Commentary and Movie Reviews

The Criminal in Chief is a master gaslighter. He and his minions propose  outrageous policies, many of which are unlikely to survive in court or  otherwise go into effect. This creates a “daily outrage” cycle which  keeps the public in a constant state of agitation which the extremist  right successfully uses to disorient and exhaust us.

Perhaps he couldn't smile without me.

Mo is inflexible about following  the rules, or what he thinks the rules should be. His need for order and  control tests his friendships with other Arabic gays who are less  devout.

A young gay boy growing up in the Soviet Union dreams of life in America, as informed by American moview on TV.

If you think Jimmy Carter was a failure, one could only hope to be half the failure he was.

Queer isn’t a story as much as it is a mood. The film’s plot about gay ex-pats in 1950s Mexico City is less important than the feelings it evokes. Experience the characters from the inside.

The same people who worship a two-dimensional, cartoon Jesus think of  prayer as akin to a magical incantation where you ask God to grant  wishes, like a genie in a Disney movie.

While Ibo is gay and Ali is straight, the two  forge a friendship which includes a lot of physical contact, the  muscular and shirtless Ali repeatedly wrestling skinny Ibo to the  ground.

I cannot even begin to understand how this happened. I cannot wrap my  mind around it or rationalize in any way how more than half the voters  in the United States thought that electing a known criminal and a proven  liar was the best course.

Movie Review: A Sexplanation - In this witty and engaging documentary, Alex Liu concludes that the only way to break the cycle of shame is through comprehensive sexuality education.

Movie Review: At the End of the Day - With his shiny, new Masters of Psychology, Dave’s been hired to teach at Lakeside Christian College. He has all the answers.