Film, Gender, and Sexuality
“The Half Of It”: Why All of It Is Needed
Warning: this review contains spoilers. The Half Of It directed and written by Chinese-American, lesbian Alice Wu was recently released by Netflix on May 1, 2020. The film follows witty Ellie Chu, a Chinese American immigrant living her life in a small town called Squahamish with her widowed father, as she helps Paul Munsky (who…
Blue: A Poetic Response
I stare into the blue screen for a long time. Sometimes my eyes flicker back and forth, waiting for a change: but no. There is no change, only blue; maybe the slight ripple of pixels or wavy edges, but always blue. I am trapped with Jarman in this blueness and I am frustrated for me…
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