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.
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.
“The Hours” Welcomed Me Into a Lineage of Sapphic Suffering
I watch The Hours whenever I’m sad.
From “Bring It On” to “Love Lies Bleeding”: The Best Training Montages of All Time
No matter the point of the movie, the training montage is a moment of unabashed euphoria: Here’s our “hero” (or “heroes”) doing what it takes to attempt to beat the odds.
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.
Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: Drive-Away Dolls Is Suffused With Lesbian Sex Throughout
“Justice for shower sex! It’s so controversial but I’m very pro.”
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.
“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.
“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.
Peaches Christ and Mink Stole vs. Death
Peaches Christ wants to make sure artists young and old, dead and living, are properly celebrated. That’s true whether she’s mentoring future Drag Race winners or writing a show with her idol turned friend, Mink Stole.
Race and Appropriation at the Academy Awards: A 96 Year History
We’ve got data and timelines and infographics and conversation on topics including: white actors getting Oscars for playing people of color, white savior narratives, actors of color who actually did get nominated or win Oscars for Acting and so much more. Just updated for 2023.
Why Do We Both Have a False Memory of Girls Kissing in Æon Flux (2005)?
Maybe none of us can really remember movies from the 2000s. Maybe they were all fever dreams.
An Ode to Kristen Stewart’s Nervous Tics
Kristen Stewart’s nervous tics are not just her signature. They’re also the element that grounds each of her characters in reality.
“Mulholland Drive” and the Power That Lurks in the Shadows
David Lynch’s 2001 masterpiece has a thematic core that has been largely ignored.
The Problem Isn’t Lily Gladstone’s Oscar Loss — It’s What Comes Next
Lily Gladstone’s Oscar loss tells a story about where the industry is at in its judgments of art and its desire for inclusion. But it doesn’t have to be the only story told.
Todd Haynes’ Cinema of Sight
May December is a thesis statement of sorts for Haynes’ entire filmography.
Oscars 2024: Two Queers Discuss the Honestly Very Gay 96th Academy Awards
It’s time for our fifth annual Oscars chat and this is the best batch of films we’ve ever discussed! Join us as we journey through all the Best Picture nominees in anticipation of the 2024 Oscars ceremony.
‘American Fiction’ Was Never About Its Satire
Despite what many reviews — and even its own PR campaign — might say, American Fiction is not very interested in white people at all.
Bad Movies From the 2000s I Loved Because Two Women Make Out
Here’s the thing about bad movies between 2004 and 2006: A lot of them featured women making out.
In “Past Lives,” It Really Is All on the Page
If you have yet to see Past Lives, you should watch it as soon as possible. But I think you should read the film, too.