Tag: But I’m a Cheerleader
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This Goofy Natasha Lyonne Rom-Com’s Ending Was a Complete Surprise
Pride month may be over but that’s no reason to stop digging through the treasure trove of underground queer cinema, even if this Natasha Lyonne starring gem aspires (and succeeds) to be more of a mainstream rom-com, featuring one of the most surprisingly emotional ending you could find in a goofy ‘90s flick. In 1999,…
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The Defiant Power of This Queer Safe Space in Movies and TV
Strobe lights flash. Sweat rolls down the back. There is never a more delicate act, be it performing a death drop or going on the dance floor with a full drink in hand. For the LGBTQ+ community, clubs and bars empower people by allowing close interactions without the need to separate, while being the hot…
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To Nowhere review – edgy drama of queer desire is as raw as a fresh wound
Two young women drift, drink and explore volatile emotions in Sian Astor-Lewis’s debut feature, with powerful performances by Lilit Lesser and Josefine GlæselThere are quite a few feature films around about teenage or very young women falling in love or at least experiencing queer desire for the first time, more than there were though far…
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Natasha Lyonne Hated Being Called ‘Courageous’ for Playing a Lesbian: ‘The Most Offensive Thing in the World’
Natasha Lyonne’s Hollywood rise took her the better part of two decades. Before she emerged as one of the top showrunners of the prestige TV era after the success of “Russian Doll” in 2019, she found success as a teen star in films like “But I’m a Cheerleader” and the “Poker Face” star has some…
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‘Chasing Chasing Amy’ Poster Illustrates One Man’s Journey of Self Discovery
For many of us millennial queer kids, representation wasn’t really a thing that we had throughout the ‘90s and into the early aughts. While recent years have seen stories from the LGBTQ+ community told in dramas like Blue is the Warmest Color and Moonlight, horror flicks like They/Them, and even reality shows such as Netflix’s…
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‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ Is the Better Conversion Camp Movie
From teen comedies to horror movies, the cruel, abusive world of conversion therapy camps has served as inspiration for many movies in the past few decades. Some, like 2000’s But I’m a Cheerleader, manage to capture and poke fun at the ridiculous, pseudo-scientific set of ideologies this kind of “therapy” espouses. Meanwhile, others, such as…
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Natasha Lyonne Was One of the Best Parts of ‘Orange Is the New Black’
Currently starring on Rian Johnson’s Peacock mystery series Poker Face, Natasha Lyonne is slowly becoming one of the biggest names in our current entertainment landscape. Apart from playing amateur sleuth Charlie Cale in 2023, the actress also scored a second season for her personal project Russian Doll, on Netflix, in 2022, and got herself a…
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Best LGBTQ+ Movies on Netflix Right Now (December 2022)
It’s certainly gotten better over the last decade or so, but in the past, the representation of queer people on screen was a bit hard to come by. Luckily, there’s a clear trend in Hollywood toward telling LGBTQ+ stories, and in some cases, letting the LGBTQ+ community tell it themselves. Previously, queer movies were generally…
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‘They/Them’ Review: Peacock’s Gay Conversion Camp Slasher Suffers From an Identity Crisis
Pronouns matter more than gore or suspense in “They/Them,” a tepid flip-the-script horror movie whose title doubles as its logline when you say the “slash” out loud. Set at a janky gay conversion camp, this Blumhouse-produced, Peacock-released LGBT empowerment exercise presents itself as a cross between “Friday the 13th” and “But I’m a Cheerleader.” Alas,…