Esther RosenfieldLet’s Talk About The Gay Stuff in ‘It Chapter Two’This article contains spoilers for It Chapter Two as well as the preceding film and the original novel.Sep 6, 20191Sep 6, 20191
Esther RosenfieldKo-Fi Request: ‘Mysterious Skin’About halfway through Mysterious Skin, the nervy, tender Brian Lackey (who believes himself the victim of alien abduction as a child)…Jul 5, 2019Jul 5, 2019
Esther RosenfieldPatron Request: ‘Smiley Face’There’s something so charming about a stoner comedy done right, and something equally insufferable about a stoner comedy done wrong. It’s…Jun 22, 2019Jun 22, 2019
Esther RosenfieldPatron Request: ‘Personal Shopper’The other day, preeminent trans film critic Willow Maclay wrote a great piece regarding a definitional understanding of trans cinema. In…Jun 20, 2019Jun 20, 2019
Esther RosenfieldPatron Request: ‘Assassin’s Creed’I’ve long been a fan of the Assassin’s Creed games. I say “long” in lieu of the longer explanation of how I fell in and out of love with…Jun 18, 2019Jun 18, 2019
Esther RosenfieldPatron Request: ‘The Legend of Drunken Master’Anyone who knows me knows that I love the John Wick movies a whole lot. That love is informed by a lot of things, not least among them the…Jun 15, 2019Jun 15, 2019
Esther RosenfieldPatron Request: ‘Her Smell’It’s hard to find the right word to describe what Elisabeth Moss is doing in Her Smell. The one that keeps coming to mind is “dangerous.”…Jun 14, 2019Jun 14, 2019
Esther RosenfieldPatron Request: ‘Good Time’Life is short. There are only so many movies you can fit into your schedule before your synapses stop firing. So I tend to have little…Jun 13, 2019Jun 13, 2019
Esther RosenfieldPatron Request: ‘Linda Linda Linda’Have you ever seen a movie with a climactic moment so perfectly thrilling, so explosive in its joyous energy, so precisely timed for…Jun 12, 2019Jun 12, 2019
Esther RosenfieldPatron Request: ‘Muscle’Queer movies of the 80s and 90s always have a tinge of apocalyptic dread to them. The mainstreaming of the gay rights movement meant the…Jun 8, 2019Jun 8, 2019
