“Booksmart” Pushes Teen Comedies and Lesbian Movies to Hilarious New Heights
Booksmart honors, skewers, and completely transcends every genre it’s a part of.
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“Booksmart” Preview: Watch the First 6 Minutes of Olivia Wilde’s Queer High School Buddy Comedy Right Now
The film opens in sneak peeks around the country today and in wide release next Friday.
“Wine Country” Review: A Hilarious Punch Drunk Gal Pal Comedy With a Lesbian BFF
Pell’s Val is a lesbian antique shop owner from Portland with a new set of knees and thirst for young love.
The 14 Most Heterophobic Movies of All Time
As a queer person, it’s a relief to watch work like this. It gives us permission to just be free, to just be queer, to just be ourselves. That’s what great queer cinema can accomplish.
Netflix’s “Wine Country” Exclusive Clip: Paula Pell’s Lesbian Val Falls For a Younger Woman
Amy Poehler’s punch-drunk gal pal comedy features longtime SNL writer Paula Pell as a lesbian vintage shop owner with a brand new knee and fresh desire to fall in love.
15 Gayest Moments From “Avengers: Endgame,” Which Was Great But Unfortunately Not Gay
I pulled these nuggets of little gold from all three hours of Endgame and I cannot wait to re-live them in obsessive, snarky detail with you!
“Daddy Issues” Is a Very Queer Very Good Movie
The first IMDb user review for Daddy Issues is titled “Heterophobic movie.” I cannot argue. I also cannot complain. May we blessed with an entire career of heterophobic movies from this properly queer filmmaker.
“JT LeRoy”: Kristen Stewart Is Phenomenal But Everything This Movie Tries To Say About Gender Is Bad
JT LeRoy is not a great movie. In fact, it’s pretty bad. And yet in so many ways it’s the perfect JT LeRoy movie, the inevitable conclusion to this whole twisted saga.
“Saving Face” Director Alice Wu Is Bringing a Lesbian Teen Rom-Com to Netflix
A modern queer take on Cyrano de Bergerac, no less!
“Someone Great”: Gina Rodriguez, Brittany Snow and DeWanda Wise Add a Lesbian BFF to the Gal Pal Comedy Formula
It’s like Girls Trip’s less raunchy kid sister who went to NYU and made some white friends.
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.
Olivia Wilde Is Bisexual in 2012’s Hilariously Smart “Butter,” You Deserve This
Olivia Wilde is a bisexual sex worker in this political satire that also stars a pint sized Yara Shahidi! And they sculpt artwork out of butter? For some reason? I have your weekend Netflix plans all set.
“Wild Nights With Emily” Might Be The Best Lesbian Comedy Ever
Molly Shannon’s turn as the reclaimed queer poet tells the truth at a slant, dazzlingly.
“Captain Marvel” Is More Kickass Than Our Wildest Dreams
If I were a man invested, even subconsciously, in propping up a patriarchal society where women, even subconsciously, Know Their Place, Captain Marvel would terrify the pants off of me.
8 Cute Gay Dates Inspired by Lesbian Movies of 2018
You may not find all these movies romantic date material, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t something to work with there.
The Black Lesbian Movie Project
What if “Coming To America” starred Lena Waithe instead of Eddie Murphy? What if Sanaa Lathan and Gabrielle Union made out with each other at the end of “Love & Basketball”? What if black lesbians finally got to get the girl on the big screen? I’m buying the popcorn. You coming with?
A Kind of Decolonization I Can Feel at the Back of My Pussy
On internal colonization, South Asian shame and representation of happy brown queers on film.
I Watched Lesbian Classic “Disobedience” and Be Quiet Tiffany
We were rooting for you.
“PIMP” Review: Queer Love, Sisterhood, and a Reminder That We Need to Tell Our Own Stories
“It’s as if the BET classic Player’s Club ran head first into Hustle and Flow, but cast a cadre of child stars turned ingenues.”
“In Between” Review: The Super Gay, Super Feminist Film No One’s Talking About
No false promises of “girl power” or happiness. Just a reassurance that being alone together is better than being apart.