Donna is a heart-warming documentary that follows trans activist, performer, and former Cockette, Donna Personna, as she learns, later in life, to live her most authentic trans life and to reconnect with her family as a woman. “This is who I want to be and who I want to show the world” Donna was … Continue reading
Doctor Jekyll is the latest offering from classic British goth horror/fantasy film makers Hammer Films. Based on the classic 1886 horror novella by Robert Louis Stevenson, director Joe Stevenson adds classic Hammer elements of camp pulp and twisted humour to the twenty-first century reinvention of the enduring tale of duality and the inter-play … Continue reading
Monica is an intense, touching drama about end-of-life family reconciliation. Monica (Trace Lysette) is a glamorous thirty-something, red convertible car-driving, long auburn-haired woman living in California, having left her rural mid-Western roots behind. She works as a masseuse and an online sex worker. She’s cool and guarded, and lives a fairly singular … Continue reading
Thanks to Nelson Mandela, South Africa has one of the best constitutions and legal rights frameworks for queer people globally. A nation’s queer human rights usually affects the tone of the film-making in that country. For example, queer film-making out of Muslim countries often contains far more angst-ridden themes than films from more … Continue reading
San Francisco’s Frameline LGBTQ+ Film Festival is the world’s longest-running queer film festival. Founded in 1977, it can always be guaranteed to showcase unique, eye-opening content. One such gem at this year’s festival is Spookable, a humorous offbeat trans werewolf horror story which premieres this Sunday June 23 as part of Frameline’s Fun In … Continue reading
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