<![CDATA[Stories by James Y. Lee on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@jamesylee?source=rss-67dfa1eebbc2------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*kZkU1RINYcDaWsohJDo2iQ.jpeg Stories by James Y. Lee on Medium https://medium.com/@jamesylee?source=rss-67dfa1eebbc2------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 02:56:18 GMT <![CDATA[Misty Green — Chris Rock’s unbalanced yet scathing Hollywood satire]]>

Years after her Hollywood breakthrough, a talented actress whose career has stalled fights for her second act.

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]]> https://medium.com/framerated/misty-green-chris-rocks-unbalanced-yet-scathing-hollywood-satire-59c93ae0ee60?source=rss-67dfa1eebbc2------2 https://medium.com/p/59c93ae0ee60 Sat, 07 Nov 2026 17:57:47 GMT 2026-11-09T10:56:38.534Z <![CDATA[La Bola Negra — a noble, ambitious, yet uncomplicated queer-history epic]]>

Spanning 1932, 1937, and 2017, three men confront the ghosts of a Spain torn between desire and repression.

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]]> https://medium.com/framerated/la-bola-negra-a-noble-ambitious-yet-uncomplicated-queer-history-epic-6664b49c5433?source=rss-67dfa1eebbc2------2 https://medium.com/p/6664b49c5433 Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:57:20 GMT 2026-10-26T14:24:14.635Z <![CDATA[Sheep in the Box — compassionate yet mistimed A.I. robot fable needs an update]]>

Set in the near future, a married architect and owner of a construction company welcome a humanoid robot into their home as their son.

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]]> https://medium.com/framerated/sheep-in-the-box-compassionate-yet-mistimed-a-i-robot-fable-needs-an-update-389c90ef08e9?source=rss-67dfa1eebbc2------2 https://medium.com/p/389c90ef08e9 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:57:30 GMT 2026-07-25T13:01:02.884Z <![CDATA[Backrooms — big-screen YouTube series has room for improvement]]>

After a therapist’s patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality, she must venture into the unknown to save him.

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]]> https://medium.com/framerated/backrooms-big-screen-youtube-series-has-room-for-improvement-f8356dcce0cd?source=rss-67dfa1eebbc2------2 https://medium.com/p/f8356dcce0cd Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:57:51 GMT 2026-06-03T12:01:00.862Z <![CDATA[Obsession — sadistically exposes the horror of the “nice guy”]]>

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]]> https://medium.com/framerated/obsession-sadistically-exposes-the-horror-of-the-nice-guy-6d1ad8b51bea?source=rss-67dfa1eebbc2------2 https://medium.com/p/6d1ad8b51bea Sat, 09 May 2026 16:57:02 GMT 2026-05-10T16:38:53.041Z <![CDATA[The Drama— a neurotic rom-com with an unwieldy, provocative twist]]>

A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.

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]]> https://medium.com/framerated/the-drama-2026-a-neurotic-rom-com-with-an-unwieldy-provocative-twist-cebd4c428ae2?source=rss-67dfa1eebbc2------2 https://medium.com/p/cebd4c428ae2 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:57:45 GMT 2026-04-03T13:12:58.604Z <![CDATA[Alpha — a suffocating, dour misfire from one of France’s boldest directors]]>

Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.

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]]> https://medium.com/framerated/alpha-a-suffocating-dour-misfire-from-one-of-frances-boldest-directors-b4314f92f010?source=rss-67dfa1eebbc2------2 https://medium.com/p/b4314f92f010 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:57:31 GMT 2026-03-28T13:44:55.660Z <![CDATA[Hamnet — a devastating reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s life, work, and family]]>

After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes and William Shakespeare grapple with grief in 16th-century England.

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]]> https://medium.com/framerated/hamnet-a-devastating-reinterpretation-of-shakespeares-life-work-and-family-319766878e56?source=rss-67dfa1eebbc2------2 https://medium.com/p/319766878e56 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:27:05 GMT 2026-01-09T14:33:36.924Z <![CDATA[Pillion — a surprisingly tender, thoughtful, queer BDSM feature debut]]>

A directionless man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.

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]]> https://medium.com/framerated/pillion-a-surprisingly-tender-thoughtful-queer-bdsm-feature-debut-8a7ac5c2b116?source=rss-67dfa1eebbc2------2 https://medium.com/p/8a7ac5c2b116 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:57:43 GMT 2025-12-03T21:48:41.654Z <![CDATA[The Secret Agent — genre-savvy, energetic, mournful portrait of Brazil under dictatorship]]>

In 1977, a technology expert flees from a mysterious past and returns to his hometown, but realises the city is far from a refuge…

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