Steve Erickson
The book’s final words offer hope for the future: “Despite the compromised nature of the trans film image of the past, there are many new horizons possible for the trans film image of the future, and that canvas, with all these images, will tell our story in cinema.”
Read MoreDirector Monia Chokri finds a language for communicating Sophia’s desire without putting her body on display.
Read MoreDirector Takashi Miike’s latest is a killjoy of a film: it doesn’t want to have fun with its material, but it’s impossible to take it seriously.
Read MoreThe enthusiastic spirit of “Lost Soulz” is appealing enough to make what feels like two different types of movies sutured together dramatically satisfying.
Read MoreThere is no denying that “Kidnapped”‘s warning about political authority abusing religion for its own accumulative ends resonates powerfully at this moment.
Read MoreBreezy as “Hit Man” is, there’s a sting to this romance’s tail.
Read More“Amar Singh Chamkila” doesn’t hit the compelling heights of “Highway” and “Tanasha,” but the director Imtiaz Ali successfully infuses — within the limits of the musical biopic — a buoyant, rebellious spirit.
Read More“Femme” proves that finessing the depiction of a toxic romance can lead to some ugly places.
Read MoreNoora Niasari’s personal involvement elevates “Shayda” above melodramatic Lifetime fare: this is a compellingly warm tribute to the Iranian director’s mother.
Read MoreThe album’s layers of thick and swampy sound make Kim Gordon’s anxious point.
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