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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: Lili Reinhart Kisses Girls, Has Family Trauma in the Uneven New Series ‘Hal & Harper’

The good news is Reinhart has finally found another project that shows the breadth of her skill. The bad news is Cooper Raiff’s Hal & Harper is never quite as…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 28, 2025

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Theda Hammel leans her head on Qaher Harhash's shoulder in Stress Positions

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‘Stress Positions’ Is a Queer Farce With Bite and Depth

Whether literally or figuratively, everyone in this film is better at writing than they are at living.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Aug 23, 2024

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August 2024: What’s New and Gay to Stream

We’ve got a new reality show with a lesbian contestant, a queer best friend in A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, new seasons of Bel-Air, Emily in Paris and The…

Riese —

Aug 1, 2024

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Am I OK?: Dakota Johnson and Sonoya Mizuno lie in bed next to each other.

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Sundance 2022: Tig Notaro’s “Am I OK?” Is a Coming Out Story That Belongs in the 2010s

If I seem particularly harsh on what is ultimately a harmless 86 minute Sundance dramedy, it’s because so many other queer women movies deserve the press this will inevitably receive.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 25, 2022

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Power Netflix documentary: a row of white police officers in 1960s riot gear march forward.

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‘Power’ Is an Effective Introduction to the Violent History of American Policing

Yance Ford’s latest film shows how different groups have not only assimilated into whiteness but assimilated into American policing.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

May 17, 2024

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Justice Smith sits on a couch next to Jack Haven in I Saw the TV Glow

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‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Celebrates the People and Shows That Shape Us

The film has a mix of styles, ideas, and emotions fitting for this chaotic moment in a trans person’s life.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

May 3, 2024

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It's Only Life After All: Amy Ray and Emily Saliers in black jackets looking off in multicolored lights.

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Sundance 2023: “It’s Only Life After All” Is a Moving Tribute to the Indigo Girls

It’s easier to deal with homophobia, sexism, and the many injustices of the world when you’re not alone. Amy Ray and Emily Saliers were never alone. They made themselves possible…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 24, 2023

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love lies bleeding

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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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“Frida” Documentary Lets the Queer Disabled Communist Speak

The film doesn’t force her to always be Frida Kahlo, famous artist. She’s allowed to just be Frida.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Mar 14, 2024

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Sundance 2024: A Queer and Trans Festival Recap

Reporting daily with queer movie reviews from one of the world’s most prestigious film festivals.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 29, 2024

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Grace short film: two Black queer girls in the 1950s South look at each other in a doorway.

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Sundance 2024: “Grace” Is a Beautifully Constructed Black Queer Short

The most beautifully shot film at Sundance 2024 isn’t any of the buzzed about features that will sell for millions — it’s Natalie Jasmine Harris’ short film, Grace.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 27, 2024