A Conversation with Elena Oxman, Writer and Director of ‘Outerlands’
February 15, 2026
“I’m very interested in impermanence in general and how we live with that and how the outer landscape can reflect something very inner.”
A Conversation with Sook-Yin Lee, Director of ‘Paying For It’
February 7, 2026
“It wasn’t until I was reading the book for the umpteenth time that I saw that he had seen a sex worker on my birthday. I had a pang of jealousy.”
high femme’s best of 2025
January 15, 2026
“friends of high femme spent the last couple of weeks brainstorming and sharing their favorite art of the past year.”
Hollow Asian Representation in ‘Heated Rivalry’
January 9, 2026
“Strangely, it’s always someone other than Shane that insists upon his Asian identity while he withholds his own feelings about his race.”
‘Heated Rivalry’ and Sex as the Heart of Romance
December 25, 2025
“As far as I’m concerned, any adaptation of a romance novel should be softcore porn.”
Audience, Archive, and Derek Jarman’s Blue
December 22, 2025
“But, as Jarman recalls a conversation with his doctor, specifically as he describes the retina, my own personal memory is activated.”
Marleen Gorris on Survival Under Patriarchy
December 9, 2025
“Gorris [sledgehammers] our expectations in order to show us not just how the world is, but exactly what (or who) is making it that way.”
A Veritable Force of Nature: A Conversation with Sweet Angel Baby Director Melanie Oates
November 25, 2025
“I really do think that [Eliza] genuinely cares about and loves the people in her community, but it’s also that she needs them, too.”
‘The Mastermind’ Review
November 21, 2025
“The Mooneys are […] very much a prototypical tight-knit American family in the vein Reichardt’s so good at drawing.”
AN AVERAGE AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL EPISODE IN THE YEAR 2025, IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE WHERE IT WAS NEVER CANCELLED
October 13, 2025
“Due to budget cuts, this season takes place in Jacksonville, Florida.”