Not only are the hottest new releases always available, streaming services like Netflix and VOD sources like Vudu seem designed to steer viewers toward what everyone else is watching. In the streaming era, no one has to seek out second choices due to high demand.
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Who knew what surprises awaited on the back shelves of a mom-and-pop video store, or what might have accidentally found its way into the neighborhood Blockbuster? Not being able to find the movie you thought you wanted sometimes meant having to find an even better, off-the-beaten-path second choice. But those same elements all had a certain charm. Stores could be cluttered, their selection could be unpredictable, and getting a new release sometimes felt like it required camping out overnight. “If you’re a trans person you can spot chaser behaviour in films but it’s never addressed.There are many reasons to be nostalgic for video stores, often tied to the same qualities that made them frustrating. “It does happen but it’s not addressed,” adds Cara. “Normally it’s disguised in transphobia but I don’t think there’s ever a focus on the people who are nice to trans people because they want to hook up with them.”
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“It summarised chasers really well, which is something that’s good to talk about because I never see that in films, how trans people are fetishised,” says Stephan.
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Transgender movie Tangerine is available on Amazon Prime (Tangerine)įilmed entirely on an iPhone, Tangerine sheds light on what it’s like to be a trans sex worker. The film was unusually given a R rating in the US, rumoured to be because it was about being transgender. “There’s this one scene where she’s playing with her mum’s make-up – it’s such a mood,” says Cara.
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Ma Vie en Rose, or My Life in Pink, is a 90s Belgian movie is about a young kid named Ludovic who is viewed by the community as a boy but wishes to be seen as a girl. Ludovic tries on a dress in Ma Vie en Rose (Ma Vie en Rose)
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You can stream it for free as part of an Amazon Prime membership which comes with a 30-day free trial and then costs £7.99 per month. The film is available on Amazon Prime Video. “She’s funny, she’s rude, she’s got no filter,” says Cara. The main character, Ricky, is a transgender woman living in a small town in Kentucky, looking for love, when she gets a crush on a girl. Ricky (left) and her crush (right) in Boy Meets Girl (Boy Meets Girl)īoy Meets Girl is a rarity among transgender movies for being a rom com with a happy ending. “When I watched it I didn’t know what a trans person was – it really opened up my mind,” says Cara. The controversial documentary about queer ballroom culture that inspired POSE and many RuPaul’s Drag Race catchphrases is one of Cara’s top picks. The Paris is Burning documentary is now on Netflix (Paris is Burning) “It basically deals with a lot of internalised transphobia – it’s relatable and it’s real,” says Stephan. The short tells the story of two trans men who don’t realise upon meeting that the other person is transgender. Written by and starring transgender filmmaker Jake Graf, Brace is a short film available to view on YouTube. Brace is a short film written by trans man Jake Graf (left) (Brace) To rent or buy TRANSFINITE go to Amazon here. “It was so trippy – I had no idea what’s going on but I love it,” says Cara. The sci-fi feature film is composed of seven standalone short stories where supernatural trans and queer people from various cultures use their powers to ‘protect, love, teach, fight and thrive’. TRANSFINITE is an indie film by a non-binary filmmaker (TRANSFINITE)Ģ019 indie film TRANSFINITE was directed by non-binary, Indian filmmaker Neelu Bhuman.