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Sundance 2024: “In the Summers” Is a Different Kind of Queer Coming-of-Age Story

In the Summers is a queer coming-of-age movie that understands childhood and adolescence are just the beginning.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 23, 2024

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Sundance 2025: A Gay and Trans Festival Recap

That’s a wrap on the 2025 Sundance Film Festival! Read about everything Drew Burnett Gregory saw, including the best of LGBTQ+ cinema and beyond.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 3, 2025

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Sundance 2025: ‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Is a Tribute to Trans Solidarity

I spent most of Heightened Scrutiny crying into the arms of my partner.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 2, 2025

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Sundance 2025: ‘Sally’ Is a Documentary Portrait of Sally Ride and Her Secret Lesbian Partner of 27 Years

Sally Ride’s partner of 27 years, Tam O’Shaughnessy, is the true star of this film.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 2, 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

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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: New Documentary ‘GEN_’ Normalizes Fertility Care and Trans Healthcare

The best compliment I can give GEN_ is that it’s kind of boring.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 31, 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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Quintessa Swindell Can Punch You In the Face

The ‘Trinkets’ and ‘Prime Target’ actor discusses their directorial debut where they play a Muay Thai fighter facing off against their childhood best friend.

Rendy Jones —

Jan 30, 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