took my breath away. isabel sandoval writes stars directs produces and edits; she commands feeling without demanding it. i always swoon to see a trans woman on a screen do and think and breathe and laugh and make love--it's corny to spell it out, but only because the aforementioned are nearly always weaponized to make me sob or teach me a lesson. sandoval allows these expectations to hover in the air by a thread. her olivia--rather than being done to--simply does

on that note: audrey horne and dark dale cooper's demon son is quite simply the trade of the season

when he says he wants a goth gf this is what he means

not a cell phone in sight. just guys being dudes

don’t @ me but todd haynes made a film about a straight white cisgender woman that illustrates Queer experience more incisively and viscerally than the vast majority of contemporary films showcasing queer (identified) characters and that’s the power of cinema baby