Film
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Editor’s Pick: AFI Silver’s Silent Cinema Showcase
AFI's "Cinema's First Nasty Women" are three programs of rarely-seen shorts from the silent era.
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‘Gemmel & Tim’ Review: Victims’ Voices
A haunting elegy for two stolen lives, "Gemmel & Tim" weighs the struggles that led a killer's victims to the devil's door.
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‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ Review: Friendly Fire
A sudden unfriending ignites a civil war between old buddies in the sublime "The Banshees of Inisherin."
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‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Review: Parody Rules
The "Weird Al" Yankovic biopic is less rooted in genuine facts than in a desire to revel in over-the-top satire.
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‘My Policeman’ Review: As It Was
'My Policeman' makes the gay guy suffer in this tragic triangle of a cop, his wife, and his male lover.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Soy Niño’
The Chilean documentary 'Soy Niño' feels like more of an art piece than a story of a trans boy becoming an adult.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Out From the Wings’
Anthony Montoya's informative, remarkably restrained documentary introduces us to queer, transgender, and nonbinary dance artists/activists.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Impresario’
'Impresario' is a touching, humorous, emotional and entirely captivating account of Marc Huestis' career and life.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘#LookAtMe’
The pendulum nature of the global LGBTQ rights movement is on breathtaking display in Ken Kwek's #LookAtMe.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Being Thunder’
'Being Thunder' is a thoughtful, powerful coming of age doc about a two-spirit member of the Narragansett tribe.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘A Run for More’
A movie about a woman who is quite aware of the challenges facing her as a trans woman in public but refuses to be defined...
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Reel Affirmations 2022: All The Shorts Reviewed
Our critics review all 23 short films playing virtually in the 29th Reel Affirmations LGBTQ Film Festival.
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Reel Affirmations Review: Blessed Boys
'Blessed Boys,' from Italian director Silvia Brunelli, is tells a memorable story that combines romance and religion.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Manscaping’
'Manscaped' magnificently spotlights three men doing their best to reimagine the barbershop as we know it.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Prognosis: Notes on Living’
'Prognosis' is a powerful documentary following filmmaker Debra Chasnoff in her two-year battle with a cancer that ends her life.
