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Video Dispatches is a regular column featuring reviews of recent home video releases – this week, focusing on LGBTQ+ releases from Shout!
While director Xavier Dolan and the film’s characters say goodbye to their twenties, Matthias et Maxime itself leaves much to be desired.
Crisis Hotline is upsetting, but it vividly portrays how we can’t always control the outcome. Andrew Stover reviews.
Ask Dr. Ruth is a great reminder that a difficult past doesn’t have to dictate the future and that it’s never too late to make something of yourself.
Black Swan analyzes the pressure of perfection that is forced upon women by society, highlighting its long-lasting detrimental effects.
Becky Kukla looks at three films playing at this year’s BFI Flare: JT Leroy, Two in the Bush, and No Box For Me, An Intersex Story.
Born sexy yesterday is the common sexual fantasy depicted in films and TV around female characters that exude sex appeal, but mimic the intelligence of a young child.
Yes, God, Yes is a film you’d want to hug, where its authentic nature, lovable lead, and gentle director can win over anybody.
1 Billion Orgasms feels like the behind-the-scenes footage that is supposed to accompany the feature presentation.
Holiday will linger with you long after the credits roll, forcing you to acknowledge the ways in which you are complicit with the behavior of its characters.
Mektoub My Love is one of the most self indulgent films in recent memory, with the threat of a sequel likely to kill off the director’s career altogether.
Green Book is an easygoing film about difficult issues, and that dichotomy will rub many people the wrong way, but will charm others.
If there is one film you see this holiday season, make it Lez Bomb. It’s a modern and hilarious take on coming out, during one of the most hectic and family oriented holidays of the year.
A wry, bittersweet but profoundly affecting cinematic experience, Can You Ever Forgive Me? is an astonishing examination of loneliness and detachment.
Bohemian Rhapsody provides casual fans with some raucous concert re-enactments, but those seeking insight into the band’s and particularly Mercury’s history should look elsewhere.