Leigh Monson
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Past articles by Leigh:
Queer Underworld: WITCHBOARD (1986)
Real chemistry allows the queer community to read between the lines. → Read More
EMMA. Review: This One’s For The Fans
There’s untapped potential in this Jane Austen adaptation → Read More
THE CALL OF THE WILD Review: In The Digital Doghouse
The Yukon Mountains meet the Uncanny Valley. → Read More
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Review: Unironic Adventure
Fans of '90s-era Jim Carrey rejoice! → Read More
Slamdance Review: BIG FUR Meets The Man Who Built The Bigfoot
But unlike Sam Elliott, he did not kill Hitler. → Read More
Which 2020 Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee Is The Best Adaptation?
Surprise! It’s not JOKER. → Read More
Queer Underworld: VAMPYROS LESBOS (1971)
Let’s talk about sexploitation, baby. → Read More
BAD BOYS FOR LIFE Review: Growing Up Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Have Fun
In which the Bad Boys become Good Men. → Read More
VHYES Review: A Kind Rewind
Take a hilariously surreal trip down the analog dreams of your youth. → Read More
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS To Get Inevitable TV Show Sequel Named CLARICE
Delectable. → Read More
UNDERWATER Review: A Light In The Dark
This deep sea ALIEN riff manages to be great in spite of T.J. Miller. → Read More
Leigh’s Top Ten Films Of 2019
Almost none of your favorites are accounted for! → Read More
Closed Glass Doors: Corporate Duplicity In OKJA
Bong Joon-ho knows that corporations only show you what they want you to see. → Read More
FIGHT CLUB At 20: Masculinity Is An Unreliable Narrator
David Fincher used your default assumptions about male protagonists against you. → Read More
Fantastic Fest Review: KNIVES AND SKIN Cuts Deep Into The Patriarchy
At the intersection of TWIN PEAKS and HEATHERS is the voice of something new. → Read More
Fantastic Fest Review: THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF WOLFBOY Is A Feel-Good Modern Fairy Tale
Coming of age means learning to embrace what is different about each of us. → Read More
Fantastic Fest Review: LITTLE JOE Dulls The Senses And Offends Sensibilities
That is NOT how anti-depressants work. → Read More
Fantastic Fest Review: WRINKLES THE CLOWN Will Teach You A Lesson In Modern Mythmaking
All you have to do to make a difference is some clowning around. → Read More
Fantastic Fest Review: COME TO DADDY Is A Bizarrely Funny Take On Absent Fatherhood
Perhaps the real daddy was the dads we met along the way. → Read More
Fantastic Fest Review: SCREAM, QUEEN! MY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Is Living Gay History
Hollywood’s most notorious scream king has a story to tell. → Read More