I went to see Anora under the perfect circumstances: a 5pm show in the winter after a day of walking around decorated, bustling Manhattan. Thomas met me in his long winter coat & we made it to our seats just before the film started.

The film felt like an continuation of a conversation I've been having with people around me about boyishness and dispersed yet acute violence. So many moments throughout the film we wanted something different for her. Ivan was…

This film helped me identify my favorite types of film experiences -- films where the frames and the moments remind us of life's mundane & ever-interesting contradictions. Films that articulate ungraspable feelings of self confusion amid strange environments. Bluish provided vignettes of 'youngish' attempts at self understanding in a strange post-pandemic world. The q & a showcased how filmmaking can really be a grand and feminine collaboration with the universe -- seeing the directors talk about making Bluish affirmed my feelings about…