Results for: meet up
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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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The Seduction of Aliens
When I saw a UFO, I was 18 and it was the night before prom.
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“Plan B” Review: Natalie Morales Directs a High-Stakes Teen Sex Comedy with Humor and Horror
I can see how some viewers might be turned off by a character’s queerness being turned into a plot twist, but I can assure you it’s not intended as a punchline.
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“The Retreat” Is a New Kind of Lesbian Horror, Full of Catharsis and Dykey Swagger
Despite the real-life horrors queer women face, horror cinema has largely shown queer women as predators. The Retreat attempts to change that.
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How to Disappear Completely: A Lesbian Musician Watches Tár
In which a masc lesbian musician nerds out about Tár: what worked, what didn’t make sense, what she loved, and where the film went astray.
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What’s New and Gay To Stream in June 2022
We’ve got a series about lesbian vampires and a series about a queer actress angling to be in “Les Vampires,” a delightfully inclusive Queer as Folk reboot, Selena Gomez getting the girl in Season 2 of The Only Murders in the Building, a new 80s-set movie about a young Black queer singer and (truly) so much more!
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Meet Tricia Cooke, the Lesbian Activist Married to a Coen Brother and the Brains Behind “Drive-Away Dolls”
“I’ve certainly talked more about my personal life in the last six months than I have in my entire life. But, you know, I was always out as a lesbian to friends and family. I never thought it was of much interest until we made this movie.”
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“Fear Street: 1978” Plays it Too Straight for a Queer Slasher
Fear Street Part Two riffs on the original Friday The 13th movie with its summer camp setting, and we trade in the 90s nostalgia of the first Fear Street for late-70s nostalgia.
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“LFG” Takes You Behind the USWNT Gender Discrimination Lawsuit to Stark Places Behind the Lights
The strength of LFG lies in the way it crystallizes the emotional toll of the UWNT’s gender discrimination lawsuit. Its insight into the moments that we didn’t see are the most compelling.
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The Mitchells vs. The Machines: Abbi Jacobson Is The Queer All-Ages Hero We’ve Been Waiting For
The Mitchells vs. The Machines is genuinely hilarious and actually for really real gay.
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TIFF 2022: A Queer and Trans Festival Recap
Over the past couple weeks, I’ve watched forty features and the first two episodes of a TV show. Yes, forty. Consider this list a reference, a collection of short reviews for the rest of the year’s buzzed about films and films that should be buzzed about.
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“Changing the Game” Review: With Anti-Trans Bills Rising, Listen to the Many Realities of Trans Athletes
There’s all-out bigotry, and there’s all-out triumph. At the center of the wave of anti-trans sports bills are trans kids who just want to play.
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Stephanie Beatriz and Daphne Rubin-Vega on “In the Heights” and Queer Latinas Finding Love in the Everyday
“To really be in a moment where I could fully inhabit and celebrate all those things that we call limitations. Or let me say that better, what we perceive of as a limitation, being an incredible source of strength. I love that.”
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I Watched “The Princess Switch” And It Turns Out It’s Not About Being a Princess Switch
Much to my chagrin, this did not turn out to be a movie about Vanessa Hudgens and Vanessa Hudgens taking turns topping each other.
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“Together Together” Review: Patti Harrison Can Do Anything — Even Give Birth
Ultimately, the film shows that the differences between cis people and trans people aren’t as vast as we usually think. There are many ways to make a family and the more expansive our imaginations the more everyone will benefit.
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Tony Zosherafatain and Chella Man Discuss “Trans in Trumpland,” Collective Liberation, and Cool Moms
Even with a new administration in office, we continue living in Trumpland. Tony Zosherafatain and Chella Man excavate what Trump has revealed about anti-trans violence in this country — and the future trans people deserve.
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Shiva Baby Wasn’t My Queer Story — and That’s Totally Fine
“I know and love many Danielle-esque people — but she is not me. Instead, she is the projection many people have of me solely based on my identity.”
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Queer Slasher “Fear Street: 1994” Delivers Trashy Fun, Gay Drama, and 90s Nostalgia
This movie isn’t reinventing the slasher, but it does expand the definition of who gets to be a final girl. It lets queerness sit inside of horror without being the source of said horror.
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“To L and Back” Podcast Holiday Special: Two Jews Review a Lesbian Christmas Movie
Riese: I would text Riley and be like “you up?”
Carly: Are you still at the gay bar…? Because?
Riese: I would come back incensed with rage and ready to make a mistake.
Carly: Ready to ruin my relationship.
Riese: Yes. I would be full of the spirit of ruin and ready to share it.
Carly: Which is not Christmas spirit, but it is kind of related. -
“Heavenly Creatures” Is a Queer Adolescent Nightmare
The girls are so scared of the realities they’ve been given that their fantasy — murder and all — feels like the only choice. They don’t know yet that there’s a whole world of creative queer people out there.