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October 20, 2020

AFI Fest: “Notturno”, “No Ordinary Man”

Two stellar docs -- one about the dangers of place, the other the flexibility of identity -- screen at AFI Fest.
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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.
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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.
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June 17, 2020

“Disclosure” lets trans people speak up for themselves

Sam Feder's documentary provides an empathetic if slightly uneven look at the trans community, voicing its beauty and understanding its anger.
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March 16, 2020

SXSW: “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” Charts a Life in Transition

Karen Bernstein's doc about the gender-fluid journey of Brian Belovitch is a deep well of empathy.
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October 25, 2019

CIFF 10/24: “Seahorse”, “First Rainbow Coalition”, “Vast of Night” & More

Seahorse, The First Rainbow Coalition, and debut feature The Vast of Night highlight our last day of CIFF capsule reviews.
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September 27, 2019

Reeling: “The Garden Left Behind” Is Powerful Trans Filmmaking

Flavio Alves' story of a trans immigrant in New York City may be rough around the edges, but it serves as important advocacy.
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September 9, 2019

5 Films (And 1 Short Program) We’re Gagging to See at Reeling 2019

Gay swim teams, trans immigrants, and a conflicted horror movie star highlight this year's slate at Reeling, Chicago's premier LGBTQ+ film festival.
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September 5, 2019

Gender Treachery, or Where Are All the Trans People in “The Handmaid’s Tale”?

Hulu's patriarchal sci-fi dystopia can't quite bring itself to explore what happens outside the cis experience.
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August 9, 2019

Review: “Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling” Goes Post-Modern

Netflix brings back the classic Nick cartoon twenty years later for a one-off special filled with heart and surprisingly complicated musings on the passage of time.