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Every Al Pacino movie is gay: Pacino in The Godfather with the Out the Movies logo on the bottom
AF+ Movie Features

Every Al Pacino Movie Is Gay

The queerness of Pacino’s filmography is a reminder. While the media and your worst uncle claim the newness of queer and trans people, the truth is we have always been here. This cinema belongs to us as much as it does any straight film bro.

Drew Burnett Gregory 15 hours ago 2 Comments
An alligator in water filled with bright green runoff in River of Grass
Movie Features

Saving the Everglades Is a Queer Issue

Queer Floridian Juan Barquin talks to fellow queer Floridian Sasha Wortzel about her new documentary River of Grass and the beauty of the Everglades.

Juan Barquin July 2, 2025 2 Comments
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Movie Lists TV Lists

July 2025: What’s New, Gay and Streaming on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Peacock and Apple TV

We’ve got new Megan Stalter comedy ‘Too Much’ stuffed with queer characters, sexy historical series Dope Girls, new seasons of Brave New Girls and Acapulco and so much more!

Riese July 1, 2025 2 Comments
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Movie Lists

Every Queer Criterion Closet Video

It’s such a joy to watch people geek out about movies! And so I’ve gathered all the Criterion Closet videos from queer people with some thoughts on their selections.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 30, 2025 6 Comments
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Movie Reviews

‘Ponyboi’ Is a Crime Drama with Cowboys, Springsteen, and an Intersex Lead

Reminiscent of the Wachowskis’ Bound, Ponyboi is a queer cinema genre pastiche that understands a movie can be artful, emotional, and incredibly entertaining.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 27, 2025 5 Comments
Emma Mackey lies in Vicky Krieps' lap with Vicky's arms around her neck in Hot Milk
Movie Reviews

‘Hot Milk’ Is an Imperfect Movie About Bad Mothers and Worse Lovers

The directorial debut of the screenwriter behind Disobedience and Colette will resonate with anyone who has ever tried to solve their mommy issues in the bed of another woman.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 27, 2025
Eva Victor poses at a Sorry, Baby screening dressed in a white turtleneck and white suit jacket.
Movie Features

Eva Victor Didn’t Tell a Woman’s Story

“I understand why people like to speak about Agnes and Lydie’s friendship as female friendship but I think it is more complicated than that and the film is more trans than people want it to be.”

Rendy Jones June 26, 2025
Eva Victor holds up a cat in Sorry, Baby
Movie Reviews

Eva Victor’s ‘Sorry, Baby’ Is an Accomplished Traumedy About Life After Assault

The most important relationship in the film isn’t between Agnes and her abuser but Agnes and her lesbian best friend.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 26, 2025 2 Comments
Munroe Bergdorf leans on the window sitting in a car in Love & Rage: Munroe Bergdorf
Movie News & Trailers

Munroe Bergdorf Goes to Trans Pride in an Exclusive Clip from the Documentary ‘Love & Rage: Munroe Bergdorf’

Munroe Bergdorf has remained outspoken and continued fighting for progress in her communities. Now her life and work is the subject of a new documentary.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 26, 2025
Director Zackary Drucker speaks to Amanda Lear in her documentary Enigma
Movie Features

Zackary Drucker Is a Complicated Woman

“I think people often have a paternalistic protection of trans women that’s actually infantilizing.”

Drew Burnett Gregory June 24, 2025
Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal dance in Materialists. The Dykes Discuss logo at the bottom of the frame.
AF+ Movie Features

Dykes Discuss Celine Song’s ‘Materialists’

Two dykes break down the baffling heterosexuality (and plot choices) in Celine Song’s second film, Materialists.

Drew Burnett Gregory and Christina Tucker
June 21, 2025 1 Comment
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Movie Features

Fawzia Mirza Is Undeniable

“There’s no way anyone would’ve made this movie in the U.S. They didn’t want to. And now when those same people see it they’re like oh you did it!”

Drew Burnett Gregory June 20, 2025 2 Comments
In The Queen of My Dreams, a South Asian woman and a white woman kiss on a couch.
Movie Reviews

‘The Queen of My Dreams’ Captures the Creative Spirit of Bollywood and Queerness

The Queen of My Dreams doesn’t feel like a debut feature. 

Drew Burnett Gregory June 20, 2025 6 Comments
Agnes Varda and Jane Birkin with the Out the Movies logo at the bottom
AF+ Movie Features

Of Course Agnès Varda Was Bisexual

The reveal that Varda was bisexual should have filled me with the joy of a Gaylor finding a Karli Kloss sex tape. Instead, it felt like information I’d already known.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 19, 2025
A close up of Ayo Edebiri with a bloody lip in the movie Bottoms now on Blu-Ray from Kino Lorber
Movie Features

10 Things We Learned from the ‘Bottoms’ Cast Commentary

Bottoms is now available on Blu-ray through Kino Lorber, and it has a ton of extras that are sure to knock you out.

Rendy Jones June 18, 2025 1 Comment
A still of Sally Ride in zero gravity from the documentary Sally.
Movie Reviews

In New Documentary ‘Sally,’ Sally Ride’s Secret Lesbian Partner of 27 Years Is The True Star

Sally Ride’s partner of 27 years, Tam O’Shaughnessy, is the true star of this film.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 16, 2025 3 Comments
Pamela Voorhees wears her iconic blue sweater and stares with her mouth open in Friday the 13th
Movie Features

The 13 Gayest Things About the Supposedly Straight Horror Movie ‘Friday the 13th’

HAPPY PRIDE EDITION OF FRIDAY THE 13TH, FREAKS!!!!!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya June 13, 2025 12 Comments
A triptych of the same image of Sex Change: Shock! Horror! Probe! director Kristiene Clarke getting kissed on the cheek at a film festival
Movie Features

This Trans Woman Has Directed 70 Films Since the ’80s

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Drew Burnett Gregory June 6, 2025 2 Comments
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Movie Lists

25 Lesbian Movies on Hulu That You Can Watch Right Now For Fun If You Want

Have you ever wondered which are the best lesbian movies on Hulu? Good news: we’ve got all of Hulu’s LGBTQ+ movies for all your needs related to women gazing into the eyeballs of other women!

Riese June 5, 2025 60 Comments
A montage of controversial queer films including Blue is the Warmest Color and Emilia Pérez
Movie Lists

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Let’s look back on some of the queer films of the last 30+ years that were the most controversial within the queer community and argue about them all over again.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 5, 2025 4 Comments
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