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The Politician Review: Ryan Murphy Works Overtime For Your Vote

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Ryan Murphy’s first show for Netflix throws everything at the wall, and not all of it sticks.

Marshall Estes Posted on September 23, 2019September 22, 2019

Vita & Virginia Review: A Woolf In Sheep’s Clothing

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Chanya Button’s tale of the romance between Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf is a little too slapdash to address its myriad concerns.

Matt Cipolla Posted on August 20, 2019July 2, 2020

Amor Vincit Omnia: The Radical Sentimentality of “Sense8”

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The Wachowskis took their high-concept empathy to TV with a gloriously ambitious Netflix show that was gone far too soon.

Clint Worthington Posted on June 30, 2019June 30, 2019

“Pasolini” Is an Iconoclastic Biopic for an Iconoclastic Director

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Abel Ferrara eulogizes fellow scandalizer Pier Paolo Pasolini in a suitably grimy tone poem featuring Willem Dafoe.

Theo Estes Posted on June 21, 2019August 11, 2020

“The Matrix Revolutions” Closes the Trilogy at the Edge of Hell

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The Matrix Revolutions, the Wachowskis’ final film in the trilogy, is just as flawed as Reloaded, but carries heaps of visual and thematic weight.

Justin Harrison Posted on June 21, 2019August 11, 2020

Defying Labels: A Brief History of Bisexuality in Film

Professor Marston
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A look at how Hollywood has helped (and hurt) the acceptance of bisexuality as an identity.

Douglas Laman Posted on June 17, 2019June 17, 2019

Euphoria Review: A Stylish But Empty Tale of Teenage Rebellion

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HBO’s latest series puts its characters through exaggerated adolescent antics, with little substance to show for it.

Sarah Gorr Posted on June 16, 2019August 11, 2020

AIDS Activists Guy Vandenberg and Steve Williams Talk About the Plague Years and “5B”

5B - Guy Vandenberg and Steve Williams
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I sit down with two subjects from the upcoming AIDS documentary 5B to talk about Pride and the plague years.

Clint Worthington Posted on June 14, 2019August 11, 2020

Review: “Pose” Season 2 Offers Hope as AIDS and Madonna Dominate The Cultural Discussion

Pose Season 2
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The FX series returns for a second season as bright and entertaining as ever. Now with more Billy Porter!

Joe Lipsett Posted on June 11, 2019August 11, 2020

June’s Filmmakers of the Month: Lana and Lilly Wachowski

Lana and Lilly Wachowski
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For June, we celebrate Pride Month by diving into the filmography of cinema’s most prominent transgender filmmakers.

Clint Worthington Posted on June 2, 2019July 2, 2019

Cannes Review: “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” Paints a Picture of Incredible Passion

Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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Céline Sciamma’s queer period romance is an intimate visual feast, filled with uncanny empathy and admirable aesthetics.

Matt Cipolla Posted on May 27, 2019July 2, 2020

Ask Dr. Ruth Review: Won’t You Be My Consenting Sexual Partner?

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Hulu’s new documentary on the life of pioneering sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer balances lifelong tragedies with her undying sense of joy.

Clint Worthington Posted on May 1, 2019August 7, 2020

Wild Nights With Emily Review: Tell the Truth, But Tell it Slant

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Molly Shannon and Amy Seimetz shine in this warm, tender, humanizing portrayal of the famously enigmatic poet.

Marshall Estes Posted on April 16, 2019August 6, 2020

Revisiting “The Watermelon Woman”, Cheryl Dunye’s Refreshingly Disruptive Directorial Debut

The Watermelon Woman
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A pioneering work of Black Queer Cinema, Cheryl Dunye’s vibrant “Dunye-mentary” reckons with traditional queer narratives and the racism of Old Hollywood.

Neyat Yohannes Posted on April 15, 2019August 6, 2020

Queer Eye Season 3 Moves Cities And Loses a Touch of Its Fierceness

Queer Eye Season 3
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While the third season plays it a bit safer with its “heroes,” the Fab Five still deliver the same uplifting, French-tucked energy to their makeovers.

Clint Worthington Posted on March 13, 2019August 5, 2020

Film Review: Netflix’s “Girl” is an Obscene Cis Fantasy of Trans Suffering

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Netflix’s latest festival darling dangerously fetishizes the trans experience and reduces it to a leering obsession with genitalia.

Taylor Beck Posted on March 11, 2019August 5, 2020

Now Apocalypse Review: Gregg Araki Pens a Queer Love Letter To LA

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Gregg Araki’s ten-episode sex comedy for Starz serves up a heaping helping of sex, twentysomething angst, and doomsday prophecies.

Taylor Beck Posted on March 10, 2019March 9, 2019

Knife + Heart Review: A Gay Porn Slasher for the Whole Family

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Bloody and queer in equal measure, Knife + Heart is a searingly intriguing gay porn slasher from Yann Gonzalez about horror, love and allyship.

Jacob Oller Posted on March 10, 2019August 5, 2020

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