probably rate things too high;
quite gay about it
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Female Perversions 1996
not to be boom boom core but there's honestly nothing more chic than taking a call on a *wired* telephone in a convertible, bandana and sunnies pressed tightly to your head
frances fisher i thought i knew your game from titanic and your oscar campaign-running capabilities but i did not truly know your game until this
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No Other Land 2024
let this film through sheer documentation aggressively zap any notion of "it’s complicated" propaganda when it comes to israel’s occupation of palestine and/or sustain outsider understanding of the reality of palestinian life that's constantly being erased and maybe it’s done its job, but how it compels as cinematic and humane and enraging and moving art whose consummate impact with greater viewer accessibility could be boundless in the way that any art can be, particularly documentary?
promising that it’s found success…
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Mississippi Masala 1991
shout out to mira nair at NYFF's 30th anniversary 4K restoration screening+convo explaining how she stood firm for the lead interracial couple in this movie to be fully non-white, a rarity sadly even today, preserving the key themes around colorism, anti-blackness, non-white class/racial conflict, etc. (+ she was THE most pleasant conversationalist)
i heart this movie so much - as a person of indian-raised-in-a-motel-in-the-south experience (with a few extended family members who were uprooted from east africa) this movie struck…
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Chutney Popcorn 1999
love this era of queer indie flicks. a cache of classic 90s lesbian woc relationships right up there with the watermelon woman, but its indian-american specificity feels like a rare treat to witness
keeping in mind it's a product of its time, if there were ever a remake or sequel i'd challenge to update the girlfriend to be non-white (something that still plagues depictions of queer woc relationships today, not just here)—just a thought :)
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