The plotline, the script, and the direction of the film are all critical of not only the colonialism of the early U.S. settlers, but also of the U.S. military, of the Christian church, and, of course, of the masculinity of those who think participation in any of these things makes them more righteous than anyone else.
In 2004, there were two queer slashers making the festival rounds. But you’ve probably only heard of one.
When I saw a UFO, I was 18 and it was the night before prom.
For all the queer art being made now, for all the films and the television shows and the webseries, I never feel as loved as I feel watching some micro-budget Italian horror film from 1975.
It’s not hard to see the connection that trans readers and storytellers can find in vampire media.
Horror has always been the most democratized genre.
Elm Street was just another part of a society — our society, where people are taught to care very little for each other.
Horror movies are for the depressed and anxious gays.
Over the past couple weeks, I’ve watched forty features and the first two episodes of a TV show. Yes, forty. Consider this list a reference, a collection of short reviews for the rest of the year’s buzzed about films and films that should be buzzed about.
Since the rise of video, “just go out and make something” has been a rallying cry to young filmmakers. I would add not to lose yourself along the way — in content or form.
“A lot of the history of horror is that, you know, those queer coded people who don’t fit in are baddies.”
Dani Janae talks to Tribeca Film Festival programmers, Lucy Mukerjee and Shakira Refos, on the importance of investing in queer artists and audiences.
I will always believe that homoerotic criminals are far queerer than explicitly gay cops.
“All of the drama in my queer friends’ lives revolves around who they may or may not fuck. And then we save the talk about our dads for our therapists.”
It’s time trans people get to showcase our desires, in all their variety, in all their complexity, in all their possibility.
“Crush being gay was way less important to me than it being funny.”
“Laying down next to a pretty girl in moonlight and talking about our feelings, like… it’s just movie magic.”
“In the 90s, everyone was telling kids they could be anything they wanted to be. But when people saw who I wanted to be they were like, maybe not that though, maybe that’s a little much.”
25 years later I was curious to see if I’d still hate it since I’ve stopped judging my queerness by my distance to gold star lesbian status.
From Old Yeller to Biscuit, paying tribute to the dogs that were ripped out of our arms by the lords of the teevee and cinema.