The Unwanted 

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.

After his family fled to England after the Vietnam War, Kit returns home to Saigon.

The power of a talented female director like Patty Jenkins and an overall diverse cast is what makes this film worth watching for me.

‘Sexy Beasts’ promotes itself as different from other dating shows as being not appearance-based. This is true to some extent thanks to the special effects makeup. However, looks do still play a role despite the masks.

I hadn’t heard of it either until recently—and yet, it’s one of the highest grossing movies of all time.