All posts tagged "Film"
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‘Girls Don’t Cry’ Review: Reel Affirmations 2023
A gentle, somewhat predictable road trip/coming-of-age-and-out story that is more cute than memorable.
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‘Finlandia’ Review: Reel Affirmations 2023
Three generations of gender-variant people take pride of place in Horacio Alcalá's multifaceted narrative feature.
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At the End of Evin Review: Reel Affirmations 2023
'The End of Evin' is a tense and quietly moving thriller that asks what price a person will pay for freedom.
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‘Queendom’ Review: Reel Affirmations 2023
The documenatry 'Queendom' provides a rare, candid glimpse into the tremendous plight and serious peril of Russians who identify as LGBTQ.
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‘Before I Change My Mind’ Review: Reel Affirmations 2023
Trevor Anderson's 'Before I Change My Mind' is a magnificent work that will make you laugh and cry in the same breath.
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‘Coming Around’ Review: Reel Affirmations 2023
The documentary 'Coming Around' explores a young woman's relationship with her religious mother as she finds the courage to come out.
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Reel Affirmations 30: All the Reviews!
Reviews of every single feature, documentary, and short in the 2023 Reel Affirmations LGBTQ film festival.
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For Christopher Cunetto, Filmmaking is a Way “To Touch Someone’s Heart”
In his short film 'Safe Word,' Christopher Cunetto examines the emotional torrents of body image with cleverness and heart.
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Reel Affirmations Celebrates its 30th Anniversary!
Washington, D.C.'s legendary LGBTQ film festival returns this weekend with great features, documentaries, and terrific shorts.
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‘Le Beau Mec’ and ‘Safe Word’ Reviews: Reel Affirmations 2023
'Le Beau Mec' is fully ejaculatory, campy, French 1970s erotica raunch, while 'Safe Word' is seductive and captivating.
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‘Our Son’ Review: Reel Affirmations 2023
Watching 'Our Son' is like dealing with a bouncer: you can see there's something important happening but can't get past the bulk in the way.
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‘The Accident’ Review: Reel Affirmations 2023
Bruno Carboni's 'The Accident' plays out like a noir film with mystery and quiet intensity.
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‘Luise’ Review: Reel Affirmations 2023
Like all great filmmaking, 'Luise' all great filmmaking shows rather than tells, and the effect comes like the rumbling of distant thunder.
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‘Out of Uganda’ Review: Reel Affirmations 2023
'Out of Uganda' is a world you may not want to enter, but the filmmakers have taken great effort to make you welcome in it.
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‘Birder’ Review: Reel Affirmations 2023
If you like horror films with plenty of nudity and rough sex but very little logic or horror, 'Birder' should fit the bill nicely.
