Sally Jane Black Patron

Breathless political zealot.

Favorite films

  • I Saw the TV Glow
  • Ask Any Buddy
  • Funeral Parade of Roses
  • BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism

All
  • Cast a Deadly Spell

  • What's Up, Doc?

  • The Story of Christmas

  • Johnny Got His Gun

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I Saw the TV Glow

2024

63

Watched this with some friends and acquaintances, all of them outside the binary gender constraints of capitalist society, so some of my review may reflect the conversation we had afterward.

There are few films that I have related to more.

At times, it was painful to experience. The feeling of fear as you hear someone (your parents, your ab, your siblings, your bullies, your best friend, your worst enemy) come into the house, forcing a scramble to hide whatever thing…

BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism

1995

8

Not enough films feature dykes talking about fisting.

There's a special feeling when someone in a film, or the film itself, gives voice to your thoughts or feelings. When those thoughts and feelings come from someone real, someone who was speaking to a camera 25 years ago, it brings a sense of history. When those thoughts and feelings come from someone who shares identities with you, it brings a sense of community. We have always been here. I'm not alone.…

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Cast a Deadly Spell

1991

3

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

What's Up, Doc?

1972

5

The trick is to make sure the butt of the joke deserves it; if you can't do that, the next best thing is giving them a happy ending. Here, everyone who gets made a fool of falls into at least one of these categories (this is mostly important with Eunice, who deserves happiness in order to make her not end up the sexist stereotype she threatens to become). It makes Judy's antics go from insufferable to charming pretty easily, even…

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Howl's Moving Castle

2004

7

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

But I'm a Cheerleader

1999

★★★★★ 35

I take a special pleasure in knowing how uncomfortable this movie makes straight people.