Empire Waist

I love this movie. Such a lovely coming-of-age story about making friends and learning to love yourself. Our heroine starts the film making herself invisible and small, keeping her passion for design hidden, and ends it with joy in front of a crowd.

I wish that the fashion people who were at the Galliano doc the other night got to see this aspiring designer instead. https://www.siff.net/festival/empire-waist

It appears to not have real distribution and I hate that

We Can Be Heroes

I would die for these kids. Sweet doc about Wayfinder Experience LARP camp in the Hudson Valley. It walks a fine line, but it's definitely laughing with not at*; even mundanes understand being a teenager. they had a delightful conceit of going to an ultra-wide aspect ratio when they were showing the actual game. great to see the kids change through the course of the camp

*FUCK THE BIG BANG THEORY

All Shall Be Well

Might be my only Hong Kong film this year; starts with adorable lesbian couple living their best life with their extended family. Then one of them dies.

as I commented in the restroom afterward: we're all going to go home and get our wills done. our heroine gets pushed to the back, pushed aside, locked out. i was surprised how much I loved this gentle slice of life about love and injustice