TIFF 2024: ‘Went Up the Hill’ Is a Queer Ghost Story With Serious Mommy Issues
This film approaches a common narrative in a way we’ve never seen before — and not just because there’s a ghost.
Release Lesbian ‘Jaws’ in 4DX You Cowards!!!!
This lesbian shark attack horror film has some good scares but not enough bite.
‘Stress Positions’ Is a Queer Farce With Bite and Depth
Whether literally or figuratively, everyone in this film is better at writing than they are at living.
Is Peacock’s ‘The Killer’ a Bad Movie or Just a Bad Remake?
Perhaps both.
‘Cuckoo’ Isn’t As Good as Its Final Girl
The scariest part of ‘Cuckoo’ is how it wastes Hunter Schafer’s performance.
Despite Its Story of Cis Family, ‘Crossing’ Lets Trans Performers Take Center Stage
Trans women petting cats is a grand cinematic sight all movies should include!
‘Sisi and I’ Is a Psychosexual Period Romance About Power, Control, and Lesbian Longing
Sandra Hüller is quickly establishing herself as an actor unlike any other.
Trans People Deserve Better Than “Unicorns” and “National Anthem”
There is no shortage of cis people who want to own a piece of us — our bodies, our stories, their idea of our stories.
‘By Hook or By Crook’ Is an Ode to Brotherhood
At its core, By Hook or By Crook is about brotherhood. It’s about the unlikely connections people make through the unfortunate and unfair conditions of their lives. It’s about how those connections can blossom into something much brighter and more beautiful than they could ever imagine.
‘Hummingbirds’ Is a Different Kind of Queer Teen Documentary
Struggle does not inherently hold more import than comfort and freedom and rebellion and escape.
With ‘Kinds of Kindness,’ Yorgos Lanthimos Perfects the Language of Cruelty
In the Lanthimos universe, characters commit acts of violence, desperation, adoration, and ferocity inside of an absurdist haze.
Lily Gladstone Is Remarkable as a Butch Lesbian in ‘Fancy Dance’
As Jax, they embody that cool lesbian aunt you always wanted to have who is so chill, dresses in plaid and tanks, and tries to handle everything independently, despite her decisions being impulsive and questionable.
‘Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution’ Rises Above Netflix’s Hypocrisy To Deliver Delightful Doc About Queer Comics
If this were on any other platform, I would highly recommend it with the utmost enthusiasm.
‘Chestnut’ Is About the Sexless Situationships of Our Twenties
We’ve seen the storyline of “straight girl/maybe closeted girl emotionally terrorizes a queer woman” on-screen many times. But I appreciate how Chestnut complicates that narrative.
New Documentary ‘Power of the Dream’ Is a Reminder of the WNBA’s Core Values
It’s important for new and old fans of the WNBA to understand that while this league has 144 of the best women and nonbinary basketball players in the world, it’s also about more than basketball. It has to be.
‘Cora Bora’ Stars Meg Stalter as a Messy Grieving Bisexual
I love an indie about a messy bisexual. Throw in good songs and a lovely third act, and I can forgive some imperfections.
‘Summer Solstice’ Is a Relatable Trans Indie About Masc Insecurity and Nightmare Cis Girls
Summer Solstice is a film that dares to grant the quietest dramas of a trans person’s life the importance of the screen.
I Got High and Watched Gay Nature Documentary ‘Queer Planet’
It’s kind of fascinating how we’ve decided penguins are cute. I think they’re majestic.
‘Am I OK?’ Is a Coming Out Story That Belongs in the 2010s
Am I OK? has finally been released by Max. But a movie that felt a decade too late in 2022 has been done no favors by this delay.
Queerleading Drama ‘Backspot’ Captures Girlhood in All Its Extremes
Cheerleading is a sport full of contradictions and paradoxes, and Backspot explores that well.