You can take filmmaker Silvia Del Carmen Castaños out of Laredo, but you can’t take Laredo out of Castaños
When filmmaker Silvia Del Carmen Castaños was younger, they’d make frequent walks across the Texas-Mexico border to visit their grandmother’s…
Documentary
Review: The Essence of Boston’s Oldest Gay Bar is Captured in ‘Playland’
“Playland,” from director and screenwriter Georden West, premiered at the Wicked Queer Documentary Film Festival last month, intriguing an audience…
36th Connecticut LGBTQ+ Film Festival Shorts Program (Oct 6th to Oct 15th)
As of October 15th, OutFilm CT wrapped up its 36th Connecticut LGBTQ+ Film Festival in Hartford. Originally scheduled for June,…
Exploring Latinx Cinema: ‘You Were My First Boyfriend’ Takes CineFest Latinx Festival by Storm
The CineFest Latinx Festival, a longstanding tradition in Boston, returned this year with a dazzling array of thought-provoking and emotionally…
‘Rumble’ Review: How Indigenous Sound Gets Made and Lives On
“Rumble” shines a spotlight on both Indigenous rock history and cultural preservation. Rezolution Pictures’s film uses the name of Link…
Bright Sun Films’ ‘Closed for Storm’ Explores the Legacy of Six Flags New Orleans
“Closed for Storm” succeeds at revealing the history of Six Flags New Orleans and honoring it as a symbol of…
Review: The Other Sides of Kansas
Most people assume the Embarrassment, hailing from Kansas means that midwestern state’s Big College Town, Lawrence. But these punk rockers…
DOC NYC Nov. 9-27
No, your reviewer didn’t actually haul a sleeping bag into the IFC Center, Cinepolis Chelsea or the SVA Theatre (16…
An Extraordinary Trancestor
Courtney Gardner reviews the new documentary on Billy Tipton by Chase Joynt and Aisling Chin-Yee. They review the film with an eye towards how Tipton’s evolution into a trans masculine role model has changed his position in popular culture.