You Are Not Me has a horrific ending that’s lead up to by an intriguing tense atmosphere that has things to say about families, devotion, privilege and various marginalized identities. 6.8/10
Tag: <span>2024</span>
There isn’t much in this film that I think was actually “good.” At least, not if you’re comparing it to films beyond other Vivamax originals. But there’s not much here I found outright bad or objectionable either. This is the new high water mark for Vivamax. I’d love to see them improve on it, though I’m not holding my breath. 5.1/10
This is a sapphic movie with more money, resources and experience behind the scenes than the overwhelming majority of WLW films. With all those head starts for the movie to impress me, it didn’t more often than it did. 5.5/10
This film is a series of bad choices done for the sake of “drama.” It’s a miserable watch both because of such a sad sack protagonist and because it’s just not very good filmmaking. While I hoped for a hidden gem, A Song of the Girl is more representative of the likely outcome you get if you scroll too far into Tubi’s annals. 2.8/10
Do I Know You From Somewhere? uses a sci-fi or at least, magical realism concept to tell a grounded story about relationships, choices and people. 6.1/10
Once a Girl can be a bit entry-level in its discussion about intersex people past and present. But with little representation, I think we’re still at a place where films might have to be entry-level. On that metric, Once a Girl does well. It explores social, religious and legal gender roles, expectations and restrictions. 7.4/10
I’ve seen better survival thrillers and I’ve seen worse. Something in the Water out here offering you mediocre quality lesbian representation in shark movies. 5.2/10
While not the most original film, Rivière plays the queer coming-of-age film and girl in sports movie tropes to general success. 6.5/10
One of the worst things a film can be for me is a medicore biopic. Nothing feels less impressive or creative that a biographical movie that’s just okay. 5.3/10
The stunning choice of setting helps elevate this classic and still relevant story about small town gossip, hypocrisy and slut shaming. 6.7/10