1989, small-town New Mexico, USA. Too many people with too much time on their hands and not enough money. The perfect receipe for things to go wrong. And they sure do in director Rose Glass’ fabulously intense, lesbian romance, bodybuilding, shock horror flick, Love Lies Bleeding; surely destined to become a queer cult classic. … Continue reading
There are three stages to a romantic relationship. Stage one is where you avoid farting in front of each other. Stage two is when you don’t mind farting in front of each other and stage three is when you fart in front of each other on purpose! The lesbian throuple in director Ruth Caudeli’s … Continue reading
Dancing, fighting, performing, loving, fashion shows, football, vogueing…all in a day’s work for the inmates of Buenos Aires’ Casero women’s prison. Lola Arias’ beautiful hybrid musical documentary/drama Reas examines prison life using real ex-cons who re-enact their prison experiences to great effect. Queer women, trans men, ex models, drug mules, con artists…the whole spectrum … Continue reading
The Persian Version takes a heartfelt dive into Iranian-American family life. Part comedy, part history lesson, part drama, part musical, writer/director Maryam Keshavarz’s award-winning tale, loosely based on a true story, details the lives of the New York-based Jamshidpour family from the women’s perspective. Leila (Layla Mohammadi) is the only daughter amongst the eight … Continue reading
I’ve Heard The Mermaids Singing is a remastered 1987 Canadian comedy-drama that is being re-released in the US this week. It was the first English-language Canadian feature film to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival, and is both a queer and indie cinema cult classic. It’s considered to be one of the … Continue reading