The most revelatory aspect of the art of drag is how it lays bare the centrality of performance in our everyday lives. That’s most obvious when it comes to thinking about gender. Wigs, heels and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The press has often labeled Mon Laferte a “femme fatale” — a seductive woman who inflicts distress upon her love ...

Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping's feature debut stars Nathan Stewart-Jarrett as a drag queen who seeks to exact a unique kind of revenge on his attacker (George MacKay) and was a film borne out of ...

Jordyn Jay founded the Black Trans Femmes in the Arts collective because she wanted to celebrate trans joy. “People are more willing to give to Black trans folks in the face of violence and in the ...

Transphobia and homophobia, both overt and internalized, ripple through the relationship dynamics of Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s feature debut. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic One of the ...

Marco Vito Oddo is a writer, journalist, and amateur game designer. Passionate about superhero comic books, horror films, and indie games, he formally worked as a Senior Writer for Collider. When he's ...

Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping's feature-length debut Femme is both a movie of our moment and wildly overdue. A savage deconstruction of the forms of drag we all wear when we walk out the door, it ...

This taut story of a drag artist pursuing a closeted gay-basher steers largely clear of lurid sensationalism, emerging as a nuanced examination of masculine identities and disguises. For ...

There’s a single line in Femme that vibrates with enough livewire sexual energy to power a thousand pantiless Sharon Stone leg maneuvers. After an impromptu night of bro-ing out, erstwhile drag ...

Every intimate scene in Femme has an undercurrent of violence. A grope against a tree trunk and a face shoved into and scraping against bark; a fumble in the backseat of a car, limbs first entangled ...