Mélanie Laurent's The Mad Women's Ball suffers in comparison to Alice Winocour's Augustine (2011), which tackles the same story with more psychological …
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Gender and Sexuality
Explore depictions of masculinity, femininity, and sexual identity.
Benediction thoughtfully depicts a community of gay men
Benediction may be Terence Davies's gayest film yet: a character study of a WWI poet who keeps trying to reinvent himself and find solace. Jack Lowden was on …
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The Surrogate: Jasmine Batchelor stuns in a smart, thorny exploration of surrogacy
Jasmine Batchelor gives one of the best performances of the year in Jeremy Hersh's The Surrogate, a smart and sensitive drama about a pregnancy surrogate who …
What to see at the 2021 Frameline Film Festival
The 2021 Frameline Film Festival, San Francisco's annual LGBTQ+ film showcase, features Potato Dreams of America, Instruction for Survival, and Dear Tenant.San …
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25 unsung queer cinema treasures
To celebrate Pride Month, our editors hand pick twenty-five examples of unsung queer cinema that don't often crop up on June listicles.As Pride Month draws to a …
Highlights of the 2021 InsideOut Film Festival
The 2021 InsideOut Film Festival featured some of the best LGBTQ+ films of the year, with highlights including A Sexplanation and Beyto.With just eight months …
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