Queer Friendship is Complicated in "Lakeview" (2024)
Tara Thorne’s film is equal parts emotional and comedic, illustrating the beauty and the pain of long term relationships.

When Joe Montoya loses his wife in a gang related shooting – he vows to stop at nothing to exact his revenge on those responsible. While investigating his wife’s murder he discovers a whole community of people who the police have failed. In killing his wife, they created their worst nightmare. Suddenly the local gangsters start disappearing, the violence escalates and the police search for clues to stop this mayhem. One man must decide how far he is willing to go in this tale of love and revenge.
Tara Thorne’s film is equal parts emotional and comedic, illustrating the beauty and the pain of long term relationships.
April, a professional dancer, reluctantly trains a group of girls at a dance school for the dance competition.
Dramatic Horror!!! Wait, what?? Did you say "dramatic horror"?? IS there such a thing?? I mean, TRULY. Well, if San Francisco-based, Pakistani-born independent filmmaker Dr. Hassan Zee and this film critic have anything to say about it, there IS such a beast as experienced through the director's newest feature film set to officially debut October 4th in the City by the Bay. Folks, indie film will always be a bastion of experimentation and originality, and this film for me fits that bill.
A Black woman centered in a box office rom-com with a happy ending and no struggle love.
Audition should be on everyone's list of Greatest Horror Film. So I urge you to give it a watch. Maybe watch the last twenty minutes with your hands in front of your eyes.
SPOILERS AHEAD. Premature is a story about the pain of love and realities. Transitioning from youth to our perspective of adulthood, how do we grapple with loss?