OBSCURAE’s Top 5 Documentaries of 2024
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Stranger Things than Queerbaiting Have Happened (So why are we still doing it in 2026?) - SPOILERS
I personally clung onto my trust in the Duffer Brothers to deliver a nuanced exploration of this topic in Season 5 to produce one of the best written queer characters in television history. Instead, we were queerbaited.
Creators that will make you smarter in 2026
Editor's Note: This is a soft-pilot test of "Offline Algorithm", a new (separate) newsletter we're putting together at OBSCURAE to keep you updated and informed without the doomscroll. It may be a teensy bit more overtly political than you're used to us
The best films of 2026 (that we saw in 2025)
Watchlists at the ready, aficionados!
Behind Festival Season: A Volunteer’s POV
Come take a look at what really goes on behind the scenes of a film festival, and I’ll share my festival volunteer do’s and don’ts!