Trans Allegories in Film: 'Your Name' (2016)
Our protagonists perform as the opposite gender while still preserving the parts of their personalities that makes themselves who they are.

Interviews and clips honor Pete Maravich's 1977 tour de force, scoring 68 points for the New Orleans Jazz against New York’s Knicks on February 25, 1977 for an NBA record.
Our protagonists perform as the opposite gender while still preserving the parts of their personalities that makes themselves who they are.
Guillermo del Toro's masterwork "Pan's Labyrinth" stands test of time as it celebrates 20th anniversary in theaters.
Magnolia focuses on how one’s childhood and trauma relate to their confidence and self.
'Pariah' tells a powerful, mesmerizing, and unflinchingly honest story of identity.
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
The repeated actions, the blood on the petals, the rustling under the floor…An ambient short horror film takes us into another realm.