
Jeff doesn't trust his boyfriend Lane, who is sick of trying to prove himself. In a hotel room where countless strangers have become lovers, two lovers become strangers.
Perhaps the most amazing and groundbreaking quality about The Birdcage is how removed it is from both illness and insensitivity. Whereas films preceding it were often somber stories about the tribulations of being gay in a conservatively straight world, Nichols and screenwriter Elaine May expose the fallacies of conservatism as traditional values are thrown into a more open-minded space. They don’t care how far the community has fallen so much as how high they can rebuild themselves.
Can a homeless yet optimistic teenage girl learn to accept a helping hand?
Elio could be seen as fantastic piece of representation, showing lonely children who feel ostracized that they are not alone. That is, unless you look behind the curtain.
‘Candyman’ (2021) builds upon the original 1992 film by presenting the myth of Candyman not only as an example of black pain, but as an opportunity for black vengeance.
Wes Anderson offers a light-hearted comedy in the Middle East centering around Catholic motifs.