Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.We’re still a bit stung from the Oscar nominations earlier this week, and the Academy’s total shut out of one of the best films of the year, The Half of It.
The film tells the story of Ellie (Leah Lewis), a shy Chinese-American girl labeled at school as a big nerd. When the handsome–if cloddish–Paul (Daniel Diemer) appeals to Ellie for advice with women, the two begin an unlikely friendship.