Benedetta Interpretation: A Sacred and Provocative Holy War of Two Women Who Substituted Desire for Faith
In a turbulent era when every regulation controlled humanity in the name of God, there existed an individual who justified her most secret desires through the holiest language of divinity. The relationship between…
We Can’t Go to Heaven, But We Can Love: A Narrative of Redemption in a Female Queer Melodrama Born from the Orbit of Fin-de-Siècle Violence
The atmosphere of the late 1990s always flows with ambivalent emotions of endings and beginnings. The historical setting of 1999 is not merely a stage to showcase retro props. It is an inevitable…
Anne+: The Film (2021) An In-Depth Review of a Queer Woman’s Self-Discovery and the Aesthetics of Relationships
Isolation, solidarity, and the yearning for an authentic life are universal deficiencies that shake us in our late twenties. The belief that one can find a complete self within a union with another…
Lizzie (2018) Review: The Silence and Ruinous Love of Two Women Split by the Axe of Oppression
Within the confines of suffocating insularity and patriarchal violence, the energy generated when isolated souls recognize one another sometimes accompanies a tragic explosion. The film Lizzie (2018) reinterprets the aftermath of the brutal…
Head in the Clouds: The Love of Three Bequeathed by a Tragic Era, and the Melancholy of Two Women
We each live building our own castle—a solid, splendid fortress where we can remain safe from the suffering of others and the tragedies of our time. However, when the massive waves of history…
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017): The Essence of the Eternal Solidarity Forged by Two Women in the True Story of Wonder Woman
At the boundaries of “normalcy” defined by the gaze of others, how true can we truly be to ourselves? Beyond merely recounting the origin story of a superhero, Professor Marston and the Wonder…
