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Ever wish you could find an in-depth analysis on your favorite LGBTQ+ Film & TV shows? Sarita Ramirez (She/Her), a Queer and overthinking film lover, does just that in ”Movies à la Queer”. Sarita analyzes the all-time favorite, and not-so-favorite, LGBTQ+ films and TV shows that make us all cry, laugh, and scream in delight (or frustration). New Episodes Coming January 2022 !
Episodes
Apr 8, 2018
Apr 8, 2018
7 min
"LOVE, SIMON" 2018
Directed by: Greg Berlanti
Starring: Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Jennifer Garner
Synopsis: "Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends, and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity."
Watch Trailer: Here
Music Featured: "Feelings" & "Curious" - Hayley Kiyoko 2018 album "Expectations"
Apr 1, 2018
Apr 1, 2018
4 min
"DISOBEDIENCE" 2018
Directed by: Sebastián Lelio
Story by: Naomi Alderman
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams
Synopsis: "Photographer Ronit Krushka returns to the community that shunned her decades earlier for her childhood attraction to a female friend. Their reunion soon reignites their passion as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality."
Dec 28, 2015
Dec 28, 2015
5 min
(Rooney Mara & Cate Blanchett in Carol)
"CAROL" 2015
Directed by: Todd Haynes
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara
Synopsis: Set in 50's New York, this film tells the story of a young aspiring photographer named Therese, played by Rooney Mara and her holiday-affair with an older, divorcee Carol, played by Cate Blanchett.
Dec 26, 2015
Dec 26, 2015
4 min
(Alicia Vikander and Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl)
"THE DANISH GIRL" 2015
Directed by: Tom Hooper
Based on Novel by: David Ebershoff
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander
Synopsis: The fictional take on Lili Elbe's story as one of the world's first Transgender women to undergo gender reassignment surgery. This film touches upon her life as Einar Wegener, landscape painter and wife, Gerda Gottlieb.
Feb 15, 2015
Feb 15, 2015
9 min
(Jamie Dornan & Dakota Johnson in 50 Shades of Grey)
"50 SHADES OF GREY" 2015
Directed by: Sam Taylor-Johnson
Starring: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan
Synopsis: A college graduate meets a business leader and falls into a "BDSM" (not really) relationship. Yeah, that's the synopsis.
Jan 25, 2015
Jan 25, 2015
4 min
(Bradley Cooper in "American Sniper")
"AMERICAN SNIPER" 2015
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller
Synopsis: This film is based on the true autobiographical story of Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper), a war hero known as the deadliest American Sniper in military History.
Watch Trailer: Here
Jan 19, 2015
Jan 19, 2015
4 min
(Kristen Stewart and Julianne Moore in "Still Alice" 2014)
"STILL ALICE" - 2014
Written and Directed by: Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland
Starring: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth
Synopsis: Alice (Julianne Moore) , a successful woman, wife, and Professor at Columbia University has been diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimer's disease. Her life, as she knows it, disintegrates before eyes.
Aug 7, 2014
Aug 7, 2014
6 min
("Orange is the New Black" Season 2 Cast)
"ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK" Season 2 - 2014
Created by: Jenji Kohan
Based on "Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison"
by Piper Kerman.
Starring: Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Taryn Manning, Laverne Cox, Uzo Aduba, Kate Mulgrew, Yael Stone, and more fabulous people!
Synopsis: We were left with an AMAZING cliffhanger from Season 1 last year, and I think it's about time we explore how good was Season 2 in comparison.
Aug 7, 2014
Aug 7, 2014
3 min
SPOILER-FREE REVIEW!
("Orange is the New Black" Season 2 Cast)
"ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK" Season 2 - 2014
Created by: Jenji Kohan
Based on "Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison"
by Piper Kerman.
Starring: Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Taryn Manning, Laverne Cox, Uzo Aduba, Kate Mulgrew, Yael Stone, and more fabulous people!
Synopsis: We were left with an AMAZING cliffhanger from Season 1 last year, and I think it's about time we explore how good was Season 2 in comparison.
Apr 25, 2014
Apr 25, 2014
3 min
("CUPCAKES" Film Cast)
"CUPCAKES" 2014 Israel Film
Language: HEBREW
Directed by: Eytan Fox (Directed "YOSSI")
Starring: Efrat Dor, Dana Igvy, & Keren Berger
Synopsis: A group of best friends gather together in Tel Aviv, the second most popular city in Israel, for the annual "Universong" competition that features all top countries' music. The Israeli entry is less than impressive, so the group, in a way of a practical joke, record themselves on a cellphone singing an original song. Little did they know that the song would spread across the nation and would gain them some desired and undesired successes.
Apr 19, 2014
Apr 19, 2014
6 min
"MEAN GIRLS 2" + #GaysBeLike = THIS FILM !
I had to... I just had to!
"G.B.F." 2013 U.S. Film
Directed by: Darren Stein
Starring: Michael J. Willett, Sasha Pieterse, Paul Iacono, Andrea Bowen, Xosha Roquemore.
Synopsis: THERE ARE THREE CLIQUES WHO RULE THE SCHOOL. THE SAINTS A.K.A. MORMONS, THE H.S. BITCHES, AND THE DRAMA GEEKS. THE NEW "MUST HAVE ACCESSORY" IS A GAY BEST FRIEND. BRENT, PLAYED BY PAUL IACONO, WANTS THIS SPOTLIGHT TO BE EVERY CLIQUES' "G.B.F." IT WILL ALSO HELP HIM IN COMING OUT TO EVERYONE. BUT, IN AN ATTEMPT TO HOOK UP HIS BEST FRIEND TANNER, PLAYED BY MICHAEL J. WILLETT TO HOT GAYMEN THROUGH A MOBILE APP, HE ACCIDENTALLY EXPOSES HIM TO THE WHOLE SCHOOL AS A HOMOSEXUAL INSTEAD OF HIM. NOW, TANNER IS IN EVERYONE'S HINDSIGHT AS THEIR NEW POSSIBLE G.B.F.
Apr 10, 2014
Apr 10, 2014
5 min
(Marc Anthony Samuel & Brian McArdle)
Hot Guys + Guns... = "HOT GUYS WITH GUNS" !
Simple enough, right?
"HOT GUYS WITH GUNS" 2013 U.S. Film
Written/Directed by: Doug Spearman
Starring: Marc Anthony Samuel & Brian McArdle
Synopsis: TWO MEN FIND THEMSELVES MIXED INTO THIS ROBBERY/MURDER MYSTERY CASE OF THIEVES DRUGGING AND ROBBING VICTIMS IN, SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH, SEX PARTIES. NO, IT'S NOT A PORNO.
MY RATING: "Meehhh" w/ a 3.4/5
Apr 7, 2014
Apr 7, 2014
3 min
Yes, NEW RATING SYSTEM!
We have our original 1-5 (1 - batshit, 5 - amazeballs) but
in a nicer, more sophisticated (kinda) format.
Listen & enjoy!
Apr 2, 2014
Apr 2, 2014
6 min
Are you a fan of the UK & World renowned band Goldfrapp?
Did you listen to their "Tales of Us" Album?
Did you know they released a 30-minute FILM
based on characters from the album?
If you didn't...
well, you do now!
"TALES OF US" 2013 U.K. Film
Written/Directed by: Lisa Gunning
Starring: Alison Goldfrapp &... (Listen for Full list)
Synopsis: LIKE THEIR STUDIO ALBUM "TALES OF US", THIS 30-MINS FILM FOLLOWS THE CHARACTERS IN THIS VERY HAUNTING BUT AESTHETICALLY BEAUTIFUL MOTION PICTURE.
Watch Trailer !
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Mar 4, 2014
Mar 4, 2014
6 min
(Lily Hall)
The perfect student in the not so perfect situation gets into much trouble.
"SUBMERGE" 2013 Australian Film
Directed by: Sophie O'Connor
Starring: Lily Hall, Christina Hallet, Kevin Dee
Synopsis: JORDAN IS THE PERFECT UNDERGRAD STUDENT WHO FINDS HERSELF JUGGLING COMPETITIVE SWIMMING, HER GRADES, AND NOW A NEW LOVE INTEREST FOUND IN HER T.A., ALSO TUTOR. BUT, JORDAN SOON FINDS HER JUGGLING TO WORK AGAINST HER AS SHE FALLS INTO A VERY STEEP, DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF JUST... BAD.