Category: Drama
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The Wedding Banquet (2025): A Window into Modern Day Queer Relationships
In this remake of the 1993 film of the same name, The Wedding Banquet follows the life of two queer couples as they struggle with life-changing decisions.
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STRAW 2025: A Mother’s Silence Was Louder Than a Siren
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.
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The Phoenician Scheme: A Man of No Identity
Wes Anderson offers a light-hearted comedy in the Middle East centering around Catholic motifs.
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With ‘American Fiction,’ Cord Jefferson offers a fresh lens on the cinematic sub-genre of racial satire
Cord Jefferson’s hilarious and thought-provoking film continues a long-standing cinematic tradition, expanding the conversation around the impact of systemic racism in today’s media.
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‘American Fiction’ Speaks Truth
American Fiction is a genuinely entertaining film with a few lessons.
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Not Much More than Magic in ‘Maestro’
In ‘Maestro,’ we’re left with an impression but not with an understanding of the main character.
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‘Cyrano’ (2022): A Bittersweet Tale of Unrequited Love and Self-Acceptance
This modern update of the beloved classic swaps Cyrano’s signature pronounced nose for achondroplasia, for a different vision that still retains the original’s essence.
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The Good Deeds in ‘A Good Person’
‘A Good Person’ makes it clear that forgiveness is hard.
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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.
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‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’
The enthralling prequel and 5th installment in ‘The Hunger Games’ film franchise.