The People’s Joker is officially free and ready to make anyone that lays eyes on it transgender: a promise from mastermind Vera Drew herself. For the sake of an extended diatribe, I won’t get into the protracted copyright situation that Drew and the film were embroiled in–let’s be honest, the film is way more interesting than a legal situation–but it’s certainly added to the mythos of The People’s Joker. Whenever the film appeared on festival line-ups, it felt like a creature breaching containme

Rose Glass’ sophomore feature Love Lies Bleeding continues the weird sapphic energy from her previous film Saint Maud in spectacular fashion. The film follows the whirlwind romance of reserved gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart) and current drifter, aspiring bodybuilder Jackie (Katy O’Brian) as the tightening grasp of Lou’s father Lou. Sr. (Ed Harris) threatens to expose both Lou and Jackie’s worst habits. Under the guise of a Cohen-esque crime thriller, Glass weaves a surreal tale of lesbian erot

Alice Maio Mackay has quickly made a name for herself in genre cinema. At just nineteen years old, Mackay has been steadily pumping out several modern queer horror classics since 2020. Her first two films, So Vam and Bad Girl Boogey, are currently available on Shudder. Joining her work available on VOD this month is her third film, T-Blockers, a trans take on Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The film was created during and is directly calling out the ongoing rampant transphobia that has, sadly, o