Celine Song, you could never do me wrong.
Materialists is the horror movie I have always wanted about the modern dating world, capturing every ounce of existential fear trapped inside of an hourglass strapped to our chest as we present our most pristine and presentable versions of ourselves, accidentally making the process of finding a life partner potentially vapid and empty. Song uses this and weaponizes it towards the audience, often making a film that is distanced and cold at times,…
Friendship won’t shift the needle for anyone on Tim Robinson, but it’s descent into a blend of cringe humor, true horror at the sight of the heart of toxic masculinity, and despair thinking about the male loneliness epidemic, made for a watch that affected me in a multitude of ways. There a number of gags that feel familiar to “I Think You Should Leave”, but reach such extremes of uncomfortability that I couldn’t help but wince or shy my eyes from…
Pride 2025 Film #12
First-time watch
Feel some anticipation about others finding this score too low, but while Summerland’s central queerness is refreshing and this is ultimately a moving and emotion story, I found the melodrama a bit overdone at points for how predictable this all way and how flat most of the performances come across here for me. I’m also not going to define what makes a good or bad queer story, I recognize the film is a favorite of many, but there is one particular cop out near the end that I’m surprised I don’t hear more. It’s nice I guess!
Pride 2025 Film #11
First-time watch
Mala Mala’s scope may be more scattered and yet specific than many would presume hearing this is a documentary about the trans community in Puerto Rico, focusing on essentially the larger queer community, including drag queens, and spending time with large number of transwomen who are sex workers. A number of reviews seemed turned off by this, but it felt abundantly clear that this focus is reflective of challenging the perceptions around the …
Growing up, I never felt like I was a boy. I felt for a long part of my life I was chasing something else, and at one point I assumed that meant being a man. And then I ed the first dream where I was a woman and I woke up with my pillow wet covered in tears. But that also never felt right and it would be a long time until I understood my gender and it was through…
