Watching "Kiss of the Spider Woman" just now--last watched it about 10 years ago, or more. Anyway, so William Hurt's Molina is... Jack Fairy. Here I am, jotting down notes, "prison, homosexual, political prisoner, queen, drag, stories, Lilies, Lady of the Flowers, Jean Genet, Poison ( Read more... )

Man, I really really love Oscar Wilde.

Also, I really really love Todd Haynes. Poison is just such a well-crafted film. Not necessarily "fun" to watch, but so rewarding. I want to show it to people but I am not sure how they'd receive it, since it requires a fair amount of effort and film literacy and active "reading" of it as you watch it to ( Read more... )

It seems that criticism on Todd Haynes has rather exploded since the last time I looked (while writing my thesis, in 2004). At the time, I was able to find less than a handful of academic articles to reference, and had to resort to quoting interviews and movie reviews. Now not only are there multiple articles on all his works, but even an entire ( Read more... )

"My Super Sweet Sixteen" is the awfullest reality show on tv now, I swear. It makes me hate America. I know (and hope) it must be edited, but really... petulant spoiled rich girls whose fathers literally don't seem to know how to show affection except to shower them with money after every argument... who complain when they get less than 100- ( Read more... )