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.

Joanne is leaving. For Polly, the local mecanic's daughter, there is now just one thing to do: overcome innuendo and give full flight to their love affair. Polly is ready to do anything if it means experiencing life with Joanne.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
It's not love. It's Obsession. The hook of this movie is the tension between wanting to be loved and the fear of being all-encompassed by that love. It plays on men’s typical (though certainly not universal) inner-conflict
“Reboot” can be crass and has much room to improve, but with investments of time and care, could flower out of the seed of a vision.
I can say without question, that this is the first movie I’ve ever seen where art imitates life so much that I could 100% identify with it on a personal level. The predominately Black cast of characters are people with hopes, dreams, fears, and ambitions.
The film's Incluvie rating is off the charts. It features Black, Muslim, queer, trans humans whose moms hold them up, fight for them, and love them for who they are...making anything possible.
The director's latest is a dreamlike exploration of a consciousness torn between two homelands, and the implications of history and memory suspended in limbo.