“Water Lilies” Is a Memory of Gay Adolescence
It’s impossible to forget a feeling like sitting on the bleachers watching Floriane swim. It’s impossible to forget the drowning.
“The World to Come” Exclusive Clip: Just a Couple of Frontier Lesbians Hungry for Food and Each Other
The World to Come follows Tallie (Vanessa Kirby) and Abigail (Katherine Waterston), two neighbors in upstate New York in the 1850s, as their families battle the sparseness and harshness of the land and they battle their feelings for each other.
“Two Of Us” Review: France’s Oscar Entry Is an Elder Lesbian Romantic Thriller
The visual and narrative tension, of course, ramps up the eroticism, but so does Madeline and Nina’s actual relationship, which hasn’t aged in that calm, quiet, mature way we usually think of lesbian grandmas.
Sundance 2021: A Gay Trans Festival Recap!
R#J is gay because Romeo and Juliet are a canon U-Hauling Cancer for Cancer lesbian couple.
“Two of Us” Exclusive Clip: Two “Old Dykes” Fight for Love in France’s Oscar Entry
Two of Us follows neighbors Nina (Barbara Sukowa) and Madeline (Martine Chevallier), who have been in a relationship for years, as Madeline struggles to finally come out to her adult children, and Nina grows weary of waiting.
Sundance 2021: “The World to Come” Is an Extraordinary Lesbian Romance Ruined By Casey Affleck
The cinematography, the sound design, the direction of the actors — it all culminates in a remarkable cinematic experience. And yet every time Affleck was on-screen, I felt chilled.
Sundance 2021: “My Name Is Pauli Murray” Shines Brightest When Pauli Murray Takes the Lead
Pauli Murray was unspeakably brilliant, and their warmth is best captured on their own terms. With over 141 boxes of writings, 800 photographs, and dozens of tapes — the documentary “My Name Is Pauli Murray” shines brightest when it lets Murray take the reigns.
“The Truth About Jane” Is Dated as Heck, and That’s a Very Good Thing
The dialogue isn’t exactly elegant — though there is one deeply quotable moment when Jane’s lesbian teacher asks her what’s wrong and Jane says, “I’m gay and everyone hates me!!!!!!”
Sundance 2021: “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” Is a Horrifying Trans Vlogging Experience
That’s what’s so special about watching a film from a trans filmmaker this audacious and experimental. It doesn’t have to engage with transness in the expected ways to resonate with a trans audience.
Sundance 2021: “Ma Belle, My Beauty” Brings Polyamorous Dyke Drama to the South of France
Look, when a character takes a strap-on out of her backpack in the middle of a sex scene you know you’re in good hands.
Sundance 2021: Looking Back on New Queer Cinema with Rose Troche, Cheryl Dunye, and More
This afternoon at Sundance, I took a break from binging movies to watch a panel straight out of my queer film nerd dreams.
Sundance 2021: “Knocking” Finds Horror in Gay Grief and Isolation
One of the pleasures — pains? — of consuming art right now is that everything seems to be filtered through our current lens. And it makes this thriller all the more effective and difficult.
Sundance 2021: “4 Feet High” Is a Monumental Work of Queer Disabled Media
How can you watch this series and not feel angry with how deprived we are of stories about queer people with disabilities? How can you watch this series and not be delighted with what’s finally on-screen? How can you watch this series and not be excited about all of the possibilities fulfilled and all the possibilities still to come?
Dee Rees’ “Pariah” Will Still Break You Open and Let the Light Shine Through
Alike is a chameleon, disappearing in the light of her surroundings — purple in the club, green on the bus, pink at home — only ever showing you her profile when she’s forced to be less than her authentic self.
Rosamund Pike Is a Sociopathic Lesbian F*cking Lioness in The “I Care A Lot” Trailer
This time Gone Girl is gay, girl.
“Cracks” Is a Boarding School Monster Movie
It’s a piercing portrayal of abuse. It’s a monster movie, only instead of a creature in the night, its monster is a human woman.
January 2021: What’s New and Gay To Stream
What’s new and queer this month on streaming networks? We’ve got a new season of Dickinson, a Fran Lebowitz special, Anna Pacquin as a hot bisexual mess in Flack, Root and Shaw, a movie called “So My Grandma’s a Lesbian!” and so much more!
Every James Bond Theme Song, Ranked by Their Lesbian Energy
“I love a ballad that reaches it’s climax with a big note. Lesbians known all there is to know about reaching a climax so there ya have it.”
I Wish “Wonder Woman 1984” Had Been About Wonder Woman
Steve Trevor is the main and unconquerable problem with Patty Jenkins’ follow-up to 2017’s nearly perfect Wonder Woman origin story, but it’s not the film’s only issue. Wonder Woman 1984 is a complete mess.
Viola Davis Towers in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Giving Life to a Black Queer Legend
In Viola Davis’ hands, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” becomes a complex portrait of a queer Black woman hurricane whose footprints loom large over the last 100 years.