Caden Mark Gardner
@cadenmgardner.bsky.social
FTM freelance film critic
Co-writer of Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema out now!
The Dog Dad Jeanne Dielman
Co-writer of Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema out now!
The Dog Dad Jeanne Dielman
She’ll always find a way to humble me
November 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
She’ll always find a way to humble me
New name botched at the coffee place unlocked
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
New name botched at the coffee place unlocked
HBD Ed Harris
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
HBD Ed Harris
The San Diego Padres did a navy camo variation of their camo uniforms and it’s easily the best version but I don’t remember last time they put it in their rotation (especially since they phased out the blue on the regular uniforms) and I don’t even think the Navy has that camo anymore.
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The San Diego Padres did a navy camo variation of their camo uniforms and it’s easily the best version but I don’t remember last time they put it in their rotation (especially since they phased out the blue on the regular uniforms) and I don’t even think the Navy has that camo anymore.
Dog show with my dog
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Dog show with my dog
Back to regularly scheduled programming
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Back to regularly scheduled programming
Oreo says watch TCM tonight
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Oreo says watch TCM tonight
If you saw the Instagram clip TCM posted with me talking to Dave Karger, you probably noticed I had on a yellow T-shirt. This was my James Dean T-shirt I bought off eBay. I wore it for good luck.
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
If you saw the Instagram clip TCM posted with me talking to Dave Karger, you probably noticed I had on a yellow T-shirt. This was my James Dean T-shirt I bought off eBay. I wore it for good luck.
This is tonight 🫣
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is tonight 🫣
It's a crucial moment that highlighted how home video tech allowed for archiving and sharing media among the trans community and also to the next generation. Unsurprisingly with the success of Veneno, the same creative team did a Dressed in Blue series. It's good but the documentary is better.
November 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It's a crucial moment that highlighted how home video tech allowed for archiving and sharing media among the trans community and also to the next generation. Unsurprisingly with the success of Veneno, the same creative team did a Dressed in Blue series. It's good but the documentary is better.
Now for Dressed in Blue, I first found out about the film's existence happened because it is discussed in Spanish-language TV series, Veneno, about the tabloid figure Cristina Ortiz Rodriguez aka La Veneno. She tells a younger trans woman about the doc and gives her a taped VHS copy of it.
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Now for Dressed in Blue, I first found out about the film's existence happened because it is discussed in Spanish-language TV series, Veneno, about the tabloid figure Cristina Ortiz Rodriguez aka La Veneno. She tells a younger trans woman about the doc and gives her a taped VHS copy of it.
Irving Rapper was in his 70s by the time he made The Christine Jorgensen Story. It has a real exoskeleton of melodrama with its only real point of interest being in portrayal Christine as a young child struggling with their identity. The rest of it gets into B-movie sci-fi.
November 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Irving Rapper was in his 70s by the time he made The Christine Jorgensen Story. It has a real exoskeleton of melodrama with its only real point of interest being in portrayal Christine as a young child struggling with their identity. The rest of it gets into B-movie sci-fi.
Jorgensen was out in front with her memoir being made into a film, including twisting herself into a pretzel to defend the choice of casting unknown John Hansen to play her. But because Myra Breckinridge was also coming out, she commented it and couldn't hide her disdain for Vidal referencing her.
November 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Jorgensen was out in front with her memoir being made into a film, including twisting herself into a pretzel to defend the choice of casting unknown John Hansen to play her. But because Myra Breckinridge was also coming out, she commented it and couldn't hide her disdain for Vidal referencing her.
Christine Jorgensen wisely chose to not do an immediate memoir after her worldwide notoriety gained. By the time her memoir was published in 1967, the Erickson Educational Foundation and gender clinics were up and running in the U.S. Then in 1968, Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge was published.
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Christine Jorgensen wisely chose to not do an immediate memoir after her worldwide notoriety gained. By the time her memoir was published in 1967, the Erickson Educational Foundation and gender clinics were up and running in the U.S. Then in 1968, Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge was published.
Irving Rapper was very prolific but I think of Now, Voyager is his obvious standout film. And I also bring up Now, Voyager because if there was ever an Old Hollywood director to do a feminine glow-up that makes up so much of trans fictional narratives, it is the guy who did Now, Voyager.
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Irving Rapper was very prolific but I think of Now, Voyager is his obvious standout film. And I also bring up Now, Voyager because if there was ever an Old Hollywood director to do a feminine glow-up that makes up so much of trans fictional narratives, it is the guy who did Now, Voyager.
For tomorrow night's TCM appearance, I just want to highlight that when researching the true story of Dog Day Afternoon, the 'gay wedding' referenced within the news report of the film did happen and Lee G. Brewster's DRAG Magazine covered it only to follow up on it later. Photos from DTA.
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
For tomorrow night's TCM appearance, I just want to highlight that when researching the true story of Dog Day Afternoon, the 'gay wedding' referenced within the news report of the film did happen and Lee G. Brewster's DRAG Magazine covered it only to follow up on it later. Photos from DTA.
Winter coat SZN
November 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Winter coat SZN
Oreo says good afternoon
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Oreo says good afternoon
NOW she wants foods with veggies!! 🙄
November 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
NOW she wants foods with veggies!! 🙄
Blended butternut squash is in this so it’s totally healthy!
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Blended butternut squash is in this so it’s totally healthy!
Couch is fully her property now
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Couch is fully her property now
