Recit de soi is an animated film about the life of a transgender man exploring and seeking identity through representations in reality. On the soccer field, he played for hours without a shirt on, while finding resonance with online articles … Continued

Are You Hungry? is a short film from Finland that’s made the film festival rounds. It’s about an overprotective mother worried about her adopted teenage son who may be gay. The mother uses food as a bonding strategy. She is … Continued

Have we said 2020 was a weird year enough times already? Yes? Well, it was. And to be honest, we’re not sure 2021 will be any less odd. With that, we did see some terrific films, and since we’re spending … Continued

How did America’s most decorated female gymnast find herself in the midst of a media maelstrom? That’s what Olympian Simone Biles must be asking herself (and her agent). The 23-year-old stars in the Uber Eats ad campaign entitled ‘Tonight I’ll … Continued

Since debuting in February, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart is one of the most accomplished novels of 2020. In November, Stuart was honored with the prestigious Booker Prize, and the book has drawn comparisons to D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, and … Continued

If you were expecting a deeply sentimental final season for Showtime’s Shameless, then you better readjust your expectations. The Gallagher family is going out in the family’s true resilient style with a war against Chicago’s gentrifiers.  Frank (William H. Macy) … Continued

The winter holiday season is upon us, and you know what that means: a constant stream of Christmas-set romances being churned out by Lifetime, Hallmark, and Netflix. One thing that these films generally have in common is that the romantic … Continued

Heidi Ewing has made her name as a documentary filmmaker, known for projects such as Jesus Camp and One of Us. Now, she has ventured into narrative features with her upcoming I Carry You With Me. The movie follows the … Continued

Like an aging actress, sometime between the 90s and the aughts, the cinema began to lose some of its sex appeal. But unlike actresses who develop crows’ feet, get thick around the middle and segue from playing the ingénue to … Continued

Most of us know the events surrounding the Stonewall rebellion, where LGBTQ people advocated for their rights. But do you know much about queer history before 1969? HBO Max’s four-part docudrama Equal aims to educate and entertain audiences via LGBTQ … Continued