Advertisements In a stuffy English pub, a boy in a goofy barbershop quartet ensemble is wordlessly cruised by a man in biker’s leather, offered only a time and place scrawled on a holiday card. As directed, the boy arrives in the alleyway…
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But sex—specifically recreational, playful, non-essential and maybe even politically ill-advised or frowned upon sex—is spoken of, thought of, cherished, and communicated through in Mickey 17 in a way that touts it as not just important, but a key aspect of existing.…
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Advertisements Documentary directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’ most popular documentaries, Boys State and Girls State, follow two groups of carefully selected high schoolers tasked with hypothetically creating a democratic government from the ground up, as part of a prestigious summer program.…
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Predators reveals that To Catch A Predator and its modern YouTube byproducts allow for a free pass to buy into the police state and exploitative entertainment founded on useless, fumbling nods to interpersonal justice.…
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'Mad Bills To Pay' is a modern dose of social realism.…
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But the magic of 'Hard Truths' is the way Pansy’s self-imposed suffering reveals all the joy, connection, and potential gratitude just at her fingertips if she would only choose to see it.…
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I have no doubt these people love Harper. But are they willing to not just celebrate her, but also denounce those in their community who are actively and regularly transphobic?…
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'No Other Land' documents not just Israel’s violent oppression, but the Palestinian people’s unbelievable capacity to prevail, to remain on their land at any cost.…
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“I think that unfortunately in this day and age, people really don’t want to see women expressing sexuality as having agency [...] I see BDSM—and any sort of consensual and safe sexual activity—as a healthy form of self-expression, that any kind of…
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“I was getting a little burnt out on telling other people’s stories. It was time for me to tell mine.”…
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