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.

During the Argentine dictatorship of the eighties, two gravediggers are in charge of burying all the N.N. that arrive at the cemetery. One afternoon they bring the corpse of a beautiful girl whom they both fall in love with. That rainy night will be the excuse for a reflection in candle on the friendship, the old age and the bitter beauty.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
White audiences saw Peola’s mixed-race passing as a Black woman’s struggle to be white. Black audiences saw it as the rebellion of a Black woman trying to gain privileges only given to white people.
'Barbarian' is horror infused with something ridiculous that makes the whole thing entertaining.
Asha, the main character, is a biracial woman who discovers the power of magic wishing dust.
I believe in homages, but there's a proper way to borrow a creative idea instead of making it appear as if you hit the copy and paste button. Most likely, anyone is better off simply reading the books. Or just put on Scream.