I Am Alike: A Nigerian Boi’s Reflection on ‘Pariah’
“I remember holding my breath during pivotal scenes in the movie. I wondered nervously if my brother saw then the direct parallels to his own sister’s life.”
“Glee: The 3-D Concert Movie” Is Not Terrible
Why didn’t anyone tell me about the Mini Warbler?!! This is a movie review that’s actually about a 40 second video of a kid dancing in a blazer.
The Muppets Movie Was Super Cute
In which I try to write a movie review for the first time because that’s JUST HOW MUCH I LOVE THE MUPPETS.
Occupy Movie Theaters: Breaking Dawn Part One
Lizz joined the Occupy Movie Theaters movement! Just kidding, she caught the midnight showing of Breaking Dawn Part 1.
SIGNIFIED Continues the Conversation on Queer Spaces
“Man, we gotta stop bitchin’ about this and start BITCHIN’ about this!”
Homopiece Theater Presents: The Skin I Live In
“Almodovar leaves the audience without an easy place to rest.”
Stop (Barbara) Hammer Time: ‘Dyketactics,’ The First Lesbian Experimental Film
Barbara Hammer, the first lesbian filmmaker: how I have a giddy schoolgirl crush on her, one degree of separation from her and how she definitely has it out for Freud.
Homopiece Theater Presents: Dirty Girl
The debut film from gay director Abe Sylvia tackles the trials and tribulations of the school slut and her gay best friend in 1987, with mixed results. Milla Jovovich is involved.
Movie Night: D.E.B.S.
This is not the Girl Scouts, this is espionage!
6 Reasons You’ll Want to See “Tanner Hall” Despite Its Abysmal Reviews
Portia’s ex-girlfriend and Dianne von Furstenberg’s daughter made a movie about troubled in boarding school starring the girl with the dragon tattoo and there’s a lesbian character. How can you not go see it?
VIDEO: Julie & Brandy in Your Box Office #202: Hangover 2, The Ladies Edition
Julie Goldman and Brandy Howard saw the Hangover Part Douche, and it was right up Nacho’s proverbial alley. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll laugh some more.
Movie Night: Puccini for Beginners
Jesus Christ Nell, all I did was ask you what you wanted to have for lunch…
“Blue Crush 2” Is a Horrible, Wonderful Movie
Intern Grace’s Team Pick: I am obsessed with how completely awful this movie is. I love it.
Sarah Croce’s Team Pick: “The Fish Child” – A New Lesbian Film
The Fish Child is a gripping tale of forbidden lesbian romance and a crime heist gone wrong. Maybe throw in some theft, a cute dog, human trafficking, and a gun fight and you have the whole package. The DVD is available July 26th.
Crystal’s Team Pick: “Half”, A Short Film
This is a short film about two girls who cross paths. I fell in love with it.
Anna Faris’s “What’s Your Number” is Apparently Our Big Chance to Prove Women are Funny
“Studio executives believe that male moviegoers would rather prep for a colonoscopy than experience a woman’s point of view, particularly if that woman drinks or swears or has a great job or an orgasm.”
I Really Loved “Who Took The Bomp?: Le Tigre On Tour”
“Nothing I’ve seen since “The Runaways” has made me want to run home and pick up a guitar more, and this feeling was cemented when my friend and I got up to leave and ran smack into Joan Jett.”
VIDEO! Julie & Brandy in Your Box Office #201: Black Swan Did You Really Happen
It’s season two, b*tches, get ready to get dark. We’re back. Real dark.
“On the Road” Stills Provide Opportunity to Admire Kristen Stewart, Pre-Judge
“I thought Marylou was basically Janis from the Muppets, and I thought Dean Moriarity looked like Frank Zappa. I realize this makes no sense but I was 15 and still figuring stuff out.”
Movie Review: “Black Swan” Has Mad Chicks, Made Me Feel Crazy
After a more-than-slightly-skewed trailer and over a year of Internet buzz, Darren Aronofsky’s latest film, Black Swan, garnered what critics called “a certain lesbian allure” due to what may or may not be a girl-on-girl love scene between co-stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. And although this drove us to the theaters like moths to a flame (a lesbian, lesbian flame), moviegoers who actually witnessed Black Swan found that Aronofsky’s film is about much more. Exploring issues such as body image, pressure, and (yes) sexuality, Black Swan brings to light the societal pressures that create insanity and eventually causes audiences to wonder: is it insanity at all?