Results for: representation
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What’s New and Gay To Stream in August 2022
We’ve got the much-anticipated and very gay “League of Their Own” TV rebirth, a horror movie set at a gay conversion camp, the return of Never Have I Ever, the debut of the supernatural “Sandman” series and so much more!
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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.
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“The Matrix Resurrections” Takes the Franchise Past the Tipping Point
As the film reflects on the progress and lack thereof for trans people, it’s also a reminder of what we have to lose without inventive, intelligent big budget movies.
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Sundance 2022: Tig Notaro’s “Am I OK?” Is a Coming Out Story That Belongs in the 2010s
If I seem particularly harsh on what is ultimately a harmless 86 minute Sundance dramedy, it’s because so many other queer women movies deserve the press this will inevitably receive.
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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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What’s New and Gay To Stream in September 2022
We’ve got the return of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a super-queer Australian teen series, Netflix’s campy dark comedy flick “Do Revenge,” Beth Ditto in country music drama “Monarch,” Rachel Bloom starring as a lesbian TV writer in Hulu’s “Reboot” and so much more!
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“Don’t Look Up” Exposes How Capitalism Won’t Save Us
The movie shows us what happens if we wait too long to interrogate our culture and ourselves, lose sight of truth, and fail to take action: irreversible destruction.
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Disney/Pixar Movies, Ranked by Mommy Issues
Who among us hasn’t been locked in a tower by our overbearing mothers (metaphorically)?
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Bury Your Dogs: 37 Dog Characters Who Died In TV and Film, and How
From Old Yeller to Biscuit, paying tribute to the dogs that were ripped out of our arms by the lords of the teevee and cinema.
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The 50 Best Lesbian Movies Of All Time
We believe that the best lesbian movies rank among the very best movies, period.
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October 2021: What’s New and Gay To Stream
Cozy up for a gay October with secret lesbian relationships amid an alien invasion, a way-more-gay I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot, new seasons of The Baby-Sitter’s Club and Love Life, Wentworth’s last dance, Kiersey Clemons as an animated activist, a true crime limited series and so much more!
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The 30 Gayest Things About the Supposedly Straight Rom-Com “13 Going On 30”
The Six Chicks? The mere premise of wanting to skip from 13 to 30? There’s a reason this iconic film connected with me so deeply when I was a closeted preteen.
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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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Race and Appropriation at the Academy Awards: A 95 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.
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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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60 Best Lesbian Movies on Tubi
Everything from indie movies to docs to romance to horror and more — Tubi’s got lots of queer streaming options!
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You Can’t Convince Me These Early Hollywood Tomboys Weren’t Gay
In honor of formative crush Connie Allenbury, I present to you: An Incomplete List of Hot Tomboy Characters of Early 20th Century Hollywood Who Either Were Or Should Have Been Gay.
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Sundance 2024: A Queer and Trans Festival Recap
Reporting daily with queer movie reviews from one of the world’s most prestigious film festivals.
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What’s New and Gay To Stream in February 2022
February is bringing many LGBTQ+ tidings including the last seasons of Killing Eve and Better Things, Shay Mitchell playing gay again, celesbian-studded game shows, an Anne+ movie, Abbi Jacobson as an animated queer princess and more!
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You Need Help: Can I Kill Queer Characters As A Queer Writer?
If queer creators are so worried about backlash from the community that we begin to self-censor, then the only interesting queer work will be made by straight people.