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Pose may have made history for the countless ways it revolutionized representation for people of color and the LGBTQ+ community. But the crater Pose will leave behind is one of love. Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Steven Canals' FX drama told the story of a group of outsiders and one endlessly brave mother who chose compassion over selfish greed...
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One of the very first mainstream Hollywood films to celebrate drag queens, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar is still as hilarious as ever. After winning a New York City drag queen contest, Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) decide to bring fledging drag performer Chi-Chi Rodriguez (John Leguizamo) with ...
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The documentary Paris Is Burning covers the Harlem ballroom scene of the '80s. The film showcases the houses—which mostly consisted of LGBTQ people of color—that formed around the most “legendary” performers, like Angie Xtravaganza and Willi Ninja. Though it might have some structural imperfections—like a non-participant director who...
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It's difficult for any film to be so intentionally clueless it's snarky, but that's exactly what Jamie Babbit's brightly colored middle finger to gender norms does. The 1999 satirical rom-com stars Natasha Lyonne as Megan Bloomfield, a high school cheerleader who's sent to a conversion therapy camp by her parents. As Megan spends more and more...
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Director Gregg Araki's Teen Apocalypse Trilogy — Totally Fucked Up, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere — contained some of the most revolutionary storytelling and filmmaking of the '90s. Araki's glorious return to this milieu is Now Apocalypse, a new 9-episode Starz series that points its lens at sex-positive, pansexual millennials (instead of...
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If this stretch of time without any new RuPaul's Drag Race is leaving you thirsty, here comes Alyssa Edwards with a show filled with the juice that is worth the squeeze! Netflix's latest foray into the world of reality TV brings Drag Race superstar Alyssa Edwards home to Mesquite, Texas where the grande dame diva of the South reigns. But...
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Sebastian Lelio's most recent film is a masterclass in slow-burn drama. Rachel Weisz stars as Ronit, a woman who grew up in an orthodox Jewish community in London but was shunned for having a relationship with a woman. When Ronit's father, a prolific rabbi, suddenly dies, she returns home for the funeral and slowly reintroduces herself into the...
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Last night's season finale of Pose brought together so much of what this show has been doing right all reason. The relationships that had been building between characters, the rivalries that had been building between houses — it all explodes into one miraculously perfect showdown that is the best, most exuberant, most colorful ball sequence...
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Duck Butter is by no means an action-paced thriller, but if you're looking for a subtle romance story, it's ideal. Alia Shawkat stars as Naima, an up-and-coming indie actress who has struggled to find a relationship that works. One night, Naima meets Sergio (Laia Costa) at a bar, and the women go home together. After hooking up, Sergio...
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