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All content by Sawyer Gouw Ranzetta
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Beyond awareness: Jane Schoenbrun’s radical trans future

This Transgender Awareness Week, let’s consider a more expansive definition of what trans art can be.
Sawyer Gouw Ranzetta, Staff Writer November 15, 2024

In a 2014 cover story, Time Magazine declared that we reached the “Transgender Tipping Point.” Transgender awareness was increasing, and we were moving toward progress. Ten...

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Review: ‘Emilia Pérez’ takes big risks with little payoff

Despite its genre-blending ambition, the Cannes award-winning film is less than the sum of its parts.
Sawyer Gouw Ranzetta, Contributing Writer November 13, 2024

“Emilia Pérez” is a unicorn of a film. It’s a Spanish-language piece written and directed by a French artist, Jacques Audiard. It stars some of Hollywood’s biggest names...

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Review: ‘English Teacher’ is in on the joke

Brian Jordan Alvarez’s new series broaches the serious topic of homophobia in schools with refreshing irreverence.
Sawyer Gouw Ranzetta, Contributing Writer October 29, 2024

The new FX show “English Teacher” follows a gay Latino teacher in a Texas suburb who has to navigate a changing social landscape. In a country where schools are a cultural...

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Off the Radar: The queer malaise of ‘Totally F***ed Up’

Off the Radar is a column surveying overlooked films available to students for free via NYU’s streaming partnerships. "Totally F***ed Up" is available to stream on Kanopy.
Sawyer Gouw Ranzetta, Contributing Writer October 8, 2024

Even 30 years later, watching a Gregg Araki movie feels subversive. Despite being fixtures of the New Queer Cinema movement, Araki’s films have historically been difficult to...