LGBTQ+
Portrait of a Lady on Fire: Color, Female Gaze, and Myth
French filmmaker Céline Sciamma’s new film, Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), was the recipient of the award for Best Screenplay and the Queer Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.
Breaking the Video Game Binary
Queer representation is important. Queer people are an important but often overlooked societal group who frequently lack representation in the media they consume.
Be Gay Do Crime: On LGBT Representation in Dog Day Afternoon and the New Hollywood Era
Content warning: this article contains brief mentions of suicidal ideation and attempts, historical homophobia and racism.
How to Live with Eyes and Ears: Almodóvar
To fancy a filmmaker is to fancy his shoes, his eyes, his legs, the way he drools when he sleeps, and the drugs he does. Pedro Mercedes Almodóvar Caballero, known on the screen simply as “Almodóvar,” fancies himself.
Why the Umbrella Academy’s Viktor Hargreeves Matters: A Brief Analysis of Trans Representation in Television
With the new season of Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy being released June 22nd, Elliot Page has announced that his character in the TV show will be transitioning from Vanya to Viktor Hargreeves. In his Instagram post, Page re-introduces his character as Viktor Hargreeves.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch: The Origin of One
The end of the 20th century saw the creation of a ton of queer musicals, featuring LGBTQ+ characters and stories on stage and on screen.
Rocky Horror and Queerness
With its outlandish characters, satirical plot, and unapologetic queerness, The Rocky Horror Picture Show became a cult classic after its release in 1975.
Disney Channel: The Queer Allegory
As a giant entertainment company that prides itself on creating “safe” and “family-friendly” content that can suit everyone, Disney the company and Disney as a conglomerate of artists are as different as night and day. When the news arose that the Disney executives gave money in support of
Young Royals: The Kind of Teen Drama Everyone Wants
Netflix has done it again with the second season of Young Royals. The show many believed would be about out-of-touch rich teens getting away with rich teen things ended up having much more depth.
Buddy Daddies: Family Doesn't Have to be Blood
Buddy Daddies: Family Doesn’t Have to be Blood