On Pride, Order, and Chaos: ‘Your Name Engraved Herein’ and Etching a Spot in the Queer Canon
Making the case for the inclusion of 'Your Name Engraved Herein' in the Queer Canon.
Tag: Pride Series
‘Kill Boksoon’: Queers and Contract Killers in the Closet
Entertaining in the expected ways, 'Kill Boksoon' adds an extra layer of weight through the mother-daughter relationship.
‘Tokyo Godfathers’ is Full of Coincidences, Miracles, and Luck
'Tokyo Godfathers' seems built upon a series of happy accidents until audiences are cajoled into accepting the most outlandish examples of impossibility.
Looking into The Queer Mirror of ‘Mulan’
Of all the Disney Princess films, 1998’s 'Mulan' is arguably the only one to utilize the mirror to unintentionally underline the LGBTQ+ experience.
Almost 30 Years Later, ‘Fire’ Still Blazes as a Seminal Text in Queer Cinema
'Fire' doesn’t hold its legacy merely on its milestone status, Deepa Mehta's film transmutes traditional female spaces into sensual moments.
‘Peking Opera Blues’: An Ode to the Two Tones of Hong Kong
In 'Peking Opera Blues,' Tsui Hark finds harmony between the beginning of China’s existence as a republic and the imminence of the Hong Kong handover.
The Dostoevskian Poetics of ‘Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence’
'Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence' contains the desolation and whirling madness of life that Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote about so often.
