Movie Review: “The Baby Formula”
March 1, 2010
There were a lot of good things about writer and director Alison Reid’s film, “The Baby Formula.” There were also a few confusing things and, unfortunately, one or two disturbing things. But, overall, it was definitely a successful entry into feature films for Reid, whose first short film won the Directors Guild of Canada’s Crystal [...]
Girl Seeks Girl (Chica Busca Chica)
December 5, 2009
Forget Los Angeles…the lesbians in Madrid, Spain are where it’s at. Where there was Shane, there is now Nines. The comic relief of Alice has been replaced by the adorable Ana. The Planet is now the happening hotspot, Chica Busca Chica. Spain’s answer to The L Word, the webseries Girl Seeks Girl (Chica Busca Chica), [...]
Fun In Girls’ Shorts 2
June 15, 2009
Available since April from Frameline, Fun in Girls’ Shorts 2 is an enjoyable and entertaining follow up to Fun in Girls’ Shorts that includes seven powerful and provocative short lesbian films. Each of these shorts have wowed crowds at past Frameline festivals and gone on to play to sell-out crowds at prestigious film festivals around [...]
Girl + Girl: Classic Lesbian Short Films
May 29, 2009
In Girl + Girl: Classic Lesbian Short Films you get 88 minutes of creative and entertaining lesbian short films that span from 1988 to 2003. The collection, curated by lesbian archivist Jenni Olson and produced in 2006, includes festival favorites like the short masterpiece, Rispondetemi (by Lost & Delirious director Lea Pool), the British lesbian [...]
Identity, Life, and Lesbianism Examined in “Drifting Flowers”
March 16, 2009
Drifting Flowers is a unique and beautiful film that tells the interconnected stories of three women living in three different eras. Director Zero Chou describes her movie as “a window to the simple yet amazing scenery of life,” and from the very first moments it’s clear she has created something truly special. The examination of [...]
Butch Jamie
December 12, 2008
Butch Jamie is a movie that doesn’t feature any big stars, doesn’t appear to have had a very large budget for shooting, and doesn’t make any groundbreaking statement about humanity or even gay and lesbian issues. It is, however, extremely well written, acted, and hysterically funny and engaging. The film stars Michelle Ehlen as an [...]
Four Minutes
October 23, 2008
When someone uses the word “original” to describe a movie, they are talking about movies like Four Minutes. Set in a German women’s prison, this powerful and award-winning film tells the story of the relationship between Jenny, a rebellious and temperamental musical prodigy in jail for murder, and Traude, her 80-year-old piano instructor. It is [...]
Shelter Me (Riparo)
October 10, 2008
There’s something really special about the experience of watching a movie with subtitles. You automatically transform from couch-dwelling TV-watcher to a connoisseur of the arts who has been whisked away to a foreign land. Subtitles also make you pay attention – the laptop has to be put away and the magazines put down…the focus is [...]
Itty Bitty Titty Committee
September 26, 2008
Itty Bitty Titty Committee (IBTC) is the kind of movie that every lesbian should own – not because it makes some groundbreaking statement about girl on girl love or homosexual empowerment – but because it’s cute and fun and the kind of film that you can watch over and over again and love it all [...]
