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.”
TIFF 2025: ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Review
September 21, 2025
“What I like about If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is its commitment to the truly shitty.”
TIFF 2025: ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review
September 16, 2025
“The greatest service The Testament of Ann Lee does for its protagonist is to represent her as neither true deity or religious fanatic.”