
A young woman walking home alone gets attacked by two vicious muggers in a New York City back alley. A lone cop arrives on the scene, but turns out to be anything but your average police officer.
In the spirit of Halloween, here's a list of body horror films which can be interpreted as trans allegories.
Everyone needs a BFF and a "wing person" like Yumi (Chloris Li). Li brings the "straight person" persona, literally and figuratively balancing James Aaron Oh's perfectly timed comedic delivery as the unlucky-in-love.
Greta Garbo, a queer actress playing a real-life queer Queen is the best of both worlds.
Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow era, the film offers layered representation.
That gut-wrenching feeling you have while watching it is okay but needed, and you, the viewer, will be okay.