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.

In nineteenth-century California, two children listen to the adventures of a grandfather who fought against the Yankee invaders. At that time a mysterious man, dressed in masked black, appeared.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
Sing 2 the beat in this jukebox sequel featuring anthropomorphic animals with musical talent.
The multifaceted musical represents America in the 1960s and the battle against bigotry as an ensemble cast portrays how to fight for the limelight.
Based on the bestselling memoir, viewers get a glimpse of the challenges of autistic people.
Cursed is based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel, and is a retelling of the Arthurian legend with a twist. Instead of King Arthur gaining Excalibur, a teenage sorceress named Nimue (Katherine Langford) does. Her people — the Fey — are being hunted down, and so Nimue will do whatever it takes to save them.
Outer Banks (2020-) knows its audience: young adults in a country that can’t stop romanticizing good ole’ treasure hunts. Add a little of Riverdale’s (2017-) sex appeal, and no one can look away. Forty years after The Goonies (1985) America’s consciousness hasn’t strayed from the same tropes: treasure hunts, a vulnerable white male lead, and the whitewashing of a racially segregated setting.