Traci Lords: Advanced Jazzthetics (1993)

The film basically says she was a lost cause from the start. We don't get a sense of who Marilyn was.

I write for a diversity-focused film review blog, so I’ll be honest: I really wanted to like Pretty Lethal. Starring Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Avantika, and Millicent Simmonds, Amazon Prime’s new thriller seemed like it would be a girl power movie about dancers with a horror action twist. Sort of a Suspiria for teens. But with shallow and unlikeable characters, a confusing plot, an overreliance on violence, and cringey dialogue, any fun the movie started out with was quickly lost. What was left was a faint echo of greater horror movies about dancers made before. 

We have a long way to go with LGBT representation in film, especially when it comes to LGBT characters of color and trans characters.

An unlikely friendship changes the hearts of men, and helps a young boy come into his own.

In the spirit of Halloween, here's a list of body horror films which can be interpreted as trans allegories.

As a huge fan of Sean Baker’s Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket, I’ve wanted to watch Anora since before it even was released. But life got in the way, my watchlist grew, and honestly, the fact that it was marketed as a romantic comedy put me off. Even with all the critical praise and the five Academy Awards it won last year, I just kept postponing it indefinitely.