Halt and Catch Fire's Trailblazing Queer Representation
It was always people for Joe, and he ultimately found them at the end of a long, painful, yet illuminating quest for self-discovery outside of one, confident constant - his bisexuality.

VINCENT, a milk farmer, has lost his cows and is drowning in debt. When he tries to shoot himself, his gun hits a power line that cuts off the Internet to the whole village, depriving his daughter ROMANE, a soon-to-be international gamer, from a chance to compete in a famous tournament. As desperation consumes Vincent, Romane struggles to take her chance.
It was always people for Joe, and he ultimately found them at the end of a long, painful, yet illuminating quest for self-discovery outside of one, confident constant - his bisexuality.
I came across Urchin by chance and decided to watch it because of the title. It made me think of the spiky animal that lives at the bottom of the ocean, and the old Dickensian novels, where an urchin was an orphaned, homeless child in shaggy and dirty clothes.
Although Tuner is technically a heist movie, music and sound are woven into almost every aspect of Niki’s story. That’s what made Tuner such a pleasant surprise. I expected a film about music and discovered a heist movie, only to find that music was still at the heart of it.
As a frequent “the book was better” extoller, this movie was well worth the watch.
This emotional, frightening, and dreamlike story examines the ways actresses are exploited in the name of art.
A socially conscious film that draws attention to the plight of American military veterans.