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Emilia Pérez trans review: a close up of Karla Sofia Gascón

‘Emilia Pérez’ Is the Most Unique Cis Nonsense You’ll Ever See

There are many bad movies made by cis writers and directors about trans women. But you’ve never seen a bad movie about a trans woman like Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 6, 2025

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Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson embrace in Babygirl

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‘Babygirl’ Is As Smart as It Is Hot — And It’s Really Hot

There are limits and boundaries that vanish outside the paradigm of heterosexual expectations.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Dec 25, 2024

Toronto International Film Festival

Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore stand side by side looking out a window with the cityscape reflected back at them in The Room Next Door.

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‘The Room Next Door’ Is Almodóvar’s Tribute to Life Through Death

If Pain and Glory was a reckoning with self and Parallel Mothers a reckoning with Spain, The Room Next Door is a reckoning with the entire world.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Dec 20, 2024

Toronto International Film Festival

Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey sit on the beach with one yellow towel wrapped around them both wearing dark sunglasses.

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In ‘Queer’ Bicurious Boys Are Another Addiction

This isn’t just a film about queer characters with a queer form — it’s also a film with very specifically queer motivations and conflicts.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Dec 13, 2024

tegan and sara

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‘Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara’ Is a Compassionate Mystery of a Parasocial Nightmare

The investigation that most needs to occur is an internal investigation done by all of us about how we think about celebrity and parasocial relationships.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Oct 18, 2024

Toronto International Film Festival

Will Ferrell and Harper Steele drive in a car in Will and Harper

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‘Will and Harper’ Shows Friendship Is More Important Than Perfection

Will doesn’t have to be perfect to be a great friend to Harper, and this documentary doesn’t need to be perfect to be meaningful.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Sep 27, 2024

Toronto International Film Festival

Two Indigenous teen boys in basketball jerseys pose with an arm around each other in Rez Ball.

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‘Rez Ball’ Is an Indigenous Sports Movie About a Queer High School Basketball Coach

Rez Ball reminds me of the sports movies I watched over and over again as a kid. Except none of those movies had a queer coach and featured a montage…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Sep 27, 2024

Toronto International Film Festival

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TIFF 2024: A Queer and Trans Festival Recap

Thoughts and reviews on 41 movies from the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival — all the queer cinema and more!

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Sep 16, 2024

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A queer person with flamboyant makeup and a red leather jacket looks at her partner in a car.

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TIFF 2024: The Melodrama of ‘Daughter’s Daughter’ Fails Its Dead Lesbians

The lesbian character feels like a prop, a character meant to show up in flamboyant eye makeup, go through IVF, and then die.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Sep 14, 2024

Toronto International Film Festival

Nykiya Adams floats in the water in Bird.

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TIFF 2024: ‘Bird’ Might Just Be Andrea Arnold’s Masterpiece

It’s thrilling to watch an artist as accomplished as Arnold reach a sort of apex of her talents while still pushing for reinvention. The result is a film that is…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Sep 14, 2024

Toronto International Film Festival