Hi all,

I have a movie podcast, in which I talk with my favorite people about one of their favorite films. And for januari, the film I’m reviewing is Frida, a movie about Frida Kahlo.

This made me do a deep dive into Frida Kahlo and, what do you know: Frida Kahlo, die-hard communist. She had an affair with Trotsky, her last painting had as subject Stalin, and when she went to the US, she was reported saying: “I’ve learnt so much here and I’m more and more convinced it’s only through communism that we can become human.” Badass quote.

So, yeah. Frida is a decent movie. They even openly show people discussing communism, they show a flag with hammer and sickle, they show Trotsky. That sounds like nothing but this is an American movie by an American filmmaker (albeit a woman but still).

Picture by Florence Arquin, 1951