I Got High and Watched Tello’s Latest Lesbian Christmas Movie, “A Holiday I Do”
Wow Rivkah Reyes really said I will be stealing hearts like the Grinch stole Christmas.
Queer Stars Chrishell Stause, Diora Baird Delight in Lesbian Lifetime Thriller About Pregnancy Cult
There are two important life lessons in You’re Not Supposed To Be Here: 1. Don’t trust cops and 2. Don’t ignore your wife.
“NYAD” Is a Lesbian Masterpiece of Athletic Mythmaking
Sports will always be as much about mythmaking as they are athleticism.
“Anatomy of a Fall” Is an Anti-Legal Drama With a Bisexual Protagonist
Most of us can agree that murder is wrong. More of us should agree the way our societies handle murder — handle all crime — is even worse.
Nickelodeon’s “Monster High 2” Celebrates Trans Joy With a Nonbinary Frankenstein’s Monster
These little monsters are breaking generational curses and making their own way in the world.
“Something You Said Last Night” Is a New, Quietly Subversive Trans Cinema
Something You Said Last Night not only insists we should ask for more from our trans cinema — it insists we should ask for more from our trans lives.
“The Origin of Evil” Is a Twisted and Twisty Queer Thriller
This is the best kind of genre filmmaking: smart but not so obsessed with its own intelligence that it forgets to be entertaining.
TIFF 2023: “Days of Happiness” Is “TÀR” For Bottoms
There are dozens of lesbian vampire movies so why can’t we have two lesbian conductor movies?
Spoiler Alert: Dutch Threesome Film “Happy Ending” Ended Badly
The movie has great queer sex scenes but falls flat in terms of characters.
TIFF 2023: “Orlando, My Political Biography” Casts Trans People in the Virginia Woolf Classic
Preciado is bold in his assertion that Woolf herself might consider herself nonbinary if she had that language.
“Bottoms” Punched Me in the Face (and I Liked It)
Bottoms is the gory gross gay comedy of my fever dreams.
“Piaffe” Is for the Kinky Arthouse Horse Girls — And Not Girls
From Cronenberg to Titane, trans audiences have long responded to work that pushes the boundaries of human bodies in lieu of traditional trans storytelling.
20 Years Later, “Thirteen” (2003) Should Be In the Queer Girl Coming-of-Age Canon
Some movies are so powerful, you don’t even have to see them. It’s enough to steal a furtive glance at two older girls with pierced tongues on a DVD cover at your local Blockbuster.
“Bad Things” Queers “The Shining” With Delicious Results
It’s noteworthy that Bad Things features two relationships with trans people, including a relationship between a cis woman and a trans woman. More noteworthy is how authentic their various experiences feel.
“Red, White & Royal Blue” Is a Perfect Gay Rom-Com (With Bonus Rachel Maddow and Sarah Shahi)
Prime Video’s adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s beloved book is a sweet and sexy delight.
Egghead & Twinkie Has Everything You Want in a Feel-Good Comedy, It Just Happens To Be About Teenagers
I really love a road trip comedy, especially one with rock solid storytelling.
The Mattachine Family Tells The Story Of A Very Specific Type Of Family
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I’d prefer no lesbians in a movie to lesbians who only exist as stereotypes.
“Silver Haze” Finds Devastation and Beauty in a New Kind of Lesbian Romance
There are plenty of movies with characters who have scars, but very few that don’t use them for either horror or inspiration.
‘Chasing Chasing Amy’ Is Not the Fluffy Love Letter to the Problematic Film You’d Expect
It’s hard to put yourself out there, especially when you’re talking about something that means a lot to you. But the only reason Chasing Chasing Amy works as a documentary is because Sav Rodgers chose to make himself a part of the film.
Barbie Is Right: Heterosexuality Is Goofy
Straightness in Barbieland is cringe.