A Conversation with Elliot Tuttle, Director of ‘Blue Film’
May 23, 2026
“It’s a remarkable chamber piece and a remarkable meditation on sex, taboo, and the possible transcendence (or nothingness) of pursuing sexual desire.”
A Conversation with Andrea Werhun, Author and Star of ‘Modern Whore’
May 1, 2026
“I think in a sex work context our stories keep us safe.”
‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Review
April 25, 2026
“Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is, more than anything, a campfire tale of poorly-reheated nachos.”
A Conversation with Sophy Romvari, Writer and Director of ‘Blue Heron’
April 24, 2026
“It’s hard to know where they start and where they end; the memory versus having the memory refreshed because you’re seeing a documentation…”
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.”