Results for: meet up
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Annette Haywood-Carter on “Foxfire,” Filmmaking, and Being a Queer Woman in Hollywood
After “Foxfire,” Annette was pushed aside and ignored. But she kept working — detours and frustrations included — and now she’s back with a new film and ready to move beyond for-hire jobs to direct the personal, artful work she should have been making for decades.
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Todd Haynes on “May December,” Queer Community, and Making Art in a Vile World
“My connection with gay women is the through-line of my entire life. But my queer community, as a whole, is not reducible to sexual practice. It’s more attitudinal. It’s the way we look at the world and stand outside certain norms.”
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Brigette Lundy-Paine Is Making Their Own Kind of Trans Art
“There’s a movie that I really want to do that’s a girl part and then I’m done. I’m excited to give myself the gift of being an out trans person.”
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Rowan Blanchard on Not Labeling Our Gay Comedies, Impressing Crushes, and Hulu’s “Crush”
“Crush being gay was way less important to me than it being funny.”
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Jane Schoenbrun on “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” and Making Art Amid Transition
“In the 90s, everyone was telling kids they could be anything they wanted to be. But when people saw who I wanted to be they were like, maybe not that though, maybe that’s a little much.”
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Stephanie Beatriz and Daphne Rubin-Vega on “In the Heights” and Queer Latinas Finding Love in the Everyday
“To really be in a moment where I could fully inhabit and celebrate all those things that we call limitations. Or let me say that better, what we perceive of as a limitation, being an incredible source of strength. I love that.”
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Jamie Babbit on “But I’m a Cheerleader,” Barbie Sex, and Getting Bad Reviews
“That’s my whole junior high experience: No, I don’t want to be friends with you. I actually want to have sex with you.”
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Céline Sciamma on “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” The Lesbian Gaze, and Queer TV That Gives Her Hope
“What is a happy ending with a lesbian love story? Eternal possession? We want a frozen image of two people getting married?”
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Film Historian Jenni Olson on “Mädchen in Uniform,” The First Ever Lesbian Film
“They were like whatever we have dozens of lesbian bars, we have magazines, we have all of this culture, we have Marlene Dietrich, we don’t need this little girl thing.”
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30 Days of Carol: Day Four – Meet the Hero Who Contributed to Carol’s Oscar Nod
And she has a Carol wall.
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Desiree Akhavan on Sex Scenes, Spectatorship, and Shooting ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’: The Autostraddle Interview
Behind every great indie film is a great woman. Or, as “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” shows, an entourage of them. Autostraddle spoke with director Desiree Akhavan about making the film that won the Sundance 2018 Grand Jury Prize for Drama and got gay teens in Montana on screen.
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10 Things We Know About the Carmilla Movie, Straight from Natasha Negovanlis and Elise Bauman at NYCC
Natasha and Elise talk about what’s in store for their characters in the upcoming feature-length Carmilla movie.
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Carmilla’s Natasha Negovanlis And Elise Bauman Are Making The Queer Art They Want To See In The World: The Autostraddle Interview
“I think just listening to people’s experiences has made me so much more aware. Queer representation was always something that was important to me, but I don’t think I was as educated or knowledgeable on just how important it is until I really took the time to listen to our viewers.”
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Southwest of Salem: How Four Wrongfully Convicted Latina Lesbians Survived A Witch-Hunt
Southwest of Salem tells the story of four Latina lesbians who were found guilty of a crime they didn’t commit and how the legal and criminal justice systems failed them as queer women of color. Watch it tonight on Investigation Discovery at 8 pm EST.
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“Out In The Night,” the Story of Four Black Lesbians Convicted for Self Defense, Premieres on PBS and Logo Tonight
“I know that our story is the story of so many others, and I want those people to know that they’re not alone, and that they do have the right to fight back.”
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Out Actress Ashleigh Sumner Returns in “Bruno And Earlene Go To Vegas”: The Autostraddle Interview
Jess chats with talented actress and artist, Ashleigh Sumner about her starring role in the new indie film, Bruno And Earlene Go To Vegas, premiering this month at Outfest!
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Talking to PowerUp About the Power Premiere, Haviland, Real L Word, Girltrash and More!
Our very own Haviland Stillwell will be honored this Sunday at the PowerUp Premiere Gala! Plus, an update on the GIRLTRASH movie, advice for lesbian filmmakers, and what really went down with Claire on TRLW.
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Get Ready for ‘Sara’ As We Interview Out Model/Actress Jessica Clark
You know Jessica Clark as that smokin’ hot lesbian model but now she is ALSO AN ACTRESS. Does she have a new short film debuting on Autostraddle later today? Perhaps. More details inside.
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Out Actress Ashleigh Sumner Arrives in “And Then Came Lola”: Autostraddle Interview
Ashleigh Sumner is the adorable, every-girl star of the sexy lesbian romantic comedy, And Then Came Lola. Jess chats with her about her first on-camera sex scenes, seeing herself on the big screen, LA vs. San Francisco, gays & superheroes, and her artwork.