Straight Actors Playing Queer Characters Is Exhausting
It’s 2021 and what few LGBTQ+ films that are produced by major film studios continue to star cisgender heterosexual actors, rather than actual LGBTQ+ people.

A modern couple stumbled upon a pair of old shoes at home. The shoes looked like cultural relics but were well preserved. The stark contrast between the old and the new made two young people curiously search for the story behind it. The film flashbacks to the 1930s and 1940s: Grandpa Long Hao and grandma Bai He fell in love with each other when they were young. They were separated due to the outbreak of the Japanese War. During the war, they used their own methods to fight against foreign aggression. Although life and death have been separated for several times, the two finally came together because of their common ideals and beliefs and unwavering love.
It’s 2021 and what few LGBTQ+ films that are produced by major film studios continue to star cisgender heterosexual actors, rather than actual LGBTQ+ people.
The Cycle refuses to lean into the same old, same old monster-movie tropes and builds the entire premise around the intellect and the history of a capable, smart female protagonist.
A film about family and sacrifice... and carnivorous locusts coming after you.
The external threat invaded the domestic environment at the most valuable moment: grieving.
This film’s ambition is betrayed by its lack of substance.
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.