Lilly Wachowski On "Crazy Ideologies" Inspired By ‘The Matrix': "I Have To Let It Go"

More than 25 years after The Matrix, Lilly Wachowski is not surprised by the right-wing misinterpretation of her and sister ...
Opinion

Lilly Wachowski on Right-Wing Misinterpretations of ‘The Matrix’: ‘You Have to Let Go of Your Work’

During a recent appearance on the “So True with Caleb Hearon” podcast, co-director Lilly Wachowski was asked about certain right-wing groups attaching their ideologies to her 1999 sci-fi masterpiece ...
Psychology Today

Wake Up to the Identity Matrix

My father enjoyed watching the USWNT team play Sweden in the World Cup, but he was heartbroken when they lost. “They were so close! They had it!” he said repeatedly. “It is just so disappointing.” He ...
Cinema Blend

The Matrix And Gender Identity: The Trans Narrative Behind The Wachowskis’ Sci-Fi Classic

The power of science fiction has always been its ability to explore complex topics we’re dealing with in the world in a fantastical and escapist way. And even over twenty years after its release, The ...
Hindustan Times

Matrix director Lilly Wachowski confirms long-running theory that franchise is about trans identity

Lilly Wachowski, the co-director of Keanu Reeves-starrer The Matrix trilogy, says it was her and sister Lana's "original intention" that the films be viewed as transgender allegory. During a Netflix ...
BBC

The Matrix is a 'trans metaphor', Lilly Wachowski says

The Matrix films are about being transgender, the trilogy's co-director says. "That was the original intention but the world wasn't quite ready," says Lilly Wachowski, who came out as trans along with ...
The Independent

The Matrix was a metaphor for transgender identity, director Lilly Wachowski confirms

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...