Rom com
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Dakota Johnson Brings it in Tig Notaro’s “Am I OK?” by Queerguru’s Janet Prolman @Sundance
I’ve just returned from Park City, Utah, and my first Sundance experience (virtual, of course), and I have good news to share. Tig Notaro and her wife, Stephanie Allynne, have co-directed a female buddy “rom-com” for our times. They have elicited strong performances, most notably from Dakota Johnson as the lead character, Lucy, a…
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With Love: a new Latinx/queer holiday rom-com from Amazon Prime
The Holiday Season is the time when too many TV Networks want to get us all feeling romantic. We have nothing against that …… in principle …… but the films/series they make do tend to opt for sentimentality over substance. It’s really hit and miss whether you end up giving up or throwing up,…
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Netflix’s SINGLE ALL THE WAY looks like the queer Holiday rom-com we will all want to see
Netflix has finally joined all the cable TV companies that now love to make happy-ever-after gay Christmas rom-coms to make us feel all sentimental over the holiday period. From where we are looking it seems that are taking it all seriously with such a first-class cast and crew. Helmed by openly gay Tony Award-Winning…
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Kiss Me Kosher : a lesbian rom-com
Israeli filmmaker Shirel Peleg debut feature is full of good intentions but cannot avoid tripping over itself with its overabundance of cliches that tests one’s patience far too much before the final credits roll. What starts out as a lesbian rom-com between an unlikely pair of women turns into a comic farce that…
