S Categories Movies Reviews Sundance 2022 January 18, 2022 Sundance 2022: Framing Agnes queers a history The documentary dives deep into decades-old research to reveal how the framing of trans lives has, and hasn't, evolved.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 September 24, 2021 Reeling 2021: At the End of Evin is a powerful Muslim trans story Mehdi and Mohammad Torab-Beigi's drama presents intriguing questions about the trans body and the experience of transition.
A Categories AFI Fest 2020 Festivals Movies Reviews 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.
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.
& Categories Movies Reviews 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.
S Categories Festivals Movies SXSW 2020 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.
C Categories CIFF 2019 Festivals Movies 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.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2019 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.
5 Categories Festivals Reeling 2019 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.
