Desiree Akhavan – MRQE

Dykes, Camera, Action!

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The film examines the ways that women directors have contributed to this genre and emphasizes the role that the media play in representation of sexuality and gender, underscoring the power that film has to shape our perceptions of one another. Visually, this documentary comes to life on screen through compelling and intimate original interviews, intercut with emotionally-charged archival footage, photographs, ephemera, inspired music, and film clips.

Creep 2

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After finding an ad online for video work, Sara, a video artist whose primary focus is creating intimacy with lonely men, thinks she may have found the subject of her dreams. She drives to a remote house in the forest and meets a man claiming to be a serial killer. Unable to resist the chance to create a truly shocking piece of art, she agrees to spend the day with him. However, as the day goes on, she discovers she may have dug herself into a hole from which she cant escape.

Appropriate Behavior

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

For Shirin, being part of a perfect Persian family isn’t easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn’t know she’s bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine, can’t understand why she doesn’t tell them. Even the six-year-old boys in her moviemaking class are too ADD to focus on her for more than a second. Following a family announcement of her brother’s betrothal to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of bisexual escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine.

“Bisexual, The”

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Leila takes a break from her decade long relationship with partner Sadie, and begins to explore her own bisexuality.