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How ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ Healed My Broken Heart

I never thought a horror movie would be the key to healing from my first lesbian breakup, but Love Lies Bleeding got your girl together.

Eva Reign —

Dec 2, 2024

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Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene

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Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: In Love Lies Bleeding, Puking Out Your Lover Is the Ultimate Act of Intimacy

In a Venn diagram between “noir film” and “sun/moon Double Cancer signs” (that’s me!), the overlap is clear: We both HOTLY fetishize quasi-parasitic enmeshment! 

Alissa Nutting —

Sep 28, 2024

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We Won — Sex Is Back On-Screen

With films like Drive-Away Dolls, Love Lies Bleeding, and Challengers, the movies are sexy again. But I’m not writing this piece to gloat — I’m writing it to get greedy.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Apr 25, 2024

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Bodybuilding Icon Bev Francis Reveals Real World Behind ‘Love Lies Bleeding’

“It’s pretty simple. I wanted to win. That’s pretty much it, I wanted to be Ms. Olympia.”

Stef Rubino —

Apr 4, 2024

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Quiz: Which Prop From Love Lies Bleeding Are You?

Please know I was tempted to make this a quiz to find out which word from the Love Lies Bleeding title you are: Love, Lies, or Bleeding?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 31, 2024

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‘Love Lies Bleeding’ and the History of Female Bodybuilding Reveal Society’s Fear of ‘Monstrous’ Women

In Love Lies Bleeding, the two main female characters exist outside of the dominant cultural ideas of what makes a woman and what makes a man, not just in their…

Stef Rubino —

Mar 27, 2024

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Here’s Where You Can Watch the Movies That Inspired “Love Lies Bleeding”

This eclectic selection of five films makes perfect sense for anyone who has seen Love Lies Bleeding.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Mar 22, 2024

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What Are the Astrological Charts of the Toxic Main Gays in “Love Lies Bleeding”?

Love Lies Bleeding, for all its many attributes, fails to tell us the birth charts of either main character. But maybe we can figure it out!

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Mar 21, 2024

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movie lists

If You Loved the Grit, Gore, and Grime of “Love Lies Bleeding,” Watch These Gay Movies

Here are 20 queer films full of blood, sweat, and revenge.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 21, 2024

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From “Bring It On” to “Love Lies Bleeding”: The Best Training Montages of All Time

No matter the point of the movie, the training montage is a moment of unabashed euphoria: Here’s our “hero” (or “heroes”) doing what it takes to attempt to beat the…

Stef Rubino —

Mar 18, 2024

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“Love Lies Bleeding” Is a Queer and Carnal Neo-Noir Western

Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian have explosive chemistry, gazing at each other with an intensity that feels both too soon and eternal.

Jourdain Searles —

Mar 15, 2024

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An Ode to Kristen Stewart’s Nervous Tics

Kristen Stewart’s nervous tics are not just her signature. They’re also the element that grounds each of her characters in reality.

Rendy Jones —

Mar 13, 2024