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Annapurna Sriram Wrote the Slutty, Liberated Brown Girl Ingenue She Wanted To Play Herself

“Fucktoys came out of wanting to write myself a job where a brown girl could be an ingénue, could be…

Juan Barquin

Jan 22, 2026

Aayla Secura looking queer in a revealing outfit right before her death scene in Revenge of the Sith

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The Top Five Jedi in ‘Revenge of the Sith’ Ranked by Lesbian Vibes

In honor of May the 4th and Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith returning to theatres, let’s look back on some of the dykiest Jedi.

Lisa Laman

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May 4, 2025

Jayme Lawson crawls across the stage in a musical number in Sinnrs

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‘Sinners’ Is a Black Musical

Most Indigenous Black music is rooted in that one thing: a singular shared pulse.

Tima

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Apr 24, 2025

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Out the Movies: Times I’ve Been Wrong

I’ve been publishing my thoughts on film and television since 2018 and it’s inevitable my perspectives have shifted.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Apr 24, 2025

Miyazaki AI trend: an image from Kiki's Delivery Service of Kiki on her broom looking at a row of cats.

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‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’ Is a Rebuke to the Miyazaki AI Trend

Miyazaki’s film about a young witch shows exactly what AI art and all that it represents threatens to take from us.

Daniella Mazzio

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Apr 17, 2025

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Out the Movies: Is Gay Sex a Radical Act?

Bruce LaBruce aims to rewrite a classic Pasolini film, but has queer sex lost its bite in this new context?

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Apr 10, 2025

Cinema Her Way Marya E Gates interview: side by side author photo and book cover

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The Greatest Women Filmmakers Are Mad for a Reason

In her gorgeous new book, Cinema Her Way, writer and film critic Marya E. Gates interviews 19 female filmmakers — including Cheryl Dunye, Karyn Kusama, and Isabel Sandoval — about…

Stef Rubino

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Apr 8, 2025

A lo-fi video image of a blonde trans woman holding up two dresses as a brunette trans woman looks on. A VHS tape with Out the Movies is placed over it.

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Out the Movies: ‘Castration Movie’ and the Fallacy of Group Shame

That monologue from The White Lotus, a Torrey Peters novella, and Louise Weard’s lo-fi epic reveal who gets to be trans.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Mar 27, 2025

the subject of Please Hold saying "My life's mission is to help people understand AIDS"

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New DIY Documentary Honors AIDS Media Activism, Love, Loss, and Queer Community

Shot on a mix of consumer-grade recording devices — iPhone, Zoom, VHS camcorder, and Super-8 film — the documentary is an homage to grassroots AIDS mediamaking across decades and its…

Lauren Herold

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Mar 21, 2025

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Annapurna Sriram Wrote the Slutty, Liberated Brown Girl Ingenue She Wanted To Play Herself

The Top Five Jedi in ‘Revenge of the Sith’ Ranked by Lesbian Vibes

‘Sinners’ Is a Black Musical

Out the Movies: Times I’ve Been Wrong

‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’ Is a Rebuke to the Miyazaki AI Trend

Out the Movies: Is Gay Sex a Radical Act?

The Greatest Women Filmmakers Are Mad for a Reason

Out the Movies: ‘Castration Movie’ and the Fallacy of Group Shame

New DIY Documentary Honors AIDS Media Activism, Love, Loss, and Queer Community

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