R Categories Festivals Reeling 2020 October 5, 2020 Reeling 2020: “The Capote Tapes” fills in the gaps of Truman’s world Ebs Burnough's composite portrait of Truman Capote reveals all the melodrama and queasy class navigation that seeped into every pore of his queer being.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2020 Reviews October 5, 2020 Reeling 2020: “Ahead of the Curve” has all the queer joy that’s fit to print Jen Rainin's documentary about famed lesbian magazine Curve is a welcome snapshot of queer lit history, in all the publication's ups and downs.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2020 Reviews September 30, 2020 Reeling 2020: “Dramarama” mines teen turmoil out of faith and sexuality Jonathon Wysocki's debut is a charming portrait of the sound and fury of queer middle-class teendom.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2020 Reviews September 30, 2020 Reeling 2020: “Galore” ends up feeling a bit slim Lazlo & Dylan Tonk’s documentary about Lady Galore is a technically proficient look at the title drag queen that comes up short.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2020 Reviews September 29, 2020 Reeling 2020: “Gracefully” finds queer pastoral bliss in Iran Arash Es'haghi celebrates an unnamed farmer dancing his way to self-love in Iran.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2020 Reviews September 28, 2020 Reeling 2020: “Pier Kids” puts a lens on queer homelessness Elegance Bratton's documentary is a kaleidoscopic view of the unhoused queer youth of Chelsea Pier.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2020 Reviews September 28, 2020 Reeling 2020: “The Whistle” sings loud about New Mexico’s queer culture Stormmiguel Florez searches for queer folk in 1980s Albuquerque, and highlights the invisibility of queer Latinx culture.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2020 Reviews September 27, 2020 Reeling 2020: “Give or Take” buries its gays under suffocating tidiness This queer drama is rife with potential and strong performances, but squashes its promise with too-neat storytelling.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2020 Reviews September 27, 2020 Reeling 2020: “Keyboard Fantasies” plays the song of a Black trans musician Beverly Glenn-Copeland's life and music come to light in this illuminating doc about the cult avant-garde musician.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2020 Reviews September 25, 2020 Reeling 2020: “These Thems” is an accessible Queer 101 comedy The queer-centered YouTube series gets compiled into a winsome feature that works best as a Queer Culture primer.
