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.
Last night I saw The Serpent’s Skin, the latest work by director Alice Maio Mackay. I’ve been a big fan of Mackay’s work since seeing Carnage for Christmas a couple of years ago, and I’m devoting some digital ink to the work of the Australian filmmaking phenom. Read part one here:
New Transgenre Cinema: The Films of Alice Maio Mackay, Part 1
Last year on December 25th, I recommended a film called Carnage for Christmas: directed by Australian filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay, the film wowed me when I saw it at a festival in 2024 and a revisit did nothing to dull my memory of this brazen exercise in festive horror, a “transgender holiday film”, as the title card suggests.
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