Results for: Feel good
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Egghead & Twinkie Has Everything You Want in a Feel-Good Comedy, It Just Happens To Be About Teenagers
I really love a road trip comedy, especially one with rock solid storytelling.
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‘But I’m a Cheerleader’ Made Internalized Homophobia Fun
Maybe asking Kelly from middle school if she wanted to see But I’m a Cheerleader was an invitation not just to the movie but to what we talked about beforehand.
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“Call Me Miss Cleo” and the Queer Legacy of TV’s Most (In)Famous Psychic
When the PRN lawsuits were settled, Cleo essentially went into hiding. But she soon found a queer coffee shop in Florida that felt like home.
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‘Chasing Chasing Amy’ Is Not the Fluffy Love Letter to the Problematic Film You’d Expect
It’s hard to put yourself out there, especially when you’re talking about something that means a lot to you. But the only reason Chasing Chasing Amy works as a documentary is because Sav Rodgers chose to make himself a part of the film.
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‘Challengers’ Is Catnip for Bisexuals — And Finally Gives Zendaya a Role Worthy of Her Talent
Zendaya commands the screen with no caveats. She’s not good with what she’s given (Dune) or good despite the mediocre writing (Euphoria). She’s just… good. No, she’s great. No, she’s the best.
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“The Bitch Who Stole Christmas” Works as Parody, Fails as a Drag Showcase
It’s not that Krysta Rodriguez isn’t good, but centering her results in a movie that feels about as gay as a drag brunch.
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‘Cora Bora’ Stars Meg Stalter as a Messy Grieving Bisexual
I love an indie about a messy bisexual. Throw in good songs and a lovely third act, and I can forgive some imperfections.
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‘Appropriate Behavior’ Says F*ck Your Coming Out Arc
Desiree Akhavan’s debut feature is one of the best indie queer movies of the past decade.
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‘Am I OK?’ Is a Coming Out Story That Belongs in the 2010s
Am I OK? has finally been released by Max. But a movie that felt a decade too late in 2022 has been done no favors by this delay.
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From Birth, to a Crush, to Death, ‘If These Walls Could Talk 2’ Covers All Stages of Lesbian Life
Who could ever forget the first time they saw Chloë Sevigny’s butch Amy in If These Walls Could Talk 2?
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A Trans Guy Watches ‘She’s the Man’ for the First Time
I avoided the 2006 teen comedy She’s the Man for almost two decades. Now it was finally time to watch it.
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‘Foxfire’ and the Intensity of Queer Teen Friendship
When you’re a teenager and only remember a decade of your life, everything feels new and important. Every feeling, every relationship, every night feels like it’s going to last forever.
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With ‘Kinds of Kindness,’ Yorgos Lanthimos Perfects the Language of Cruelty
In the Lanthimos universe, characters commit acts of violence, desperation, adoration, and ferocity inside of an absurdist haze.
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TIFF 2024: ‘Really Happy Someday’ Is a Personal Film About the Exciting Challenges of Transition
There’s a pressure on trans people and trans storytellers to frame transition as a wholly positive experience. Any negativity is supposed to be external.
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“Drive-Away Dolls” Is a Raunchy Caper About Lesbians and the Men Who Fear Us
It’s not just a film made by a queer woman and her husband. It’s a film about that dynamic — about every straight man faced with the daunting power of lesbians.
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‘Sisi and I’ Is a Psychosexual Period Romance About Power, Control, and Lesbian Longing
Sandra Hüller is quickly establishing herself as an actor unlike any other.
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We Got High and Watched Hallmark Hanukkah Movie “Round and Round,” and Yes of Course the Sister Is a Lesbian
“Do you think we think everyone is gay because they are or because we are or because we are high or because of Jewish?”
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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.
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“Eileen” Doesn’t Deserve To Be Called “Carol for Psychos”
The mediocrity of Eileen wouldn’t matter if the film was just a deliciously twisted affair where Anne Hathaway looks sexy as hell in a blonde wig. The problem is the film’s self-importance.