The many obstacles of dating in a realm defined by its explosion of colors become our first introduction to ‘Matinee Baby’. Unique and extremely entertaining in its storytelling and world-building, the narrative presents Robby and Noah-Lee, close friends and colleagues who work at Portland's historic Clinton Street Theater. As the narrative navigates modern-day dating, each potential suitor brings to life an experience more vivid and unexpected than the previous. 
The many complexities of all of these encounters are handled with effortless ease in this queer romantic comedy. The humor remains seamless, roping in campiness while eschewing its many dangers, supported by the performances and the screenplay, both of which exhibit control and skill. 
With the film’s heart in the right place, the story and characters stand firmly on their feet. At no point do the colors, the comedy or the overall end result of the world become overbearing enough to subdue the voices within, presenting to the viewer the true triumph of the film.

Matinee Baby | Spotlight

Bollywood remains a force to reckon with when it comes to the employment of song and dance in its films. The industry is marked not only by the staggering number of films it puts out each year, but also by the massive appeal of its musicality for viewers all over the world. It is indeed no big surprise, then, that the effort that goes behind the screen to present to you with the verve and zest of this particular form of cinema is also of a humongous scale and proportion. 

The short film is an attempt to explore the same by introducing the viewer to the leading choreographers who have created one iconic dance performance after another, along with some of the biggest, most successful songs of the industry. It offers pertinent voices that allow the conversation to flow with ease, introducing the uninitiated to the several complexities and dynamics of the world of cinema in this specific part of the world. 

From gender to the changing times to the manner in which society has viewed dancers and choreographers over the decades to very intimately personal experiences of the several subjects of the documentary itself, the narrative invokes them all, striving to present to the viewer a balanced set of opinions on its thematic concerns.

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