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Movie Features

Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: The Rules of Desire in ‘Y Tu Mamá También’

Y Tu Mamá También relies on ambiguity: Partly, I presume, so that it could reach audiences who might not have watched the film had it been more explicitly gay. I know young me wouldn’t have dared to.

Edgar Gomez March 30, 2024 7 Comments
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Movie Features

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.

Lisa Laman March 29, 2024 1 Comment
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Movie News & Trailers

Baby, Please!! ‘A Simple Favor 2’ Confirmed to Start Filming With Blake Lively, Anna Kendrick Returning

I have excellent news for any gay person reading this who still gets a shiver when Blake Lively calls you “baby” — the “A Simple Favor” sequel is OFFICIALLY HAPPENING!

Carmen Phillips March 27, 2024 2 Comments
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Movie Features Sports

‘Love Lies Bleeding’ and the History of Female Bodybuilding Reveal Society’s Fear of ‘Monstrous’ Women

In Love Lies Bleeding, the two main female characters exist outside of the dominant cultural ideas of what makes a woman and what makes a man, not just in their bodies and in their actions, but also in their queerness.

Stef Rubino March 27, 2024 6 Comments
Movie Reviews

‘Rent’ (The Film) Is Best Performed Live (By You)

Rent will never be a perfect movie. And it never needs to be. Because Rent is best enjoyed singing it loudly at the top of your lungs, dancing until you break a sweat, and the collapsing exhausted against your couch with your best friends.

Carmen Phillips March 26, 2024 6 Comments
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Movie Features

Here’s Where You Can Watch the Movies That Inspired “Love Lies Bleeding”

This eclectic selection of five films makes perfect sense for anyone who has seen Love Lies Bleeding.

Drew Burnett Gregory March 22, 2024 1 Comment
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft Movie Features

What Are the Astrological Charts of the Toxic Main Gays in “Love Lies Bleeding”?

Love Lies Bleeding, for all its many attributes, fails to tell us the birth charts of either main character. But maybe we can figure it out!

Drew Burnett Gregory March 21, 2024 4 Comments
Movie Lists

If You Loved the Grit, Gore, and Grime of “Love Lies Bleeding,” Watch These Gay Movies

Here are 20 queer films full of blood, sweat, and revenge.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 21, 2024 2 Comments
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Movie Features

Seven Years Ago, Zoe Lister-Jones Made the Straightest Movie Ever — Now It Feels Super Gay

Knowing that Lister-Jones will divorce her husband and come out as queer, completely recontextualizes what’s on-screen.

Drew Burnett Gregory March 20, 2024 1 Comment
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Movie Reviews

“The Hours” Welcomed Me Into a Lineage of Sapphic Suffering

I watch The Hours whenever I’m sad.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 19, 2024 5 Comments
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Movie Lists

From “Bring It On” to “Love Lies Bleeding”: The Best Training Montages of All Time

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Stef Rubino March 18, 2024 9 Comments
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LGBT History Movie Features

Real Life Late-90s Lesbian Spaces in the South Where the Drive-Away Dolls Could Have Stopped

Being from Florida, I know how easy it is for the history of queer and trans people to be lost to time, and I think it’s an important part of our fight for liberation to buck against that where and when we can.

Stef Rubino March 18, 2024 2 Comments
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Movie Features

Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: Drive-Away Dolls Is Suffused With Lesbian Sex Throughout

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Movie News & Trailers

Bound Joins the Criterion Collection, a Win for Sapphic Cinephiles

It will become the 9th film directed by and about queer women to join the collection. Listen, I know this is important for Cinema reasons, but it’s important for Horny reasons, too.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 15, 2024 2 Comments
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Movie Reviews

“Love Lies Bleeding” Is a Queer and Carnal Neo-Noir Western

Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian have explosive chemistry, gazing at each other with an intensity that feels both too soon and eternal.

Jourdain Searles March 15, 2024 14 Comments
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Movie Reviews

“Frida” Documentary Lets the Queer Disabled Communist Speak

The film doesn’t force her to always be Frida Kahlo, famous artist. She’s allowed to just be Frida.

Drew Burnett Gregory March 14, 2024 3 Comments
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Movie Features Theater

Peaches Christ and Mink Stole vs. Death

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Drew Burnett Gregory March 14, 2024 1 Comment
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Movie Features

Race and Appropriation at the Academy Awards: A 96 Year History

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Riese March 13, 2024 110 Comments
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Movie Features

Why Do We Both Have a False Memory of Girls Kissing in Æon Flux (2005)?

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Movie Features

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