Henry Giardina
Henry Giardina's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Encanto (2021)
92%
“Encanto is a beautiful metaphor for how we can encourage our families to make space for us without hurting their sense of tradition or security. ” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics (2021)
100%
“Kleiman follows the stories of a select group of working artists to show how queer comics gave LGBTQ+ readers a way to see themselves before the movies cared to depict us with any real care or interest.” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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Malignant (2021)
77%
“Apart from this story making zero sense even in the realm of horror, it’s a pretty trans setup.” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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15 Minutes of Shame (2021)
82%
““15 Minutes" explores how our cultural obsession with shame—particularly the way our neural pleasure centers are sparked by the act of “piling on” to shamed individuals online—both can and may not necessarily end in justice. ” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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The Princess and the Frog (2009)
86%
“We got a Disney movie where the princess is visibly Black for about 10 minutes before turning into a frog with long eyelashes for the rest of the movie.” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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Switchblade Romance (2003)
40%
“In the early 2000s, gay people were either killers, or pedophiles, or victims. All three? Maybe. But you couldn’t be anything else.” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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Women Who Kill (2016)
93%
“It’s really the lesbian part of Women Who Kill that makes it great, not the film noir part.” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
92%
“In Prick Up Your Ears, faithfully modeled on John Lahr’s brilliant biography of the same name, we’re treated to a surprising mix of tone that itself feels subversive.” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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Brain Damage (1988)
69%
“ “I woke up and felt something sticky in my pants,” says Brian at one point, in possibly the gayest sentence ever uttered in cinematic history.” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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Eating Raoul (1982)
85%
“"Eating Raoul" is a satire that attacks both ends of the spectrum. ” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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Camille (1936)
89%
“Cukor didn’t make Camille alone: he had help. He had lots of help, from all the many gay people who were interested in telling Marguerite’s story.” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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The Pirate (1948)
78%
“It’s a musical about what it’s like to be a girl with a kink in a universe that denies girls the power of sexual fantasy.” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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Zero Patience (1993)
50%
“The story-within-a-story of a nation struggling to tell the “story” of AIDS can’t help but be appealing.” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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Vibes (1988)
13%
“In these hideous times, a Cyndi Lauper rom-com is one of the only effective balms for our aching souls.” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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Wilde (1997)
73%
“Brian Gilbert’s biopic is many things, but above all it is confusing in its choices.” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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Appropriate Behavior (2014)
97%
“Akhavan’s work understands what it is to be in-between, in every sense. ” –
INTO
Oct 7, 2022
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Hannah Arendt (2012)
86%
“Arendt, through the film's glamorizing lens, becomes a character impossible not to identify or agree with.” –
Film Comment Magazine
Nov 4, 2013
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