Honestly, taken just at face value I think this movie is, like, fine. It's pretty entertaining and I thought it was effectively suspenseful; its rhythms are predictable, but that's also what makes it as tense as it is: the scene in the car with the other girl works because you know how it's going to end you just don't know when and the wait is excruciating. This being said, I did find its formula to grow a little stale after…

Well… I liked it more than Shiva Baby! But that’s not saying much. I thought that moving away from the single setting film would allow Seligman to create something a little more dynamic but I kind of found this to be really incoherent in terms of plot, tone, and mission. 

The fight club aspect of this kind of feels like a bit of a log line rather than something the film wants to explore—the motivation for our heroines’ investment in…

Watched thru this month’s Queersighted programming on Criterion Channel, and ended up liking it more than I anticipated! It captures a real sense of what gay life is like in small communities: the regulars, the dicey haunts, the familiar faces.

There’s all kinds of tensions on display here too, particularly between one’s queer life and one’s “real” life; the film is very naturalistic but, despite this, somehow still plays out like a dreamy odyssey in a gorgeous second act that…