Trace Lysette is in a hotel room on 8th Street in New York City when she jumps on a Zoom video call with Variety to talk about her new movie, “Monica.” In just a couple of hours, she’s set to walk the ...
"It's really rare to center a trans woman in a title character," the "Transparent" star told IndieWire. "I just knew that if I got the chance to do it, I could make it work." Most audiences will ...
After more than a decade as a working actor, Trace Lysette has had her share of projects she was attached to that simply never saw the light of day. Those failed endeavors were painful enough that she ...
“Monica” is a modern, gender-transitioning twist on the theme of the prodigal son. The film’s eponymous protagonist Monica (Trace Lysette, “Transparent”) is an unhappy transgender woman, who has lost ...
When “Monica” premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2022, the response was immediate: The movie received a standing ovation that clocked in at 11-and-a-half minutes. Andrea Pallaoro’s ...
Monica (now streaming on Hulu) is an obvious candidate for 2023’s most overlooked movie. Directed by Andrea Pallaoro, it’s an at-times uncomfortably quiet character study that, in a just world, would ...