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pacific northwest queer lady obsessed with movies.
traded my rose-colored shades for a wide lens.
black lives matter.
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Cluny Brown 1946
Everyone deserves someone who'll tell them that pursuing their passions makes them more desirable, not less.
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Dreamboat 1952
I love this premise (a former silent movie matinee idol turned uptight university professor getting dragged back into the spotlight decades later when his old films are shown on TV), but the film has no idea how to do enough with it, resulting in a mostly flat and sometimes annoying film.
It's weird to see one of these Clifton Webb vehicles so clearly helmed by people who don't seem to enjoy or understand his comic persona, mostly opting to stick…
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Pete's Dragon 1977
This being a top-tier childhood fave probably explains way too much about me (at the very least, why I find lighthouses so cool)...
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Coming Out 2020
Was not expecting the official Godzilla Twitter account to post a 2-minute short film about stop-motion Godzilla accepting his trans daughter on the last day of Pride Month, but here we are. Godzilla said trans rights!! And I'm crying.
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994
Pros:
- Super fun.
- A smart depiction of queer people in a rural setting.
- Heartwarming messages about how queer people can be good parents & overcoming internalized homophobia.
- Cool trans lady character complete with righteous anger.
- ABBA!Cons:
- Trans woman played by cis man.
- Weird running joke about deadnaming the trans character.
- Exhausting racist-as-fuck subplot goes on forever.
- Too visually distinctive and fun to remake easily, forcing us to sit through the deadnaming and racism because the rest of it is actually good.