The radical notion that women like good movies
Bully (2011) This piece by Monthly Guest Contributor Carrie Nelson previously appeared at Bitch Flicks on May 7, 2012. Growing up, I was never one of the “cool” kids. Far from it – I had a few close friends, but I also spent a lot of time by myself, reading and writing and daydreaming about … Continue reading “LGBTQI Week: Bully”
Movie poster for Milk This guest review by Drew Patrick Shannon previously appeared at Bitch Flicks on September 21, 2011. “My name is Harvey Milk, and I’m here to recruit you,” yells a nearly unrecognizable Sean Penn in a pivotal scene in Gus Van Sant’s biopic Milk (2008). Wearing a tight red and white shirt … Continue reading “LGBTQI Week: I Need a Hero: Gus Van Sant’s ‘Milk’”
This is a guest review by Stephen Ira. “I got a phone call last night from a juvenile inmate of the New York prison system. He claimed to be Stanley’s son,” the trans woman explains, trying her best to articulate herself to her therapist. It’s hard to talk about her life in her assigned … Continue reading “LGBTQI Week: Transamerica”
This is a guest review by Angie Beauchamp. We all hold dear particular films that made an indelible impression on us. Somehow they connected to us as a viewer on an emotional or even a spiritual level; we identified with the story or characters in unusual ways; or we appreciated the craftsmanship so much that … Continue reading “LGBTQI Week: Revisiting ‘Desert Hearts’”
This review by Editor and Co-Founder Amber Leab previously appeared at Bitch Flicks on March 30, 2012. Frida (2002) I’ll confess to being a little bit obsessed with Frida Kahlo. A copy of her journals sits on my bookshelf. A postcard of one of her numerous self portraits gazes at me from a bedroom wall. A quote … Continue reading “LGBTQI Week: Frida”
Movie poster for The Kids Are All Right This review by Staff Writer Megan Kearns previously appeared at Bitch Flicks on February 21, 2011. I was so excited to see The Kids Are All Right. I mean a film with not one, but two amazing female leads as well as a family headed by lesbian … Continue reading “LGBTQI Week: The Kids Are All Right”
Movie poster for Kissing Jessica Stein This is a review by monthly guest contributor Carrie Nelson. (Warning: Contains spoilers about Kissing Jessica Stein.) Ten years ago, I saw Kissing Jessica Stein on a date with my first girlfriend. We liked the movie, but when we walked out of the theater, we laughed and said to … Continue reading “LGBTQI Week: Kissing Jessica Stein”
This is a guest review by Max Thornton. Céline Sciamma’s films are ever so French. Light on dialogue, they tend to rely on lingering shots of longing glances and exquisite mise-en-scène to reveal character; loosely plotted, they leave the impression less of a story than of a series of vignettes, of tiny moments freighted with … Continue reading “LGBTQI Week: Growing Up Queer: ‘Water Lilies’ (2007) and ‘Tomboy’ (2011)”
Movie poster for But I’m a Cheerleader This is a guest review by Erin Fenner. But I’m a Cheerleader, directed by Jamie Babbit, plays with stereotypes. But not like, “haha let’s use broad generalizations to create characters, but never develop them.” No, this film paints everything pink and blue (pretty much literally) and then asks … Continue reading “LGBTQI Week: ‘But I’m a Cheerleader’”
Solidarity with Russian LGBTI seeking human rights, Berlin, in February This piece by Marian Evans previously appeared at her blog Wellywood Woman on June 7, and is cross-posted with permission. ———- It’s a beautiful day here in Wellington, New Zealand. Yesterday I saw Madeline Olnek’s Co-Dependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same at the Out Takes … Continue reading “LGBTQI Week: Side by Side: To Siberia, With Love”
Dianne Weist as Louise, Hank Azaria as Agador, Christine Baranski as Katherine, and Gene Hackman as Senator Kevin Keely in The Birdcage This is a guest review by Candice Frederick. There’s a particularly memorable scene in director Mike Nichols’ big screen adaptation of the 1978 French comedy La Cage Aux Folles that few people talk … Continue reading “‘The Birdcage’: Where You Can Come As You Are”
Stephanie‘s Picks: Christina Hendricks Talks Joan, Feminism, and Bitches in The Hollywood Reporter by Kelsey Wallace for Bitch Magazine Is There a Male Equivalent to the Manic Pixie Dream Girl? by Elisabeth Rappe for Film Emma Cowing: The Brave New World of Movie Feminism for Scotsman ‘Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding’: Finally, a Film Gets New … Continue reading “Bitch Flicks’ Weekly Picks”
