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.

This was recorded live at Shibuya Bunkamura, Orchard Hall, Tokyo Japan on June 3rd 1995. Tracks include: Crosstown Kids, Closed Door Jam, Low Steppin', Remembering JP, After the Rain, Larry's Blues, Smiles and Smiles To Go, Wes Bound, Etude, Take That, Lee's Solo, 4 on 6, Room 335, and LA Underground.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
The one-way journey went to the desert that refused to offer an answer or a transcendence.
Some people’s first introduction to Mira Nair might be as New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s mom. But with her insightful direction of 1991’s Mississippi Masala, Nair shows how much she deserves to be known as an artist. Delivering a nuanced portrait of a romance between a Black man and an Indian woman living in the South, Nair explores the complications each character faces, giving both equal weight.
I am shocked and upset to report that the movie about a female car mechanic who meets the love of her life online featuring Katy O’Brien does not, in fact, have a lesbian storyline.
In a world where we hear ringers and beepers at every corner, technology feels inescapable. This is why technology is often an enemy in Digital J-horrors, like One Missed Call.