Nava Mau Is Playing Her Own Game — And Changing the World Along the Way
Watch Emmy nominee Nava Mau’s new film and read about the community work that inspired her film and TV career.
These Queers Saw the TV Glow
A year after its release, many trans people credit Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow for inspiring major changes in their lives.
Why Do I Define Transness By Rejection?
My trans story is no longer one of romantic rejection and yet these films are still where I project connection.
I Tried To Watch Every Lesbian Movie Ever
By the time I’d been out for two years, I’d seen more movies about cis lesbians than any of the cis lesbians I was meeting.
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.
‘Sinners’ Is a Black Musical
Most Indigenous Black music is rooted in that one thing: a singular shared pulse.
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.
‘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.
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?
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 their work, and their experiences in the film industry.
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.
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 ability to capture intimate, honest communication about hope and loss.
Dykes Discuss Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’
Two dykes discuss Steven Soderbergh’s latest spy romance Black Bag, Cate Blanchett with dark hair, a new crush on Marisa Abela, the politics of spy movies, why Michael Fassbender shouldn’t get cast anymore, and the beauty of a 90 minute thriller.
Nico Carney Takes On the Role of a Lifetime: A Goofy Cis Boy
“It was just so sick to be around so many other queer and trans artists that are wanting to be scrappy and make this independent movie and doing it for us and for each other.”
Out the Movies: ‘Julia’ (1977) Wants Us To Do the Right Thing
A bisexual playwright, Nazi Germany, and two actresses who took a stand.
Why So Many Sex Workers Love David Lynch
In the outpour of heartbreak that flooded the internet after David Lynch’s passing, some of the most vocal mourners were sex workers.
Why Hasn’t There Been a Good Movie About the Stonewall Riots?
Thirty years after Stonewall (1995), there still hasn’t been a film that meaningfully captures this major LGBTQ+ historical event.
The True Accurate History of LGBTQ+ Performers Competing for Lead and Supporting Actress Oscars
There’s a lot of confusing information out there but this here is the real true history of LGBTQ+ nominees for Lead and Supporting Actress Oscars — a field in which queer roles are often rewarded, but out queer people very rarely are.
A Queendom Is Waiting
QUEENDOM is a documentary that follows Gena Marvin, a trans performance artist from a small town in the far east of Russia.
Oscars 2025: Two Queers Discuss the Straightest Academy Awards in Years
“I am so sorry I made a wish on a monkey’s paw for a trans lesbian musical to get an Oscar nomination and it resulted in us all having to suffer through Emilia Pérez.”