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A Tender Friendship Between Black Men Escapes the Limits of Toxic Masculinity
The Last Black Man in San Francisco is refreshingly profound in its exploration of the physical and emotional closeness of its lead characters.
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A Horror Flick Parodies Instagram and the Idea of "Finding Yourself" Abroad
In Midsommar, being an ugly American could get you killed.
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The Pitfalls and Performance of Virtue Signaling at the Democratic Debates
Every candidate likes to boast about themselves, but there's an art to getting away with it.
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10 Queer Camp Films That Have Left an Impact on Film History
Memorable, mostly underseen gems that explore the tensions of queerness and camp on screen.
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The Delicious and Campy Queer Cinema of 1970s and ’80s Germany
The Quad Cinema in New York City is showing Queer Kino, a selection of queer cinema from East and West Germany in the 1970s and ’80s
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One of the Most Controversial Anime Ever Comes to Streaming for the First Time
Neon Genesis Evangelion, a massively successful Japanese television series with a wide influence and divisive plot, is now on Netflix.
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The Passion and Process of David Hockney, Seen in a Restored Documentary
A new 4K restoration of Jack Hazan's 1974 documentary A Bigger Splash brings us a look at the pop artist's work, erotic imagination, and romantic turmoil.
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Martin Scorsese Tells a Tall Tale of Bob Dylan's 1975 Tour
The director's new documentary, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, is practically a mockumentary — playing fast and loose with facts to highlight the musician's penchant for fascinating contradictions.
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Is a Movie Autobiographical Just Because the Director Cast Himself and His Wife as the Leads?
Carlos Reygadas's Our Time has drawn heavy speculation over the fact that he and his wife play a couple experiencing trouble with their open relationship. But this says more about the commentators than the film itself.
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Classic Films About Drag Pageants and Ball Culture Return to Theaters to Dazzle Again
The landmark queer documentaries The Queen and Paris is Burning have been restored and are back in theaters.
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The Mutations We May Endure When Our Global Environment Becomes Uninhabitable
Joel Potrykus's new film Relaxer is at once his smallest — following a single protagonist isolated in his apartment for the entire runtime — and his most visionary.
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Werner Herzog Adds to Mikhail Gorbachev's Endlessly Strange Pop Culture Legacy
In the documentary Meeting Gorbachev, Herzog finds nostalgia for a lost past.