Alexander Mooney
Alexander Mooney is a Toronto-based critic and programmer whose work has appeared in Toronto Star, Documentary Magazine, Slant, Screen Slate, The Globe and Mail, Little White Lies, and MUBI Notebook. He also writes the column “Replications” at In the Mood Magazine.
By Alexander Mooney
| October 4, 2025
Jenkin shot Rose himself on a 16mm Bolex with no live sound, opting to mix, record, and compose all of the film’s aural elements in postproduction. The uncanny effects of this approach lend his tactile imagery a subtle layer of distortion, the story seemingly echoed from a distant point in time.
The notion that gay lifestyles are fundamentally lonely and perilous is, of course, absurd and antiquated, but this acutely provocative filmmaker meets such stereotypes head-on, exposing their roots, testing their limits, and probing their lasting impact on queer narratives past and present.