Portrait of a Lady of Science
Ammonite by Hope Madden Writer/director Francis Lee’s Ammonite is a beautiful, insightful, lonesome film about European women falling in love in a time when patriarchal society only allowed that to…read more →
LGBTQ films
Secret Garden
The Garden Left Behind by Hope Madden Newcomer Charlie Guevara charms in Flavio Alves’s drama The Garden Left Behind with a bittersweet performance as Tina, an undocumented Mexican trans woman…read more →
Speaking Softly
Lingua Franca by Hope Madden Lingua franca is literally a language used between two people who don’t share a native tongue. But what goes unsaid in Lingua Franca carries far…read more →
The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
Benjamin by Seth Troyer Benjamin is one of the most uniquely brilliant indie films I’ve come across in some time. It’s a film that could have easily been yet another…read more →
A Time to Act Up
HomoSayWhat: Who’s Pushing Hate? by Matt Weiner For a documentary with the subtitle “Who’s Pushing Hate?,” you would think that HomoSayWhat, Craig Bettendorf’s brief survey of homophobia in America from…read more →
New Coat of Paint
Portrait of a Lady on Fire by Hope Madden Celine Sciamma follows up the vitally of-the-moment indie Girlhood with this breathy, painterly period romance only to clarify that she is…read more →
Devil in Disguise
El Angel by Hope Madden Everyone loves a good bad guy. Why is that? That’s a question that drives Luis Orgeta’s El Angel, a fantastically stylish period piece and provocative…read more →
Hollywood in the Closet
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood by Brandon Thomas Hollywood has always been about vanity, secrets and fiction. It’s an industry filled with people who make a living pretending…read more →