The Tribeca Film Festival is not just a launching pad for a whole spectrum of the best new independent feature movies, but it also premieres an impressive array of short films too. Ripe is one such case. Made by a queer duo of filmmakers known as Tusk, its a charming coming out-story that happens … Continue reading
Having their World Premieres at the 2024 edition of the Tribeca Film Festival are two movies about queer women you will not want to miss. First comes RIPE from directing duo Kerry Furrh and Olivia Mitchell, set in rural Spain, it follows a tumultuous summer romance between an American and a Catalan teen. … Continue reading
What dyke wouldn’t enjoy a road movie featuring two women in a camper van? Especially an old, beat-up camper that has been lovingly cleaned, restored, and decorated by the main character, Ele. This subtitled movie from Italy begins with a blurry nighttime shot of a young woman running from a building, with men in … Continue reading
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
As the British Film Institute Flare Festival heads into its final few days it’s nice to discover one of those quirky sub genres that makes these events special. Ladies, Gentlemen and Everybody let me introduce a new favourite, the Jolly Germanic Lesbian Romcom. It’s not often we get to put those three words … Continue reading