Yes, this is
the beginning of cinema.
I'm no expert, but hopefully this movie represents one of the last gasps of yellowface, a shameful tradition of white people playing brutal Asian stereotypes that dates back to
the beginning of cinema, and to the stage before that.
The gangster film has been around almost since
the beginning of cinema.
Victorian London has been an effective setting since virtually
the beginning of cinema, perhaps unsurprisingly since it was during this period that moving pictures first appeared.
Apologies for pointing it out, but there are just 100 days until Christmas, the evenings are getting darker earlier, and the temperatures are slowly dropping... but before you lamp us for being the harbinger of bad news, bear in mind it's also
the beginning of cinema season proper.
Of course, love letters aren't enough, and although there is an underlying sadness knowing that the African nation of Wakanda is as fictional as unicorns, every scene stands as a defiant middle finger to damaging stereotypes that have plagued black viewers and actors since
the beginning of cinema.
Mental illness has been used almost since
the beginnings of cinema, from just about every genre from horror to comedy.