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In the past few weeks, the world has given us two iconic visions of female power: The women in these photographs have much in common and much that separates them. One holds a trophy aloft in a parade, the other quietly dons a ring. One is as unmistakably American as the other is…
(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…
(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…
(This review was originally published on September 25, 2015.) But I’m A Cheerleader is one of the five best lesbian movies ever made. I’m not telling you what the others are, but I’ve preemptively dusted off a spot on the podium for Carol; I pray it earns it. Now, it has long been my belief…
(This review was originally published on August 21, 2015.) I may be the only lesbian on Earth who likes Room in Rome. Its Netflix rating, which you’d think would be buoyed up by our demographic (or at least straight guys who dig the nudity), is a paltry two and a half stars. I was talking…
(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…
(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…
(This review was originally published on August 7, 2015.) So far in this column, we’ve had a lot of fun ribbing the lesbian film genre, and don’t worry, we’re still going to do a lot of that (I’m coming for you, Elena Undone). But it’s also important to remember that among the movies we love…
(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…
(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…