Dreams in Nightmares

I moderated a Q&A with the director and cast. What a lovely group of artists! This is releasing wide in 300 theatres across the country. Go support this thoughtful coming of age story

ziwe

gives us a very fun jumpscare when suddenly a white woman shows up. The sound design and music were exquisite 🔥 watched at Berlinale 2025

MiKA

Sean Baker found dead in a ditch

Fran

for all of usoh 😭😭😭 what moved me most of all was the deep care between all the characters, and that this was so intentional about being a love letter to Black queer people, which explicitly extended beyond the characters in the film! they said yes you 🫵🥲 this was so…

nicky

Shatara Michelle Ford has named many times throughout the press and promotion for Dreams in Nightmares that they had wanted to make the Black queer Paris Texas and I think they have nailed it. A painfully honest film about contending with the harsh reality of the world we…

Movie Good or Movie Bad?

Shatara doesn’t reinvent the road trip drama, she expands it to include people who have always been part of America’s roads. So much that they made their own maps. A beautiful film, incredibly proud of Shatara for sharing this with us.

irathethird

Something I learned at my old job while watching "every lesbian movie ever" is there really aren't that many queer character-driven American indies that are actually good and there really, really aren't that many queer character-driven American indies that aren't focused on…

Drew Burnett Gregory

Immensely frustrating just how much this film's inconsistent visual language undermines its own ambitions during the first half. On one hand, it presents a rich tapestry of Black queer and trans characters in ways we rarely see on screen. Yet, bafflingly, much of the…

Luca Bruno

At its best when it stays grounded and focused on the relationships between the main characters, which were so sweet and filmed with tenderness. Z and Lauren felt like real friends of mine. The movie lost me a little with the dream/ancestor plot line tho, and I think a lot…

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