About this episode

The episode discusses the films The Matrix and I Saw the TV Glow in the context of transness and queer cinema.

Our last two Pride Pics of 2026 are The Matrix (1999) directed by The Wachowski Sisters and I Saw the TV Glow (2024) directed by Jane Schoenbrun! Is transness about unplugging or plugging in? Why can't Ricky do the Agent Smith voice? Should Anthems for a Seventeen Year‐Old Girl be in every movie? All that and more on this long-ass episode!

People in this episode

Host: We Wanna Watch

Topics covered

• Pride Pics
• transness
• film analysis
• The Matrix
• I Saw the TV Glow
• queer cinema

Keywords

• The Matrix
• I Saw the TV Glow
• Pride Pics
• transness
• queer cinema
• film analysis
• Wachowski Sisters
• Jane Schoenbrun

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Matrix, I Saw the TV Glow, Anthems for a Seventeen Year‐Old Girl

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