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‘By Hook or By Crook’ Is an Ode to Brotherhood

At its core, By Hook or By Crook is about brotherhood. It’s about the unlikely connections people make through the unfortunate and unfair conditions of their lives. It’s about how…

Stef Rubino —

Jul 9, 2024

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From Birth, to a Crush, to Death, ‘If These Walls Could Talk 2’ Covers All Stages of Lesbian Life

Who could ever forget the first time they saw Chloë Sevigny’s butch Amy in If These Walls Could Talk 2?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

May 14, 2024

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‘Appropriate Behavior’ Says F*ck Your Coming Out Arc

Desiree Akhavan’s debut feature is one of the best indie queer movies of the past decade.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Apr 23, 2024

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‘All About Eve’ and the Gay Marriage of Careerism

Audiences have long read queerness onto Eve due to her obsession with Margo and a brief moment when she’s seen walking upstairs with her “roommate.” She fits into the trope…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Apr 9, 2024

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‘Foxfire’ and the Intensity of Queer Teen Friendship

When you’re a teenager and only remember a decade of your life, everything feels new and important. Every feeling, every relationship, every night feels like it’s going to last forever.

Valerie Anne —

Apr 3, 2024

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‘Rent’ (The Film) Is Best Performed Live (By You)

Rent will never be a perfect movie. And it never needs to be. Because Rent is best enjoyed singing it loudly at the top of your lungs, dancing until you…

Carmen Phillips —

Mar 26, 2024

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“The Hours” Welcomed Me Into a Lineage of Sapphic Suffering

I watch The Hours whenever I’m sad.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 19, 2024

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“Mulholland Drive” and the Power That Lurks in the Shadows

David Lynch’s 2001 masterpiece has a thematic core that has been largely ignored.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Mar 12, 2024

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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…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Aug 21, 2023

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Lily Tomlin’s “Grandma” Is as Angry as We Are About Anti-Abortion Assholes

I rewatched Grandma the day after Justice Alito’s leaked draft opinion was published and I marveled, once again, at how prescient Lily Tomlin’s best roles are.

Heather Hogan —

May 9, 2022

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On “High Art” and Being Young and Gay

Age gap relationships have always been and will likely always be a part of queer culture.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Mar 16, 2021

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“Water Lilies” Is a Memory of Gay Adolescence

It’s impossible to forget a feeling like sitting on the bleachers watching Floriane swim. It’s impossible to forget the drowning.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 16, 2021