A wet and messy queer bildungsroman destined for midnight arthouse screenings. It's glittery body horror. It's too much and half-baked. It's iconic. It directly inspired my transmasc legal name change to Climaximillion (going by Max). It's also the most personally relatable mother-daughter dynamic I've ever seen on film. It's streaming on Kanopy as of Feb. 2025. Stick around for the post-credits scene!
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The Secret of Roan Inish 1994
All the weird, dreamy girl-children who loved this movie in the 90s have found each other as thirtysomething leftist sapphics and I think that's beautiful
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13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life 1968
Art bro attempts a philosophical/political statement, with an absence of critical thinking about gender. A tale as old as time!
Go watch Susan Mogul's Big Tip/Back Up/Shut Out (1976, available through the Solidarity Cinema Archive) for a nonfiction look at a twentysomething woman practicing her art and building a career.
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