I'm supposed to be editing and, technically, it's a day late to celebrate Gay Pride, but I'm doing a pride-related post anyway. Because priorities.
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| "I don't FEEL tardy.'" |
Seriously,
you guys, I could put together a whole theme post just around Kathleen
Hanna hagiography (and I still might). Among the many Hanna-related
documentaries swimming around the festival circuit these days,
"Who Took the Bomp?" is as fun as the music it celebrates: 90s pop-electro feminists LeTigre swirl feminist commentary over a high energy concert film. It's candy-colored, brain-buzzy and totally radical. It's playing on
Fandor.
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| Two lovers go on vacation to Argentina, and everything goes to shit. |
This achingly romantic portrait of a love affair falling apart in Buenos Aires was originally slated to star Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung, but when the actress dropped out, Wong Kar Wai replaced her with Leslie Cheung and departed radically from the source material ("A Buenos Aires Affair" by Manuel Puig.) The result is a drama as beautiful, raw and obsessive as love itself. It's on
Netflix and
Snag Films right now.
If you're even reading an article on Pride Day movie picks, you've probably already seen Hilary Swank's debut as Brandon Teena, the transgender teen whose life was taken violently in Oklahoma. This adaptation of Brandon's story swept festivals and awards in 1999 and put its young director, Kimberly Pierce, on the map. Boys Don't Cry is just as moving, well-acted and beautifully shot as you remember it, and if you don't remember it, then yeah, you need to see it. It's free to members on
Netflix and
Amazon Prime.
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