A by-the-people, for-the-people approach to queer youth video, the 1995 short documentary Out Loud provides a forum for an age group which often receives short shrift. What is it like to be gay bashed? Does your sexual orientation really matter? In nine installments, LGBTQ teens discuss their hopes, fears, challenges, and achievements in their own words, and with their own vision.
Yes, "Nope" is definitely about the modern obsession with turning tragedy and horror into a spectacle for people’s enjoyment. But it's also about the power of looking, who has the right to look, and what happens to those who are looked upon.
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.
Andor is an origin story where each side will do whatever it takes.
A consumed-by-rage woman travels from universe to universe to avenge the death of her daughter by brutally killing her murderer over and over again. And that's all that she does.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
Essentially 'Get Out' but for white women, 'Don't Worry Darling' has strong material with its twist reveal, but the writing and directing falter trying to execute it.
