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.

Voices of Parkland explores the the tragic shooting on February 14, 2018 when seventeen students and teachers were murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. This was the deadliest school shooting in United States history. In days that followed, inspired by the brave survivors, Vespa traveled to Florida to interview the students, teachers and the parents of the victims capturing over 35 testimonials. By interweaving their stories Vespa creates a raw first-person account of the tragedy and its immediate aftermath. —Vespa Pictures Inc
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
What happens to an inseparable bond when love for competing morphs into competing for love?
Korean Dramas deserve your attention and not just the ones on Netflix.
Ultimately the problem with The Bubble is that it plays everything for laughs to get around the audience’s defenses. But it comes off like a privileged white male thinking that ridiculing everyone else equally is the road to equality. And it’s not. And it's definitely not funny to pretend that it is.
Presenting a bold and unapologetic narrative focused on strong Muslim female characters, the show beautifully incorporates punk rock as a feminist movement in their lives.
The original Mothra is a fun monster movie that has way stronger lore, music, and special effects than most of its contemporaries.