Tag: The L Word: Generation Q
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‘Holy Spider’ Star Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Guy Nattiv Talk ‘Historic’ Iranian-Israeli Collaboration on ‘Tatami’: ‘Courage Can Be Contagious’
“Holy Spider” breakout Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Guy Nattiv are set to make history with “Tatami,” the first feature co-directed by an Iranian and an Israeli filmmaker.Premiering in Venice Film Festival’s Horizons section, “Tatami” shows Iranian female judo fighter Leila (played by “The L Word: Generation Q” star Arienne Mandi) heading to the world championships…
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‘Holy Spider’ Star Zar Amir Ebrahimi, ‘Golda’ Director Guy Nattiv Team on Iran-Defying Film ‘Untitled Judo,’ WestEnd to Launch Sales at EFM
WestEnd Films has acquired worldwide rights to political thriller “Untitled Judo” and will introduce it to buyers at Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM).The film, currently in post-production, is co-directed by Guy Nattiv (Oscar winner for short “Skin”) and Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Cannes best actress winner for “Holy Spider,” and co-written by Elham Erfani (“The Case…
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‘The L Word: Generation Q’ Season 2 Is A Soap Trying To Play It Straight [Review]
There is a truth we all must accept: “The L Word” is not, in the classical sense, good. It is not prestige television, nor was it ever meant to be. Since 2004, “The L Word” universe has been one to which we have escaped seeing a cast of Sapphics talking, laughing, loving, breathing, fighting, fucking,…
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The Best LGBTQ Movies and TV Shows Streaming on Netflix in 2021
Over a year into lockdown, and we’ve all likely exhausted our existing Netflix queues. Whether you devoured “Tiger King,” “Unorthodox,” or “Bridgerton,” Netflix had many worldwide hits with its original content — this, in a year, aided by viewers with exponentially more time at home. But those popular titles are just the tip of the…
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‘Work in Progress’ Review: The Queerest Show on TV Is About a Suicidal Butch With Ocd
Following the premiere of “The L Word: Generation Q,” queer audiences who lined up outside viewing parties for the nostalgia-tv event of the year would be wise to leave the TV on for another half-hour. If they do, they will be delightfully surprised by “Work in Progress,” the most radical queer show to ever make…
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‘The L Word’: Nobody Rocks a Power Suit and Cufflinks Like Jennifer Beals
Shane may be the resident heartthrob of “The L Word,” but no character more embodies Showtime’s Los Angeles-set lesbian melodrama than Bette Porter. Accomplished, stubborn, magnetic, and self-destructive, Bette instantly became the archetypical 21st century “power dyke.” She fills out a Jil Sander power suit as confidently as she tops her pregnant wife; casually drops…