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“The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future” Presents a Radical Vision

This is a film that deals with the natural vs. the unnatural, that confronts a history of female oppression. Trans women are included in the natural, trans women are included…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

May 20, 2023

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Alin Szewczyk as Tosiek and Jan Cieciara as Leon, lean their heads against each other at night with a city skyline behind them.

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“Fanfic” is a Sweet, Gay Trans Boy Coming-of-Age Tale

The coming-of-age romcom moments had me yearning for a time when trans movies are allowed to exist without the burden of teaching.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

May 19, 2023

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Anna Nicole Smith’s Bisexuality Takes Center Stage As Secret Girlfriend Missy Byrum Tells Her Story

The new Anna Nicole Smith documentary “You Don’t Know Me” features Anna’s ex-girlfriend as one of its primary sources, adding her story to an abundant but rarely discussed aspect of…

Riese —

May 17, 2023

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“You Can Live Forever” Shows Sapphic Love in A Religious World

Desire, passion, and love quickly override differences as Jaime and Marike quickly fall in love.

Amari Gaiter —

May 5, 2023

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“Judy Blume Forever” Documentary Made Me Cry Big Nostalgia Tears

Anyone who has been paying attention in the last few years knows that book banning has only gotten worse since Judy Blume’s books started getting banned 40 years ago.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Apr 24, 2023

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The ensemble of How to Blow Up a Pipeline sits around a campfire. The image is mostly dark. Forrest Goodluck stands behind. Jake Weary, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Marcus Scribner, and Ariela Barer sit around the fire itself. Sasha Lane leaning on Jayme Lawson sit off to the side.

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“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” Is a Radical Masterpiece

This is my Ocean’s 8 except that it’s actually a good movie. And the stakes aren’t a necklace at the Met Gala but the fate of our planet. Oh and…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Apr 7, 2023

Sally Dramé as Vicky wears kaleidoscope glasses and looks toward the camera.

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“The Five Devils” Is a Time-Traveling Lesbian Romance About Lives Not Lived

It’s simple to mourn the alternate history where I came out as a teenager. It’s more complicated to mourn the alternate history where I came out later or not at…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Mar 24, 2023

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Toronto International Film Festival

Nan Goldin's Picnic On the Esplanade. A group of five queer friends eat cake from paper plates on a grassy hill. They're all laughing and the ocean is behind them.

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In “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” Survival Is An Art

Laura Poitras’ remarkable documentary is about Nan Goldin and her work — it’s also about Goldin’s campaign to take down the Sackler family. The brilliance of the film is it…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Mar 19, 2023

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