A Queer Review of the Austin Film Festival (2023)
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.

An insomnia drug linked to the military and its war on terror causes bizarre nightmares that are being intentionally ignored by the press. When a young security guard take a job following the woman fighting the media blackout, he is sucked into a larger conspiracy involving a plot hatched by the "1 Percent" and a weird cult from the 1900's that worshipped Dream Demons called The Others.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
Desi’s “straight man” to Lucy’s playful exuberance subverted people’s expectations of what a Latino man could be and added respect and nuance to the way onscreen marriages between men and women were portrayed.
An apocalyptic tale captivates the nation as it teaches us to love even in the hardest situations.
Have you ever wondered what it's like to work at the greatest arts and entertainment company? This documentary film gives us a look at the people who make the magic.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is the most human movie of the year. It is based on the 2010 short of the same name that follows a big-hearted, little shell named Marcel as he navigates through life in a human-sized world.
I was able to sit down and talk with up and coming producer and director Ryan Polomski who talked about his latest project Raymond Lewis: LA Legend. It's a documentary about basketball star Raymond Lewis and here is what I found out.