Month: July 2019
Sapphic Cinema: Imagine Me & You
(This review was originally published on January 5, 2016.) You know that part in The Lord of The Rings when Galadriel hands Frodo a vial full of light from the most beloved star of the elves? Well, if Galadriel had been a lesbian (I mean clearly she and Celeborn had some kind of “arrangement”), that…
Sapphic Cinema: Viola di Mare
(This review was originally published on October 2, 2015.) Hello and welcome back to Sapphic Cinema, the column series that has made my YouTube homepage the most embarrassing place on Earth. This week we look at 2009’s Viola di Mare (which translates as The Purple Sea, because I guess things are are different colors if…
Sapphic Cinema: But I’m a Cheerleader
Sapphic Cinema: Room in Rome
Sapphic Cinema: Bound
(This review was originally published on August 21, 2015.) Hello and welcome back to Sapphic Cinema, the column series that is seriously messing with the recommendations on my mom’s Netflix account. This week’s selection is 1996’s Bound, the directorial debut of the Wachowskis and the cultural moment at which half of America’s lesbians got dumb…
Sapphic Cinema: D.E.B.S.
(This review was originally published on August 14, 2015.) I knew I was gay such a very long time before I knew I was gay. For example, I specifically remember reading Peter Travers’ review of D.E.B.S in Rolling Stone, and while it would be two more years before the lesbian storyline was directly relevant to…
Sapphic Cinema: Desert Hearts
Sapphic Cinema: When Night is Falling
(This review was originally published on July 30, 2015.) Hello and welcome back to Sapphic Cinema, the column series where we will eventually review every lesbian movie ever made. (Except Blue Is The Warmest Color. I promise you right now we will never be discussing that spaghetti-stained pile of French garbage.) This week, we return…
Sapphic Cinema: Better Than Chocolate
(This review was originally published on July 23, 2015.) Hello and welcome to Sapphic Cinema, a new column series celebrating the gems of queer film history. Of course, not all gems are created equally. Some are diamonds, some are quartz, some are things you thought were rocks but which turn out to be ossified pieces…