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.

Stuti Sanyal, a terminally ill woman who lost her husband in an aviation accident, takes a train to Vellore from her home town, Kolkata. Little does she know that the journey will bring a roller coaster ride of emotions, as a stranger in the train narrates three stories to her. Each one teaches her something about the essence of life, culminating in a life-changing experience.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
The biggest highlight of the film is easily the performance of Andrew Garfield. In his days since hanging up his Spiderman suit, Garfield has routinely churned out great performances, and Mainstream is no exception. He proves that he is willing to try anything and go anywhere in a character.
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A boy named Max experiences adventure within his own house while staying home alone.
Seriously, and this is coming from someone who was extremely skeptical before giving it a watch. I assumed the show would be painfully boring, but one of the show's strongest qualities is you needn't know anything about the lore to get invested in it.