tv & film
tv & film
The Movies That Raised Me
These cinematic works brought me joy, lessons, and inspirations. They allowed me to escape to another world for a while and to expand my imagination.
AANHPI Films to Watch This (and every) Halloween
It’s all about horror this month…
Defending Cinderella
With Cinderella’s ambition and kindness towards others, she, like all of us, hopes to see a happy ending. As for me, her story remains in a special place in my heart, as I am sure several others do as well.
Summer Nostalgia and Soccer: A Reflection and Review on Gurinder Chadha’s Bend It Like Beckham
Bend it Like Beckham feels like summer, soccer (football, sorry!), and queer awakening (all deeply nostalgic to me). But more importantly, it feels like coming of age– and coming into myself, and all the ways I can bend but not break.
Sort Of Proud: Nonbinary BIPOC Representation and Demanding to be (Authentically) Seen
Queerness and transness take center stage, but not artificially– and they don’t define the characters completely. That’s what good meaningful representation is.
The Handmaiden: Queerness in Bare, Striking Vulgarity
The Handmaiden tells the story of two lovers amidst a Japanese-occupied South Korea, tangled in a plot of deceit and threads of corruption.