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‘Mickey 17’ Has Queer Characters — But Is It Queer?

A bi woman who is pretty much only into women and Robert Pattinson? Yeah, I’ve met many of them!!!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Mar 13, 2025

still from Eat the Night, a queer French film

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French Thriller ‘Eat the Night’ Is Like ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ but About Video Games

The film is a dreamy yarn, a queer coming-of-age story illuminated by the soft, lulling…

Payton McCarty-Simas

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Feb 19, 2025

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‘Lesbian Space Princess’ Is Exactly As Gay and Fun As It Sounds

Lesbian Space Princess is an animated comedy (for adults) about a shy princess with zero…

Valerie Anne

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Feb 19, 2025

The Gayest Moments in One of Them Days: SZA points with a pen next to Keke Palmer in the waiting room at a payday loan place

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Is ‘One of Them Days’ Lowkey Queer?

I don’t know about you, but a cis man wasting my time and money certainly…

Eva Reign

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Feb 13, 2025

You Me and Her movie 2025 queer - Selina Ringel and Sydney Park lean in to kiss

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Looking For a Third? ‘You, Me, and Her’ Is a Movie for You

Unfortunately, like many couples on dating apps, the movie is held back by its own…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Feb 13, 2025

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French Thriller ‘Eat the Night’ Is Like ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ but About Video Games

The film is a dreamy yarn, a queer coming-of-age story illuminated by the soft, lulling LED of a computer screen.

Payton McCarty-Simas —

Feb 19, 2025

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‘Lesbian Space Princess’ Is Exactly As Gay and Fun As It Sounds

Lesbian Space Princess is an animated comedy (for adults) about a shy princess with zero self-confidence who has to go on a journey across space to try to save her…

Valerie Anne —

Feb 19, 2025

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Is ‘One of Them Days’ Lowkey Queer?

I don’t know about you, but a cis man wasting my time and money certainly had me rethinking my dating dynamics.

Eva Reign —

Feb 13, 2025

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Sundance 2025: ‘Rains Over Babel’ Is Queer Cinema That’s Wholesome and Transgressive

This has been a terrible week to be trans in the U.S. and I’m so grateful I could take a break and spend a couple hours in Gala del Sol’s…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 1, 2025

andrea gibson

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Sundance 2025: ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ Is More Than Andrea Gibson’s Cancer Story — It’s Their Love Story

This film isn’t a straight-forward artist portrait. It’s a portrait of Gibson and their partner, fellow poet Megan Falley, as they navigate Gibson’s incurable cancer diagnosis. It’s a tender look…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 1, 2025

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Sundance 2025: ‘Sauna’ Tells a New Trans Story the Same Old Way

It’s technically true that I cannot think of another feature film about a cis gay man grappling with his feelings about dating a trans man for the first time. So…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 31, 2025

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Sundance 2025: ‘Where the Wind Comes From’ Gives Us a Queer Girl/Guy Best Friend Platonic Love Story

There’s a propulsive energy to the film that makes it a blast to watch even as the characters face hardships.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 30, 2025

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Sundance 2025: ‘Jimpa’ Should Have Embraced Its Straight Protagonist

If someone watching this film had never met a queer person, they’d assume “dancing in slow motion” was what we were all about.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 30, 2025

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Sundance 2025: Eva Victor’s ‘Sorry, Baby’ Is an Accomplished Traumedy About Life After Assault

The most important relationship in the film isn’t between Agnes and her abuser but Agnes and her lesbian best friend.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 29, 2025

Toronto International Film Festival

Emilia Pérez trans review: a close up of Karla Sofia Gascón

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‘Emilia Pérez’ Is the Most Unique Cis Nonsense You’ll Ever See

There are many bad movies made by cis writers and directors about trans women. But you’ve never seen a bad movie about a trans woman like Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 6, 2025

Toronto International Film Festival