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Cocoon - One Summer of Girlhood

Japanese Cinema

Cocoon - One Summer of Girlhood

Schoolgirl crushes amid wartime

Jewel’s Catch One

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Jewel’s Catch One

The 2016 documentary of a black gay dance bar in Los Angeles by the same name, “Jewel’s Catch One” is a hagiographic portrait of Jewel Thais-Williams, the bar’s founder and owner.

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Hot Milk

A much more sensuous film than a sexy one

'The People's Joker' - Queer superhero parody blasts genres and genders

'The People's Joker' - Queer superhero parody blasts genres and genders

Proof that miracles do happen.

‘Am I OK?’: Dakota Johnson stars in a film about coming out in your 30s

‘Am I OK?’: Dakota Johnson stars in a film about coming out in your 30s

“Am I OK?” is the sort of warm, feel-good LGBTQ movie dependent on its adhesion to the simplest depictions of queerness, especially coming out of the closet, and that’s both one of its great banes and boons.

'Light Light Light' - Inari Niemi's Finnish queer film

'Light Light Light' - Inari Niemi's Finnish queer film

The world can be made or broken on the lips of one person.

Netflix's 'Ripley' — Caravaggio, queer glances, and pictorial piazzas

Netflix's 'Ripley' — Caravaggio, queer glances, and pictorial piazzas

Patricia Highsmith's confounding Tom Ripley is no stranger to screen adaptations. The mysterious and perhaps repressed bisexual con man has been front and center of several interpretations. From the great French actor Alain Delon's libertine Tom in 1960's "High Noon" to Matt

<I>Joyland</i>—Queer Pakistani Film is Transcendent

<I>Joyland</i>—Queer Pakistani Film is Transcendent

Saim Sadiq delivers a remarkable directorial debut in Joyland, the first Pakistani film to premiere at Cannes Film Festival. In addition to its Cannes acclaim, Sadiq's film is the country's first-ever Oscar-shortlisted film in the international category and, according to The Guardian, "the

'Poser' Is a Bit of a Poser

'Poser' Is a Bit of a Poser

Unfortunately, the directors give a little too much attention to the musicians themselves, resulting in some sub-par filmmaking

'Thor: Love and Thunder' and queer aesthetics

'Thor: Love and Thunder' and queer aesthetics

With a few daring visuals and innovative artistic references, writer-director Taika Waititi's "Thor: Love and Thunder" merits more superlatives than any of its peer Marvel Studios blockbusters following 2018's "Avengers: Infinity War." While satisfying viewing experiences are subjective and dependent on