Girl: 2018 Best Foreign Language Films–Moving Transgender Tale (LGBTQ, Trans)

The fact that a teenager of 15 had the courage to be true to herself above the opinion (and objection) of others both shocked and inspired me.

Pink Flamingos: John Waters Cult Midnight Movie, Starring Divine

Waters exploded into the cultural scene in 1972 with “Pink Flamingos,” his third feature, a darkly comic, unwholesome parade depicting murder, bestiality, rape, dismemberment, coprophagia, and other dizzying sexual perversions.

Almodovar: What Makes Pedro Run? (Gay/Queer Gaze)

Almodovar’s mode is satiric, generous to a fault, and free of judgment and moralizing. Openly gay, he has created characters whose sexuality is fluid, be they heterosexuals, homosexuals, transsexuals, or bisexuals.