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.

Gloria Steinem's text from her book "Revolution from Within" inspired this manifesto. Linda is my mother's first name. I wanted to honor both. For all the other women. Those we aim to embody, those we aspire to become, and those we once were.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
This feels like the creative team wanted to make a body horror film, but the studio wanted to make another generic blockbuster.
Marvin Gaye's powerful music addresses the same themes as "Da 5 Bloods" and elevates the film to even greater heights.
"THANK YOU, Zach Creggar!" Back in 2022, this now established star in the horror film genre gave us the quirkily creepy, unexpectedly funny (at times!) cinematic gem that was "Barbarian". It felt like a cool breeze just washed over us as, for ONCE, the much traversed roads these films tend to go with got an upgrade of uniqueness without sacrificing the ambiance of uneasiness you desire.
While everyone was going gaga over The Odyssey, Desert Warrior was quietly taking audiences on an epic Arabian “knights of the sand table” adventure
The iconic title character stars in her own horror and gothic TV series.