of Motion Pictures And Sciences. She is also the creator of “The Spectrum Lounge” - a podcast that highlights creatives of color in Hollywood and pop culture.
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POSTED January 13, 2023
Tracy Oliver’s First Wives Club Puts Plus-Size Women’s Desirability Front and Center
The series continues to push the envelope in how we see plus-sized women, particularly when it comes to sex.
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POSTED January 13, 2023
Hunters Masterfully Mixes Espionage and Tragedy in Its Final Season
The Nazi hunter series ends with a bracing mix of action and outrage.
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POSTED December 23, 2022
Love Life Season 2 Told One of TV's Most Expansive Love Stories
The anthology explored familial and platonic love as powerfully as it did romantic love.
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POSTED December 20, 2022
The Best Man: The Final Chapters Is a Beautiful End for a Gen X Classic
Peacock’s limited series pushes all the beloved characters to satisfying new places.
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POSTED December 13, 2022
FX's Kindred Diminishes a Crucial Part of Octavia Butler’s Novel
The new adaptation mangles one of the best relationships in the sci-fi classic.
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POSTED November 16, 2022
Dolly, Mariah, and Ralphie: Our Guide to 2022's Best Holiday Specials, Movies, and Shows
Dolly Parton, Mariah Carey, Pentatonix, and more bring joy to the world of TV.
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POSTED October 21, 2022
The Hair Tales Lets Black Women Speak Without Judgment
Hulu's docuseries goes deep on the story of Black women's hair
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POSTED October 20, 2022
From Scratch Tells a Beautiful Story About the Triumph of Love
Zoe Saldana turns in a career-best performance as a woman rising above heartbreak.
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POSTED October 6, 2022
Vampires, Werewolves, and Jack Osbourne: Our Guide to the Best of Halloween TV 2022
From binge releases to anthologies, there's a treat for everyone in our annual guide
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POSTED October 4, 2022
Recommended: Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester on Netflix
The lightning-rod comic jokes about his own need to be controversial.
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POSTED September 27, 2022
Recommended: Reasonable Doubt on Hulu
The new series, from Raamla Mohamed and Kerry Washington, tackles the intricacies of the law when it intersects with race, class, and gender.
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POSTED September 21, 2022
A First Date Gets the Groundhog Day Treatment in Peacock’s Meet Cute
Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson's new movie challenges rom-com tropes... until it doesn't.