horror
Trans Witchcraft: The Films of Alice Maio Mackay, Part 2
On the occasion of the release of 'The Serpent's Skin,' I examine the young director's singular filmography.
trans
horror
New Transgenre Cinema: The Films of Alice Maio Mackay, Part 1
On the occasion of the release of 'The Serpent's Skin,' I examine the young director's singular filmography.
personal essay
Videohell
Ongoing Reflections on Physical Media, Part 5
trans
Land of Confusion
Superman, where are you now? (He's in this movie and he sucks.)
television
TVism
[Here’s another piece of writing from my backlog. It’s brief and I’m not sure how it holds up, but I also pledged to publish something today and nothing new is ready. So here w TV: it's considered an archaic term for an evolving form. Recently
horror
Holiday Pick: Carnage for Christmas
Come for the Christmas, stay for the Carnage.
queer
Cinema of Multiplicity: Films by Vera Drew, Jane Schoenbrun, Paul B. Preciado
The People's Joker, I Saw the TV Glow, and Orlando make new waves in trans storytelling.
trans
Thoughts on 'The People's Joker'
I haven't seen The People's Joker, which recently showed at the Toronto International Film Festival, and for now, it might have to stay that way. The film has reportedly been pulled from TIFF following "rights issues", and as such, the future of The People&
trans
Lady Ballers: What Isn't a Woman?
Consider yourself lucky if you did not subject yourself to Lady Ballers, the recent Daily Wire film that, like seemingly all conservatives these days, has an axe to grind against transgender athletes. I watched it so you don’t have to, as the saying goes. I’ve written before about
trans
Matt Walsh, 'What is a Woman?', and the Trans Documentary
I never wanted to watch the Matt Walsh-led documentary What is a Woman?, because, well, Matt Walsh is a hatemonger and a stochastic terrorist against transgender people. The Daily Wire host walks viewers through the insidiously sophisticated What is a Woman? not in the effort of gaining any understanding
trans
A Tribute to Edward D. Wood, Jr.
"But then the movies are an extension of life and should be treated as such, or so goes the thoughts of many writers who have and are dealing with the subject. In censoring movies, it is felt that there is little difference than if the censoring was being levied
trans
Shadow of a Doubt
This is an essay about Alfred Hitchcock. But first: I want to talk about The Accused for a moment. The 1988 film stars Jodie Foster as a rape victim who takes legal measures against her rapists as well as the bystanders who egged them on. The film obscures the rape