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Kristen Stewart arm wrestles a man as Robert Pattinson looks on in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part Two
Movie Features

A Queer History of the Twilight Saga

The Twilight franchise’s queerest impulses were found in its beginning and its ending.

Lisa Laman December 5, 2024 4 Comments
Our Dad Danielle documentary interview: Danielle smiles wearing sunglasses in a pool
Movie Features

New Documentary ‘Our Dad, Danielle’ Didn’t Know How Necessary It Would Become

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Sa'iyda Shabazz December 3, 2024 2 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Movie Features

In Time-Honored Musical Theater Tradition, Almost Everyone in the ‘Wicked’ Movie Is Gay

Who all’s gay in the Wicked cast? Turns out, a lot of them!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 2, 2024 16 Comments
MILF Cinema needs lesbians: Nicole Kidman leans in to kiss Zac Efron in A Family Affair
Movie Features

Why Didn’t the “Year of MILF Cinema” Include Lesbians?

The MILF revolution will be televised…but apparently it will not make room for queer women?!?!

Lisa Laman December 2, 2024
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Holigays Movie Features Shopping

The Top 10 Queer Home Video Releases of 2024

Physical media is back! Or, for some of us, it never left. Here are the best queer Blu-Ray and DVD releases of 2024.

Drew Burnett Gregory November 29, 2024 1 Comment
Interview with the director of the UCLA Film and Television Archive, May Hong HaDuong on High Art: Ally Sheedy looks at Radha Mitchell on a couch.
Movie Features

Your Favorite Gay Movies Are Available To Watch Because of Film Archivists

The director of the UCLA Film and Television Archive, May Hong HaDuong, discusses the recent restoration of High Art and the collaborative art of film preservation.

Drew Burnett Gregory November 28, 2024 3 Comments
Glinda and Elphaba in Wicked looking GAY
Movie Features

‘Wicked’ Has Always Been Queer

The musical that put a handprint on my heart.

Christina Tucker November 26, 2024 6 Comments
selma blair and sarah michelle gellar kiss in Cruel Intentions
Movie Features

Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: Cruel Intentions Is the Horniest Movie of All Time

Cruel Intentions is an interesting movie in that it doesn’t have a ton of EXPLICIT queerness and yet it probably plays a significant role in more queer awakenings than most very queer movies.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Drew Burnett Gregory
November 23, 2024 2 Comments
Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie Junior
Movie Features

“My Body, My Choice!”: Unpacking the Queer Subtexts of ‘Junior’ 30 Years Later

Ivan Reitman’s second team-up of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito after Twins (1988) has a bit of a cult status in my queer friend group.

Payton McCarty-Simas November 21, 2024 2 Comments
Karla Sofía Gascón hugs Adriana Paz in Emilia Pérez
Movie Features

We’re Watching Trans Media Wrong

Very few movies are Bad or Good, Offensive or Inoffensive, Positive or Harmful.

Drew Burnett Gregory November 21, 2024 5 Comments
A black and white image of Anita Bryant with pie on her face as a man reacts in the background.
Movie Features

There’s Never Been a Better Time To Watch “Anita Bryant Pie in the Face”

Jenni Olson talks about her new series now running at the Harvard Film Archive that includes her own films and a 16mm print of Anita Bryant getting a pie in the face.

Drew Burnett Gregory November 14, 2024 1 Comment
Stills from Nimona, V for Vendetta, Born in Flames, Aimee and Jaguar, Housekeeping for Beginners, and Born in Flames against a beige background with question marks.
Movie Features Quizzes

Quiz: Which Queer Movie About Resisting State Violence Should You Watch?

There is a lot of work to do, as there is always work to do, and there is also a need for entertainment and inspiration.

Drew Burnett Gregory November 10, 2024 9 Comments
Summertime / La Belle Saison (2015)
Movie Features

Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: Lesbian Sex Marathons Are Political in 2015 French Film ‘Summertime’

The closeted farm girl has way more to teach about queerness and lesbian sex than the slick, vocally feminist city girl.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 9, 2024 3 Comments
Lisa Cholodenko interview: Ally Sheedy kisses Radha Mitchell in bed in High Art.
Movie Features

With ‘High Art’ Finally Restored, Lisa Cholodenko Is Looking to the Past and the Future

“I saw people coming out of Columbia or NYU who were actually getting distribution and having a viable start… I had taken out quite a bit of a loan to go to Columbia so I wrote High Art while I was a student to get going.”

Drew Burnett Gregory November 7, 2024 4 Comments
Four dog heads with color filters and collars that read Cyd, Zen, Corky, and Lucy Diamond
Movie Features Pets & Animals

Free Dog Name Ideas That Are Just the Names of Lesbian Movie Characters

4. Corky, for a dog with a tough exterior and a tender heart like Gina Gershon in Bound

Drew Burnett Gregory November 5, 2024 3 Comments
Sydney Sweeney in Immaculate
Issues Movie Features

Evil Mothers Everywhere

Our latest horror movies depict mothers spiraling when left alone.

Nico October 29, 2024 4 Comments
Saw movie
Issues Movie Features

I Can’t Watch the ‘Saw’ Films

What I’m saying, I think, is that there are threats worse than death, and Saw reminds me of them.

Vera Blossom October 28, 2024 2 Comments
HORROR IS SO GAY: HAPPY DEATH DAY
Issues Movie Features

Happy / Death / Day

Breaking the fourth wall does not count as dismantling anything.

Gyasi Hall October 24, 2024
Drew Burnett Gregory in a sex scene in the short Chloe and Jame
Issues Movie Features

Want To See a Movie Where Buffalo Bill and Norman Bates Are in a T4T Situationship? Well, Do We Have Some News for You!

Drew Burnett Gregory writes, directs, and stars in a new horror short, and it’s available for you to stream!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 24, 2024 6 Comments
HORROR IS SO GAY: Cronenberg and organ transplants
Issues Movie Features

Transplants, Transition, and David Cronenberg’s Body Horrors

How many organs do I have to replace before I can be classified as “biologically female”?

Emily-Alice Wolf October 22, 2024 5 Comments
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