Leonora Anne Mint

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pacific northwest queer lady obsessed with movies.
traded my rose-colored shades for a wide lens.
black lives matter.

Vancouver, WA

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The Matrix Resurrections 2021

★★★★★ Watched by Leonora Anne Mint 23 Dec 2021

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Of course it was basically a religious experience to watch this. Lana goes out on a limb & comes back with something dense, shaggy, ambitious, colorful, personal, insightful, and just out-there enough. I didn't pick up on everything, but on the first watch of a Wachowski movie, missing things is exhilarating because it portends a satisfying and fascinating rewatch. I've rewatched so many of the sisters' movies this year, and they all prove so rewarding to come back to, seeing all…
Cluny Brown 1946

★★★★½ Watched by Leonora Anne Mint 17 Jul 2019

Everyone deserves someone who'll tell them that pursuing their passions makes them more desirable, not less.

Dreamboat 1952

★★½ Watched by Leonora Anne Mint 29 Jun 2022

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…
Pete's Dragon 1977

★★★½ Rewatched by Leonora Anne Mint 27 Jun 2022

This being a top-tier childhood fave probably explains way too much about me (at the very least, why I find lighthouses so cool)...

Coming Out 2020

★★★★★ Watched by Leonora Anne Mint 30 Jun 2020 2

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.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994

Watched by Leonora Anne Mint 23 Jun 2019 3

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.