The documentary Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen, now streaming on Netflix, focuses too much on representation, to the detriment of other aspects of the trans experience in cinema.
Author Archives: Willow Catelyn Maclay
Willow Catelyn Maclay is a film critic living in Canada. She has written for outlets such as The Village Voice, RogerEbert.com, and MUBI Notebook. She is co-author of the upcoming book, Corpses, Fools and Monsters: An Examination of Transgender Cinema.
Jennie Livingston on Paris Is Burning 30 Years Later
As her landmark documentary on the ’80s ballroom scene enters the Criterion Collection, Hyperallergic talks to the director about the film’s influence and what she could have done differently.
The Breathtakingly Subtle Moments in Kyoto Animation’s Films
No terrorist attack could diminish the deeply personal work of Kyoto Animation, a firm that has always championed the sophisticated storytelling of its women animators.