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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

keke palmer

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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

Bella Ramsey

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Bella Ramsey Plays Gay Again in Horror Short “Requiem”

Bella Ramsey stars in yet another heartbreaking lesbian love story, a snapshot of what it may have been like to be queer and in love in a time of witch…

Valerie Anne —

Mar 10, 2023

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kiersey clemons

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Kiersey Clemons Is a Bisexual Bride in “Somebody I Used to Know”

Prime Video’s rom-com isn’t exactly My Best Friend’s Wedding — but there are plenty of familiar beats in Alison Brie and Kiersey Clemons’ new film.

Nic —

Feb 22, 2023

Salma Hayek and Channing Tatum dance in Magic Mike's Last Dance

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Two Dykes Discuss “Magic Mike’s Last Dance”

This reminds me of the gorgeous difference in our Letterboxd reviews for this film. Mine was like “romance novels for boys are good” and yours was like “the struggling economic…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 20, 2023

showtime

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“Erin’s Guide to Kissing Girls” Is Lesbian Lizzie McGuire on a Budget

I want to crawl inside sweet stories and build a blanket fort there. Lucky for me, writer and director Julianna Notten has met me right where I am.

Heather Hogan —

Feb 10, 2023

netflix

A still from Your Place or Mine: Tig Notaro in a green vest and blue buttondown holds a to-go coffee cup next to Ashton Kutcher in a black sweater and black bomber also holding a to-go coffee cup

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“Your Place or Mine” Fails To Explicitly Acknowledge Bit Butch Lesbian Character

As much as I’d love for Tig Notaro to be in all romantic comedies, I don’t want “butch best friend” to become the latest watered down LGBT character trope.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 10, 2023

shudder

tribeca film festival

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Horror Romance “Attachment” Has Mommy Issues, Jewish Folklore, and Hot Lesbian Sex

These two lovers bond over their shared mommy issues — and their shared interest in each other’s bodies.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 9, 2023

horror

a still from Knock at the Cabin: two white men hold onto a young east Asian girl in the door of a cabin, looking afraid.

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“Knock at the Cabin” Understands the Limits of Queer Assimilation

Knock is equally about this one, queer family as it is about our relationships to everyone else, the connections we have through the fact of biology and culture, the fact…

Stef Rubino —

Feb 6, 2023

sundance

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Sundance 2023: “Shortcomings” Tries To Explore Desirability Politics But Falls Short

This movie feels too scared to say what it really wants to say.

Shelli Nicole —

Jan 27, 2023

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

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

MOVIE REVIEWS

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

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Is ‘One of Them Days’ Lowkey Queer?

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

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

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

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Is ‘One of Them Days’ Lowkey Queer?

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