The Secret of the River (El Secreto del Río) comes from Mexico. It’s an 8 part series. I thought it was a queer masterpiece full of tender and touching portraits of what it is to be transgender, or muxes, in […]
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Lonely Planet stars Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth in a romcom about a successful writer who goes to a writers’ retreat in Morocco to finish a book. She meets a younger man and everything changes.
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From the Rough stars Taraji P. Henson as Tennessee State University golf coach Catana Starks. Starks was the first woman to coach golf at TSU and led a team of misfit golfers to the championship. This is a true story.
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Here’s a quick look at five different things I’ve watched recently that don’t need a full review. I’ll talk about Inside Out 2, Ali Wong: Single Lady, Joni Mitchell – Lady Blue, Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval, and Will &
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Lioness was created by Taylor Sheridan and has all men directors, but I was in it for the women. The women’s roles may have been written for men and gender flipped at the last minute because the women had names
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The Dry is an Irish series about a family of drinkers. Roisin Gallagher stars as Shiv, who has been sober and dry for 6 months when she leaves London and goes home for a funeral. There are a couple of
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Dandelion stars KiKi Layne as Dandelion, a 30-something woman from a low income background who dreams of making music for a living. She’s performing in a place where no one listens to the singer when she takes a bold and
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Heartstopper is such good television, such good storytelling. It’s a celebration of queer love in a group of teens who band together in a friend group for support. This coming of age series tackles some serious topics in season 3.
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Babes is laugh-out-loud funny. It’s a story about two lifelong friends as they attempt to settle into adulthood, parenting, and each other’s quirks.
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Hold Your Breath kicks off the October horror movie marathon with a story about a mother in the 1930s Oklahoma Dust Bowl who is convinced a malevolent spirit is breathed in with the dust, threatening her children.
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