Fun Facts About Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall’s Friendship
But I’m a Cheerleader turns 25 this year, and it has profoundly shaped so many lives, including Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall’s.
Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: People Hated ‘Gigli’ (2003) for the Wrong Reasons
Yes, we’re going to discuss a film in which a lesbian has sex with a straight cis man — an experience I have personally partaken in more than once in life.
10 Facts About ‘Go Fish’ from Guinevere Turner and Rose Troche
Newfest’s Queering the Canon: Besties screening of Go Fish was a raucous and emotional night with lots of fun facts for all you cinema dykes.
Vera Drew and Gabe Dunn Talk ‘The People’s Joker’ and the Delusion of Creating Weird Trans Art
“Most queer art is trauma porn, but not enough talks about how the traumatic relationships we have can actually inform our identity and bring us to that level of who we are.”
The Age of Toxic Queer Women On-Screen Should Tackle Movie Musicals Next
In the last year a slew of movies have begun to presuppose, “What if queer women were out of their goddamn minds?” And that’s exactly what the musical genre needs.
After Decades of Queer Filmmaking, Patricia Rozema Is Still Full of Ideas
“I’m mesmerized by how we need stories like we need air. When humans have time off, when they don’t have to feed themselves or their children, and they have a moment, they go to stories.”
How the Academy Museum’s Queer Programmer Planned a Tribute to Sapphic Icons
“The audience perception of these actors can be just as important as their actual personal lives.”
Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: The Rules of Desire in ‘Y Tu Mamá También’
Y Tu Mamá También relies on ambiguity: Partly, I presume, so that it could reach audiences who might not have watched the film had it been more explicitly gay. I know young me wouldn’t have dared to.
Why Do So Many Queer People Love Godzilla?
To celebrate the release of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, we look at why classic Godzilla movies have such a big queer fanbase.
‘Love Lies Bleeding’ and the History of Female Bodybuilding Reveal Society’s Fear of ‘Monstrous’ Women
In Love Lies Bleeding, the two main female characters exist outside of the dominant cultural ideas of what makes a woman and what makes a man, not just in their bodies and in their actions, but also in their queerness.
Here’s Where You Can Watch the Movies That Inspired “Love Lies Bleeding”
This eclectic selection of five films makes perfect sense for anyone who has seen Love Lies Bleeding.
What Are the Astrological Charts of the Toxic Main Gays in “Love Lies Bleeding”?
Love Lies Bleeding, for all its many attributes, fails to tell us the birth charts of either main character. But maybe we can figure it out!
Seven Years Ago, Zoe Lister-Jones Made the Straightest Movie Ever — Now It Feels Super Gay
Knowing that Lister-Jones will divorce her husband and come out as queer, completely recontextualizes what’s on-screen.
Real Life Late-90s Lesbian Spaces in the South Where the Drive-Away Dolls Could Have Stopped
Being from Florida, I know how easy it is for the history of queer and trans people to be lost to time, and I think it’s an important part of our fight for liberation to buck against that where and when we can.
Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: Drive-Away Dolls Is Suffused With Lesbian Sex Throughout
“Justice for shower sex! It’s so controversial but I’m very pro.”
Peaches Christ and Mink Stole vs. Death
Peaches Christ wants to make sure artists young and old, dead and living, are properly celebrated. That’s true whether she’s mentoring future Drag Race winners or writing a show with her idol turned friend, Mink Stole.
Race and Appropriation at the Academy Awards: A 96 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.
Why Do We Both Have a False Memory of Girls Kissing in Æon Flux (2005)?
Maybe none of us can really remember movies from the 2000s. Maybe they were all fever dreams.
An Ode to Kristen Stewart’s Nervous Tics
Kristen Stewart’s nervous tics are not just her signature. They’re also the element that grounds each of her characters in reality.
The Problem Isn’t Lily Gladstone’s Oscar Loss — It’s What Comes Next
Lily Gladstone’s Oscar loss tells a story about where the industry is at in its judgments of art and its desire for inclusion. But it doesn’t have to be the only story told.