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Damn These Heels Film Review: From Afar
Venezuelan director Lorenzo Vigas’ Golden Lion–winning feature debut is a terse and gripping story of two men and their relationship’s shifting dynamics of power, affection and closeness. … read more
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Damn These Heels Film Review: Set the Thames on Fire
In what may well be the most WTF-worthy film of the festival, Ben Charles Edwards’ Set the Thames on Fire is a beautifully dark fairy tale that calls to mind the films of Terry Gilliam and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Taking place in a dystopic shadow of London, which has been drowned by the slow rise of the River Thames, Set the Thames on Fire introduces itself as “an agony in three acts.” … read more
![Damn These Heels Film Review: Closet Monster](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ClosetMonster.jpg)
Damn These Heels Film Review: Closet Monster
Like the title implies, Closet Monster is a film about the deep, dark fears that are born somewhere in our childhood. In the case of the film’s main character Oscar (Connor Jessup) however, these repressed anxieties are attached to his own homosexuality. It’s a well-illustrated look at the sexual confusion that many young people face, especially when negative stereotypes continue to perpetuate among those they care about. … read more
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2016 Damn These Heels Film Reviews
Featuring films like Desde Allá (Lorenzo Vigas), Southwest of Salem (Deborah Esquenazi) and more, the Utah Film Center’s 13th annual Damn These Heels Film Festival continues to celebrate LGBTQ films, filmmakers and narratives. … read more
![Damn These Heels Film Review: Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/SouthwestOfSalem.jpg)
Damn These Heels Film Review: Southwest of Salem: The Story...
Southwest of Salem tells a shockingly similar tale of a trial that took place in San Antonio back in 1994. Both cases involved four lesbian women of color, and both cases clearly demonstrate how conservative mob mentality can hijack the criminal justice system.
![Damn These Heels Film Review: Out Run](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/OutRun.jpg)
Damn These Heels Film Review: Out Run
Out Run illuminates the complexities of LGBTQ+ lives and identities and how they interact with political movements, cultural norms and global progress toward—or away from—LGBTQ+ equality. … read more
![Damn These Heels Film Review: MAJOR!](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Major.jpg)
Damn These Heels Film Review: MAJOR!
In her biographical doc, MAJOR!, director Annalise Ophelian celebrates the immense life and history of Miss Major. … read more
![Damn These Heels Film Review: AWOL](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/AWOL_web.jpg)
Damn These Heels Film Review: AWOL
Star-crossed lovers in rural American towns is something that we’ve seen before, but Shoval’s portrayal of a potential army recruit named Joey and her illicit romance with local housewife Rayna manages to breathe new, melancholy life into the genre. … read more
![Movie Reviews: Yoga Hosers](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/yoga-hosers-lily-rose-depp-harley-quinn-smith.jpg)
Movie Reviews: Yoga Hosers
Those familiar with Tusk know that it’s the first in Smith’s True North trilogy, and Yoga Hosers is more of a traditional sequel than are other films in Smith canon. … read more
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Movie Review: Captain Fantastic
Captain Fantastic shows how different families struggle, but doesn’t claim to have the answer. … read more