R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 28, 2021 Reeling 2021: Mascarpone takes a while to rise but reveals some sweetness in the end Mascarpone, a dramedy from Alessandro Guida and Matteo Pilati, recovers from a monotone to become a warm study of a man rebuilding himself.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 26, 2021 Reeling 2021: Invisible: Gay Women in Southern Music is as enthralling as it is expansive Invisible, T.J. Parsell's documentary about queer women and the country music they make, gives its subjects a space to shine.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 26, 2021 Reeling 2021: The Sixth Reel is a hilarious, warm, cinephiliac comedy With The Sixth Reel Charles Busch writes, directs, and stars in a delightful, frantic, thoughtful picture about the hunt for a lost film.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reeling 36 September 26, 2021 Reeling 2021: The Journey of Monalisa is intimate and winding The Journey of Monalisa, Nicole Costa's documentary about the life of poet, artist, friend, and sex worker Iván Monalisa is insightfully wry.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 25, 2021 Reeling 2021: Being Bebe is an affectionate (if shallow) portrait of a queen Being BeBe is a charming chronicle of Bebe Zahara Benet's life, but its undermined by its tendency to dodge heavier history.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 22, 2021 Reeling 2021: Though handsome, Firebird fails to ignite Firebird, Peeter Rebane's adaptation of queer memoir The Story of Roman, is far too timid, especially when it has the potential to blaze.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 22, 2021 Reeling 2021: The autobiographical North by Current eloquently studies a family’s hurt and the nature of memory. North by Current sees Angelo Madsen Minax examine his family and their history with care, grace, and impeccable craft.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 36 September 22, 2021 Reeling 2021: Saint-Narcisse loves its own reflection Bruce LaBruce's latest, Saint-Narcisse, is a scintillating tale of queer lust, families, and doubles.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 22, 2021 Reeling 2021: Jump Darling sends off Cloris Leachman in style The late, great movie star gives a stupendous performance in this winning odd-couple dramedy.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 21, 2021 Reeling 2021: Queens of the Revolution celebrates queer Cubans and the lives they have built With Queens of the Revolution, Rebecca Heidenberg presents Cuba's queer community and their work with care and thought.
