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Three tennis players in white athletic wear swing rackets against a blue sky, shot from a low angle looking upward.

These Tashi Takes are Ass. Go watch the Film again.

Umnia El-Neil 5 May 2024

Movie poster for "Strange Way of Life" showing Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal in Western attire holding revolvers against a desert backdrop.

✨The Case for ‘Strange Way of Life’

Umnia El-Neil 26 Apr 2024

Crowd entering The London Palladium at night for a Sasha Velour show, with illuminated marquee and "Grand Circle" sign.

Sasha Velour revealed the woman in me.

Umnia El-Neil 24 Apr 2024

Cinema interior with red velvet seats facing a screen displaying "BFI Flare 2024" London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, 13–24 March.

BFI Flare (All Years)

Lesbians, In the first Person: Lesvia & Old Lesbians

Umnia El-Neil 19 Apr 2024

Movie poster for Ex Machina showing a humanoid robot torso in metallic mesh, bathed in red and purple lighting.

Ex Machina, Her, Predictive Filmmaking, and an odd twist.

Umnia El-Neil 12 Apr 2024

All Of Us, Strangers.

Umnia El-Neil 5 Apr 2024

Movie poster for "Slow" showing two people in an intimate close-up, foreheads touching with eyes closed, in warm tones.

“Slow”: Asexuality up close

Umnia El-Neil 24 Mar 2024

1976 After Dark magazine ad for Studio One nightclub in West Hollywood, featuring a shirtless young man crouching.

Studio One Forever

Umnia El-Neil 20 Mar 2024

Young woman with curly dark hair wearing a black tuxedo with bow tie, standing in a hotel hallway with hands in pockets.

The unobstructed genius of Emma Seligman

Umnia El-Neil 1 Jan 2024

Woman with dark hair in an elaborate white ruffled costume with puffy sleeves, gazing into the distance against a blue sky.

Films that you could spend Christmas watching

Umnia El-Neil 20 Dec 2023