Results for: no fucks to give
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TIFF 2022: A Queer and Trans Festival Recap
Over the past couple weeks, I’ve watched forty features and the first two episodes of a TV show. Yes, forty. Consider this list a reference, a collection of short reviews for the rest of the year’s buzzed about films and films that should be buzzed about.
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The Gay Nightmare Before Christmas: A Holiday Fanfic of Disturbing Lesbian Movies
Consider this your break from happy endings and an opportunity for some gay yuletide catharsis.
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25 Movies Just Perfect for Crying Through Your Divorce
Even if you’re not going through a divorce right now, here are some very pretty movies to look back at you while you blow snot bubbles into your t-shirt (no one is watching, it’s fine).
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“Knife + Heart” and the Thin Line Between Desire and Destruction
If they couldn’t appreciate porn as art, I couldn’t trust they’d see a slasher set in the world of its production as anything but a cheap thrill.
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Homoerotic Friendships, Mosquita Y Mari, and the Things We Never Said
My friendship with her actually ended twice.
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Sundance 2022: A Gay Trans Festival Recap
The past week I’ve watched 25 features, 14 shorts, 2 pilots, and 1 VR experience. Here’s a bit about everything I watched!
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“Christmas Is Canceled” Is Horrifying, Hilarious and Surprisingly Gay
Much to his daughter’s chagrin, Dermot Mulroney is dating Mona Vanderwaal from Pretty Little Liars. Luckily queer BFF Charlyne is there to be the one sensible person in the movie!
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Oscars 2023: Two Queers Discuss the Pretty Gay 95th Academy Awards
“Does the Academy just love war? They want to GET INTO THE TRENCHES. Well not me. I prefer not to trench. Unless it is Lydia Tár’s trench coat.”
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Slow Takes: “Shangri-La” and What Makes a Great Short Film
Since the rise of video, “just go out and make something” has been a rallying cry to young filmmakers. I would add not to lose yourself along the way — in content or form.
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Oscars 2022: Two Queers Discuss the Actually Kinda Gay 94th Academy Awards
Riese: “Does the driver count as a lesbian character do you think?”
Drew: “How could she not be?? Did you see her blazers??” -
The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema
With every passing year, every passing update, this is a list begging to break out of limitations.
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9 Witchy Alternatives to Traditional Holiday Movies
Any movie in which sisters reunite to kill bad boyfriends feels like Christmas to me, okay?
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I Saw “Too Much Sun,” The Worst Gay Movie Ever Made, and I Wish I’d Gone to Poodle Camp Instead
This 1990 film has everything: Robert Downey Jr making a salad, Eric Idle in a leopard-print robe, a vaguely European lesbian character named Susan, murder, three nuns, and so much smooth jazz!!!!
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Newfest 2021: The Best Shorts from “Noor & Layla” to “MonsterDykë”
Shorts programs are one of the most exciting corners of any film festival. It’s where new voices are experimenting and unleashing creativity that’s yearning to be seen.
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Jane Schoenbrun on “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” and Making Art Amid Transition
“In the 90s, everyone was telling kids they could be anything they wanted to be. But when people saw who I wanted to be they were like, maybe not that though, maybe that’s a little much.”
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Annette Haywood-Carter on “Foxfire,” Filmmaking, and Being a Queer Woman in Hollywood
After “Foxfire,” Annette was pushed aside and ignored. But she kept working — detours and frustrations included — and now she’s back with a new film and ready to move beyond for-hire jobs to direct the personal, artful work she should have been making for decades.
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“Plan B” Review: Natalie Morales Directs a High-Stakes Teen Sex Comedy with Humor and Horror
I can see how some viewers might be turned off by a character’s queerness being turned into a plot twist, but I can assure you it’s not intended as a punchline.
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On “High Art” and Being Young and Gay
Age gap relationships have always been and will likely always be a part of queer culture.
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Every Kristen Stewart Movie, Ranked
I watched all 42 Kristen Stewart movies and lived to tell the tale: from tiny tomboy robbing a bank to Princess Diana driving a car, here’s how good (and often pretty bad) they are.
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“Together Together” Review: Patti Harrison Can Do Anything — Even Give Birth
Ultimately, the film shows that the differences between cis people and trans people aren’t as vast as we usually think. There are many ways to make a family and the more expansive our imaginations the more everyone will benefit.