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!
Halle Berry’s “Bruised” Is a Bloodied Mess (But at Least It’s a Gay Mess)
If you’re anything like me and your main reasons for watching “Bruised” were to see Halle Berry fight and make out with girls, you won’t be disappointed. But you might walk away wishing it had stuck to just those two things.
I’ve Been Thinking About The Way Tessa Thompson Looks at Ruth Negga in “Passing” A Lot
Irene gazes upon the profile of Clare’s face. Feeling heat, Clare looks up. Irene sharply inhales, blushes, and looks away. And every single time, I finally understood why white lesbians love Carol so much.
Petite Maman Review: Céline Sciamma’s Latest Masterpiece Helps Us Process Our Mommy (and Daddy) Issues
This is a movie that aims to capture the perspective of children without forgetting the emotional intelligence so many of them carry.
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!!!!
Newfest 2021: “Love, Spells and All That” is a Lesbian Romance Both Magical and Real
The spell of the title is not metaphorical. Reyhan cast a love spell as a teen and is convinced its latent effects are what brings Eren back to her.
Newfest 2021: “The Novice” is “Whiplash” Meets “Personal Best” and It’s Better Than Both
Lauren Hadaway has made a sports movie, a queer romance, a thriller, and, ultimately, a character study.
Newfest 2021: “Death and Bowling” is a T4T Fantasia On Death and Creation
Kash has created the ideal commentary on trans representation by abandoning that project altogether.
Newfest 2021: Ruth Caudeli’s “Leading Ladies” Takes Dyke Drama Seriously
The various plots of Leading Ladies — with their backstabbing, cheating, and litigious consequences — would fit right in on The L Word. And yet they couldn’t feel more different.
“Titane” Is a Boundary-Pushing, Binary-Breaking Work of Queer Body Horror
Flesh is just another binary.
“Birds of Paradise” Review: “Black Swan” Meets “Center Stage” feat. the Second Best Fan Fic Trope
Instead of subtle sabotage and psychological spiraling, Birds of Paradise is more like these rival lesbian ballet dancers slapping, tackling, wrestling, clawing at, and punching each other in the face. Until! They get assigned to their dorm room! AND THERE’S ONLY ONE BED!
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.”
Pray Away: A Documentary For Gays Who Haven’t Yet Been Personally Victimized by Ryan Murphy
Pray Away is, at best, picking at a scab — and, at worst, poking a dirty finger into a gaping wound.
It’s Your Anniversary: “The Watermelon Woman” Gave Me Black Sapphic Genealogy & Queer Joy
“As queer youth, part of the journey to find and honor our queer lineage is to take the pieces left to us and fill in the gaps with joy.”
“Fear Street: 1666” Brings The Trilogy to a Very Gay Close
Part origin story, part conclusion, the final film smashes together its timelines and serves up two distinct films at once that, despite their aesthetic and tonal differences, are inextricably bound.
Gunpowder Milkshake Wants Credit for Including Kickass Women, It Forgot You Have to Write Them First
If women bone cracking the skulls of men to a Janis Joplin soundtrack with pints upon pints of gory jello blood to spare is your idea of summer weekend fun, there are worse ways to spend your two hours.
“Fear Street: 1978” Plays it Too Straight for a Queer Slasher
Fear Street Part Two riffs on the original Friday The 13th movie with its summer camp setting, and we trade in the 90s nostalgia of the first Fear Street for late-70s nostalgia.
Queer Slasher “Fear Street: 1994” Delivers Trashy Fun, Gay Drama, and 90s Nostalgia
This movie isn’t reinventing the slasher, but it does expand the definition of who gets to be a final girl. It lets queerness sit inside of horror without being the source of said horror.
“LFG” Takes You Behind the USWNT Gender Discrimination Lawsuit to Stark Places Behind the Lights
The strength of LFG lies in the way it crystallizes the emotional toll of the UWNT’s gender discrimination lawsuit. Its insight into the moments that we didn’t see are the most compelling.
“Changing the Game” Review: With Anti-Trans Bills Rising, Listen to the Many Realities of Trans Athletes
There’s all-out bigotry, and there’s all-out triumph. At the center of the wave of anti-trans sports bills are trans kids who just want to play.