“Badhaai Do” Let Me Dream Of A Gay Indian Future
Could it be the rare Bollywood film that lets gay desires and dreams take center stage?
The 30 Gayest Things About the Supposedly Straight Rom-Com “13 Going On 30”
The Six Chicks? The mere premise of wanting to skip from 13 to 30? There’s a reason this iconic film connected with me so deeply when I was a closeted preteen.
“Fresh” Has Cannibals, a Bisexual Character, and Humor but Could Use a Little More Meat
Have stories that feature queers and also cannibals become my brand?
Kate McKinnon Is Masterfully Bananapants in the Wild and Queer “Joe vs. Carole”
It’s a nesting doll of magnificent weirdness watching someone as over the top as Kate McKinnon try to add substance and subtlety to someone as over the top as Carole Baskin.
“Marry Me” Is a J-Lo Rom-Com About a Lesbian Who Does All The Work, Gets None of the Credit
“Marry Me” is a charming enough romantic comedy about a superstar who marries a common man, and the whole damn story is enabled by a lesbian who finds love for EVERYBODY but herself.
“The Fallout” Review: Jenna Ortega and Maddie Ziegler Explore Queerness and Trauma Together
Vada, the lead of The Fallout, is just a normal high schooler. And it’s all a normal day in a normal life, until it’s not.
“Don’t Look Up” Exposes How Capitalism Won’t Save Us
The movie shows us what happens if we wait too long to interrogate our culture and ourselves, lose sight of truth, and fail to take action: irreversible destruction.
Sundance 2022: “Girl Picture” Has Queer Romance, Figure Skating, and Plenty of Teen Angst
These stories are reminiscent of other coming-of-age movies, but the performances and specificity of the characters — as well as the clever structure — elevate the film as a whole.
Sundance 2022: “Mija,” “Sirens,” and “Nothing Compares” Find Hope in a Hopeless World
This year at Sundance there are three documentaries about women in music — women who are tasked with navigating the hostile industry and our even more hostile world.
Sundance 2022: “Framing Agnes” Is a Complicated Tribute to Trans Invisibility
Framing Agnes is about about the truths we share and the truths we will never know.
“Parallel Mothers” Is a Masterpiece of Mommy Issues and Generational Trauma
Womanhood has been a front for so many facets of Pedro Almodóvar’s own life. But in his latest masterpiece, womanhood is a front for even more.
“The Matrix Resurrections” Takes the Franchise Past the Tipping Point
As the film reflects on the progress and lack thereof for trans people, it’s also a reminder of what we have to lose without inventive, intelligent big budget movies.
Lifetime’s “Under the Christmas Tree” Is the Holigay Rom-Com You’ve Been Waiting For
Elise Bauman and Tattiawna Jones are charming as heck in this very sweet, very low stakes romantic comedy that takes place in a town that might as well be the North Pole.
“Christmas Is Canceled” Is Horrifying, Hilarious and Surprisingly Gay
Much to his daughter’s chagrin, Dermot Mulroney is dating Mona Vanderwaal from Pretty Little Liars. Luckily queer BFF Charlyne is there to be the one sensible person in the movie!
“Everybody’s Fine” Is a Pretty Good Christmasy Movie With Three Minutes of Shane
This overlooked kinda-Christmas movie from 2009 features Drew Barrymore as the bisexual daughter of a telephone wire enthusiast who never takes his jacket off and also Kate Moennig is in it!
37 Reasons You Should and Shouldn’t Watch “We Need to Do Something”
Watch if you don’t like dogs. Don’t watch if you like complex characters, realistic dialogue, or thoughtful plotting.
“The Bitch Who Stole Christmas” Works as Parody, Fails as a Drag Showcase
It’s not that Krysta Rodriguez isn’t good, but centering her results in a movie that feels about as gay as a drag brunch.
Benedetta Review: These Lesbian Nuns Don’t Earn Their Controversy
Something Paul Verhoeven and I have in common is that we both love boobs. Something we don’t have in common is how much lesbian sex we’ve had. With his latest, Benedetta, we were promised another of his delicious trashy masterpieces — instead he reveals the limits of his gaze.
Tello’s “Christmas at the Ranch” Is a Welcome Horse Girl Holigay Rom-Com
Bonus: Literal patriarchal destruction! My grown-up Christmas wish!
There’s an Unexpected Lesbian in Hallmark’s “An Unexpected Christmas”
I love surprise lesbians, especially when they ruin Christmas for homophobes, so this little Hallmark movie was a hit for me!