An interesting story that is different from many rom coms and that resonates with me in many ways.
Tag: queer characters
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) – Ace Long Review
As a portrayal of sexuality, gender expression, and human relationships, it’s kind of the opposite of everything I want.
The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) – Ace Mini-Review
A great piece of entertainment for and about 21st-century families.
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) – Ace Mini-Review + Thoughts on Belonging
Tackles race, class, and sexuality in a nuanced and interesting way.
A Taste of Honey (1961) – Ace Mini-Review
This is why I think of coming-of-age movies as depressing.
Love, Simon (2018) (Reprint) – Ace Mini-Review
A big, warm, fuzzy hug of a movie!
The Hunger (1983) – Ace Mini-Review + How Ace Are These Vampires?
It definitely has it's moments, but it's also confusing.
The Color Purple (1985) – Ace Mini-Review
Frequently tragic and depressing but also funny and, ultimately, hopeful.
The Lady in the Van (2015) – Ace Mini-Review
A quirkily entertaining and stoutly unsentimental look at the relationship between a homeless woman and a playwright.
Exotica (1994) – Ace Mini-Review
A dark, but not entirely hopeless, lamentation of the commodification of human relationships.