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For anyone who has ever experienced a homoerotic friendship from hell, “Jennifer’s Body” is a horror movie that’s all too familiar. Stepping lightly into fraught territory, they must contend with small-town busybodies and the judgment of their conservative society. In many respects, Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s Broadway drama paved the way for many others female-focused films about obsession and identity, about women who desperately want to become other women.
These girls must find a way to be together, without attracting community attention.
Based on Shamim Sarif’s novel of the same name, “I Can’t Think Straight” sees the filmmaker and author adapt her own work to create a culturally distinct consideration of familial obligation. Please, dear God, can someone yell at me on social media for quoting “BoJack Horseman” when “Tuca & Bertie” was right there?!
The first Kenyan film to play Cannes, Kahiu won a landmark court case that earned the film an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run, chipping away at Kenyan anti-LGBT legislation in the process. —JD
22. —JD29. —WC33. It’s a dynamic you’ve seen a thousand times before (Qualley’s the free-spirit horndog, Viswanathan is the more reserved responsible one) but the actor’s make it sweet, fun, and a little sexy.
33. It’s a dynamic you’ve seen a thousand times before (Qualley’s the free-spirit horndog, Viswanathan is the more reserved responsible one) but the actor’s make it sweet, fun, and a little sexy.
I grew up as a queer teen watching this movie with my friends, and the film has stood the test of time. A case study in the messiness of modern dating, the 2023 comedy, which also stars Havana Rose Liu, Nicholas Galitzine, and Kaia Gerber, has become an instant queer classic.
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Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
Starring Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan and directed by one half of the Coen Brothers (that would be Ethan), Drive Away Dolls is about two queer best friends escaping heartbreak with an old-fashioned roadtrip to Tallahassee, Florida.
Mosquita y Mari (2012)
At first glance, teenagers and new neighbors Mosquita (Fenessa Pineda) and Mari (Venecia Troncoso) couldn’t be more different. In 2005, finding one with a relatively wide release was a near fruitless endeavor, which made “Imagine Me & You” something to celebrate.
After channeling her feelings about her diagnosis into a stand-up comedy set that quickly went viral, Notaro embarked on a year of cancer treatments, grief processing, and a burgeoning new relationship—all of which is captured on film in this quietly stunning slice-of-life documentary.
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Bound (1996)
Long before we knew them as queer women, the Wachowskis made an indelible contribution to the sapphic film canon with their directorial debut, Bound, a heist movie featuring Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly as a pair of lovers getting ready to make a run for it.
But while she's there, she finds more than freedom from her ex. Charlotte is a troubled musical prodigy and Elizabeth is a new star student.
It’s the kind of New York romance that rarely gets made anymore: There’s charming montages to Ella Fitzgerald’s version of “Manhattan,” a “where did she come from?” hilarious best friend (Jackie Hoffman), and a lovably overbearing Jewish mother (Tovah Feldshuh). This duo decides to live it all up while they can, with intriguing results.
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34. She’s Maria Enders, a successful actress who reluctantly agrees to star in a revival of the play that made her famous, but this time playing the elder woman rather than the young ingénue. The highlight, of course, is the openly queer Harley Quinn who springs into action when one of Gotham’s villains puts a hit out on a young girl.
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Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
Ready for some paranormal family drama?