Solo Review: Queer Euphoria Blends with Toxic Love in Drag Drama
A backstage drama set at a Montreal drag club, Sophie Dupuis' film is a love letter to drag that skirts past cliche in favor of nuanced celebration.
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A backstage drama set at a Montreal drag club, Sophie Dupuis' film is a love letter to drag that skirts past cliche in favor of nuanced celebration.
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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Netflix/A24/Focus FeaturesIt’s been a challenging year for the Toronto International Film Festival. The energy felt particularly muted, largely thanks to the SAG and WGA strikes, which prevented the large swathes of talent that typically swarm the Canadian city from coming. Instead, big-time premieres had a strange quiet to them—though that didn’t stop audiences from coming out in droves.Beyond the AMPTP-induced controversies, this year’s TIFF
Solo is a radiant and intimate story of queer life and a celebration of the queer community's connection to the art of drag. Read our TIFF 2023 review.