Tonight, Hazel, a trans woman and the director of L'Étape—a queer community space on the brink of bankruptcy—has just discovered that her new girlfriend, Claire, is living a double life: she’s actually engaged to a man. Unfortunately for Hazel, it’s the same night the police have decided to evict the residents of L'Étape. The building shakes, the door creaks, and soon, their love story will too.
At first glance, Black as Night is a strange title choice for a film about vampirism in post-Katrina New Orleans. However, the title alludes to the world's anti-black and colorist messages.
This film manages to be simultaneously topical and timeless. Without being preachy, it highlights society’s flawed relationship with tech; insights into the complex ideas of family struggle are expertly dispersed among a perfectly paced and balanced story.
Fiction doesn't have to be the model for how our real-life pandemic plays out. Here's how we can avoid the dangers shown in "Contagion."
Barry Jenkins' masterpiece holds up as the story of a lifetime centered on the intersection of Blackness and gay identity.
"65" (2023) is the latest Dino flick to try and answer "what else can we do with dinosaurs?"
She is being made to justify why she doesn’t believe he’s a feminist, instead of him having to justify his choice to claim he is one.
