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Jenni Olson and Desire in the Gay Golden State

In Jenni Olson’s short film Blue Diary (1998), a scant five minutes is enough to tell a small queer tragedy. With a wry monotone, the...

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May 6
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Jenni Olson and Desire in the Gay Golden State

In Jenni Olson’s short film Blue Diary (1998), a scant five minutes is enough to tell a small queer tragedy. With a wry monotone, the...

Mar 30
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The Best & Worst of LGBTQ+ Representation at SXSW

This year's virtual SXSW Film Festival showcased a wide variety of queer and trans stories, but were they all handled well?

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The Academy Almost Entirely Shuts Out LGBTQ+ Cinema from the "Most Diverse Oscars" So Far

Despite record breaking nominations, queer film is still stuck on the outside looking in.

Feb 18
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Two Oscar-Worthy Performances Amp Up 'I Care a Lot' [Review]

Past nominee and winner, Rosamund Pike and Dianne Wiest, go toe-to-toe in J Blakeson's delicious dramedy.

Jan 22
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‘Falling’: Slurs Don’t Make for a Good Gay Movie [Review]

Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut Falling falls short in exploring gay experiences beyond homophobia.

Dec 30, 2020
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'Hard Candy,' 'An American Crime,' & Gender Performance in Elliot Page's Early Filmography

In the mid-aughts, Elliot Page starred in two quietly-released crime dramas, David Slade’s Hard Candy (2005) and Tommy O’Haver’s An...

Dec 25, 2020
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The Lengths We Go to for Love: On the Ending of ‘Promising Young Woman’ [Spoilers Ahead]

In defense of Promising Young Woman's controversial ending, Cyrus Cohen contemplates the catharsis of realistic representations of rape.

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