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At 84 minutes, it’s a cheerfully unserious film, one that delights in placing a pair of thirsty queers in a context many grizzled straight guys have gone before. —WC
23. Enter Eleanor (Maya Hawke), a shy new student with her own axe to grind. Still, expanding to 40 films in all, our new selections reflect a complex mix.
Please, dear God, can someone yell at me on social media for quoting “BoJack Horseman” when “Tuca & Bertie” was right there?! “Kissing Jessica Stein” (dir.
Shot in black and white, this lyrical biopic brings Elisa and Marcela’s love story to life.
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Do Revenge (2022)
Think Heathers meets Strangers on a Train—with a Gen Z edge. Directed by Free Solo duo Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, this biopic zeroes in on Nyad’s friendship and complex bond with coach and former lover Bonnie Stoll, played by Jodie Foster.
The Best Lesbian Movies Ever Made, from ‘D.E.B.S.’ and ‘Carol’ to ‘Bound’ and ‘Pariah’
If “Barbie” was supposed to be the Year of the Girl, then what do you call the three-month stretch of 2024 that gave us “Love Lies Bleeding,” “Drive-Away Dolls,” and a musical “Mean Girls” with lesbian intern Reneé Rapp?
A forbidden love story between a teen spy and an evil but hot international diamond thief, the movie features early performances by Jimmi Simpson (“Westworld”) and Jordana Brewster (“The Fast and the Furious”). are chosen by their answers to questions hidden in an SAT-like test. “Imagine Me & You” (dir. Director Yorgos Lanthimos creates an incredibly lively, though insular, universe, toying with real events to serve as support and motivation for the interiority and conflicts of the film’s characters.
But even her most famous advice (“When they go low, we go high…”), doesn’t hit the same when everywhere you look democracy is on fire. Personal stories of trauma, triumph, and tenacity unfold alongside the evolution of queer visibility in media.
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Ride or Die (2021)
When Rei (Kiki Mizuhara) discovers that Nanae (Honami Sato)—the woman Rei is in love with—is trapped in an abusive marriage, Rei realizes there’s only one thing she can do: kill Nanae’s husband.
The tide is slowly turning. The first Kenyan film to play Cannes, Kahiu won a landmark court case that earned the film an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run, chipping away at Kenyan anti-LGBT legislation in the process. —JD
22. But the film has always been catnip for queer cinephiles, and queer readings of its themes have existed for decades.
“Drive-Away Dolls” (dir. Come for the MMA; stay for Sheila Atim as Buddhakan, Jackie’s trainer and love interest.
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The Persian Version (2023)
Writer-director Maryam Keshavarz blends humor and heartache in The Persian Version, a bilingual dramedy centered on Leila (Layla Mohammadi), a rebellious Iranian-American lesbian whose love life—and family life—are both in chaos.
Directed by Halina Reijn, Amandla Stenberg leads a cohort of cunty frenemies as they prepare to party at a mansion in the middle of a hurricane. Directed by Terry and Pat’s great-nephew, Chris Bolan, A Secret Love documents their love story for public posterity.
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Beauty (2022)
If you’re in the mood to watch a Whitney Houston biopic that features no singing and is, for legal purposes, totally not actually about Whitney Houston, this is the film for you!