Why "The Watermelon Woman" is Just as Powerful 30 Years Later
This movie will always resonate with queer people, for as long as queer people exist.

Amnesia made Luis’ identity split between memory loss and self-expression. Andrea, his girlfriend, must now confront whether she’s fighting for their love or holding him back.
This movie will always resonate with queer people, for as long as queer people exist.
The film seems like an extreme interpretation of the conspiracy theorists that exist in real life. And then, there’s the twist.
A trio of girls form a band and enter a singing competition together after learning they work best as a team.
The new biopic 'Elvis' highlights the beginning and end of the career of this rock and roll legend. The audience is taken on this journey knowing the tragic ending but not so much about what led him there. A large topic of discussion is the influences on Elvis that made him who he was as a singer, musician, and performer, which were blues, gospel, and country. Many of the songs that rose him to fame were songs by Black artists he heard growing up in primarily Black settings.
I was able to sit down and talk with up and coming producer and director Ryan Polomski who talked about his latest project Raymond Lewis: LA Legend. It's a documentary about basketball star Raymond Lewis and here is what I found out.
Tarantino's alternative history of the 1960's uncritically repeats the era's sexist and racist stereotypes.