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I Am Cuba 1964
One day, they might tell stories like this about us. If we keep fighting, one day, they will look back and see only the distortions of us and our struggle, only the broad strokes, and they will be so enamored with our victories that they make something as alive and wondrous as this to celebrate us. The story will not be exactly the same. The tourists who steal treasures and callously dismiss the women they use would not be outsiders,…
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BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism 1995
Not enough films feature dykes talking about fisting.
There's a special feeling when someone in a film, or the film itself, gives voice to your thoughts or feelings. When those thoughts and feelings come from someone real, someone who was speaking to a camera 25 years ago, it brings a sense of history. When those thoughts and feelings come from someone who shares identities with you, it brings a sense of community. We have always been here. I'm not alone.…
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Love Lies Bleeding 2024
Comparisons to classic exploitation films, crime thrillers, and noir are inevitable, but there's another genre that very unexpectedly sneaks in there. I hate to make a comparison to superhero films, but there's a very specific image late in the film that calls to mind a very specific superhero. Somehow it's the best, most shocking moment in the film, a moment that elevates (pun intended?) the whole movie.
It is still fitting to compare it, too, because an analysis beyond the…
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Out of the Blue 1980
On rewatch, the manner in which the film places you in Cebe's perspective became much clearer. Every encounter with a man, every encounter with the system, every encounter with a predator feels real, alive, but also graced with a certain remove; that remove derives not from the camera, but from the performance. We see Cebe's ability to survive shielding her and driving her, and that ferocious independence is what smashes bottles over the heads of cab drivers; at the same…
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The Danish Girl 2015
To my cisgender friends, I ask that, even if you would not normally do so, you please read this. This film was made for cisgender people, so I feel it important that I write this for cisgender people. I would not normally watch this movie, but it has been a subject of some discussion on this site in a way that has compelled me to watch it in order to discuss it credibly. I do not imagine what I have…