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Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: Halle Berry’s Sex Scene in “Bruised,” Heals
“You deserve every good thing in this world,” that’s what Buddhakan says to Jackie Justice before they have sex.
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Why Do So Many Queer People Love Godzilla?
To celebrate the release of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, we look at why classic Godzilla movies have such a big queer fanbase.
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“Causeway” Is a Queer Military Story That Ignores the Cost of War
If we allow these wars to be reframed through a queer lens, through a hip A24 lens, we will see their errors repeated.
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Where Are All the Scream Kings?
When I was in fourth grade, I got in trouble for discussing how fast my body would decompose if I was stabbed.
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The 10 Best Queer Movies of 2022
Yes, this list has some underrated indies. But it also has several Oscar frontrunners — or at least Independent Spirit Award frontrunners. As queer people, we can’t look to the mainstream for validation. But it sure is fun when we get it anyway!
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“Knock at the Cabin” Understands the Limits of Queer Assimilation
Knock is equally about this one, queer family as it is about our relationships to everyone else, the connections we have through the fact of biology and culture, the fact of our shared humanity.
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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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The Bloody History of the Lesbian Vampire in 20 Films
The phrase “lesbian vampire” might be one of the most titillating combinations of words in the English language.
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Theo Germaine on the Queerness of Horror, the Alchemy of Time, and “They/Them”
“A lot of the history of horror is that, you know, those queer coded people who don’t fit in are baddies.”
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The Best Straight Movies of the Past 10 Years
A dazzling portrait of a white heterosexual girl’s coming-of-age, Lady Bird gave us a straight character anyone can root for.
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TIFF 2023: A Queer Festival Recap
This year, I saw 38 features and, once again, most of my favorites were independent or not in English. There’s a vast world of cinema beyond Hollywood’s broken system!
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August Winter on “Women Talking” and Navigating the Industry as a Nonbinary Actor
“I think it just shows that as a culture we remain ignorant to these nuances. For me it comes down to people’s fascination with grouping things into familiarity instead of finding new ways of saying something.”
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20 Years Later, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” Is Still Outside The Binary
“For some of us, that will always be our relationship to gender. I’m a woman. I’m trans. I’m non-binary. All those words feel right for me. But I’m still naked walking down that dark alley a little unsure of who I’m meant to be.”
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“Crush” Screenwriters Kirsten King and Casey Rackham On Astrology, Queer Utopia, and Their Own Crushes
“All of the drama in my queer friends’ lives revolves around who they may or may not fuck. And then we save the talk about our dads for our therapists.”
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I Saw “Too Much Sun,” The Worst Gay Movie Ever Made, and I Wish I’d Gone to Poodle Camp Instead
This 1990 film has everything: Robert Downey Jr making a salad, Eric Idle in a leopard-print robe, a vaguely European lesbian character named Susan, murder, three nuns, and so much smooth jazz!!!!
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Queering the Canon: Where Are All The Trans Rom-Coms?
It’s time trans people get to showcase our desires, in all their variety, in all their complexity, in all their possibility.
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The Best Queer Movies of 2020
We got superhero movies! Teen comedies! Christmas movies! Oscar bait! Musicals!!!!
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What’s the Gayest Not-Gay Film Your Parents Rented You From Blockbuster?
“Foxy Brown quickly became my favorite film of the blaxploitation classica. Pam Grier — yes, that Pam Grier, Bette’s big sister (it’ll annoy me forever that that’s how generations of queer women remember Grier) — was just astounding in the titular role… badass and unrelentingly sexy. The other awesome thing about that movie? I think it was the first time I’d seen a lesbian bar on screen.”
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15 LGBT Documentaries on Kanopy, Free Streaming Film Goldmine
Not all libraries have Kanopy access, but if yours does, you are hot to trot, my friend. Much like the subjects of the documentary about same-sex ballroom dancing, Hot to Trot, discussed within! Just a little LGBT documentary humor for you.
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15 QTPOC Women’s History Month Films You Should Watch Right Now
Everyone should know the stories of the lesbian, bisexual, queer and trans women of color who’ve been the backbones of LGBT communities forever and ever. So make some popcorn and put your learnin’ pants on!