Celine Song, you could never do me wrong.

Materialists is the horror movie I have always wanted about the modern dating world, capturing every ounce of existential fear trapped inside of an hourglass strapped to our chest as we present our most pristine and presentable versions of ourselves, accidentally making the process of finding a life partner potentially vapid and empty. Song uses this and weaponizes it towards the audience, often making a film that is distanced and cold at times,…

Friendship won’t shift the needle for anyone on Tim Robinson, but it’s descent into a blend of cringe humor, true horror at the sight of the heart of toxic masculinity, and despair thinking about the male loneliness epidemic, made for a watch that affected me in a multitude of ways. There a number of gags that feel familiar to “I Think You Should Leave”, but reach such extremes of uncomfortability that I couldn’t help but wince or shy my eyes from…

Pride 2025 Film #14
First-time watch

Maybe one of my favorite queer films of all time now, Hide and Seek’s experimental presentation, blending real documentary footage of lesbians discussing their childhoods and repressed moments of sexuality with fictional footage of a similar experience that feels all too real. There is so much done to socialize children into heteronormativity, from all those childhood talks at the playground, to truth or dare taking place at a slumber party, and it was powerful…

Growing up, I never felt like I was a boy. I felt for a long part of my life I was chasing something else, and at one point I assumed that meant being a man. And then I ed the first dream where I was a woman and I woke up with my pillow wet covered in tears. But that also never felt right and it would be a long time until I understood my gender and it was through…