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.

Director Mike Adriano welcomes pretty-but-nasty cocksuckers for a freaky oral spectacle: Swallowed 44 dishes out five epic scenes that ooze filthy tease and furious throat fucking, plus raunchy ass play. Seductive, young vixens kneel for extreme blowjobs, and they lewdly tongue bungholes amid copious, flowing spit.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
For the most part, 'Sweet Girl' recycles tired hyper masculine revenge tropes, but a surprise twist in the end turns it into a female-centric revenge film.
It’s fun, it’s energetic, but it’s also understated and vicarial. Zola is a modern black fairytale and future of black movies.
A review of the Ryan Polomski documentary featuring the story of Basketball star Raymond Lewis.
"La Noria" deftly subverts audience expectations as it explores childhood grief, anxieties, and pain. The award-winning short shows us that often our monsters are often sprung from our darkest places.
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.