probably rate things too high;
quite gay about it
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl 2024
cousin cinema. imagine pairing this with monsoon wedding for a crushing but visionary double feature of patriarchal violence insidiously bubbling under an ultimately climactic ritual meant to bring family together in communion/connection. tradition gives and takes
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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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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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