I’m very much not the audience for Afternoon Breezes. It’s slow and subtle yet also deals with a problematic lesbian stereotype. 5.4/10
Tag: <span>1980s</span>
Virgin Machine is a fascinating artistic snapshot of feminist and filmmaking in West Germany; a country that would cease to exist less than two years after Virgin Machine’s release. 6.4/10
It was pretty disappointing watching a movie subtitled Lesbian Love and it being as overall straight as T-Bird at Ako is. 2.2/10
Writing this review in 2023 means I’ve not only seen lots of films like this but that the real-life attitude towards same-sex parenting has evolved much past what By Design portrays. 5.7/10
The Corruption remains a beautiful looking movie, but one with an identity crisis about whether it’s erotica or more serious art. 5.5/10
Being an above average Jess Franco film still means this is still a bad film by any other metric. 3.1/10
Lianna is a progressive, sensitive and spectacular character study. 8.9/10
For decades, Beyond the Walls would have been the best lesbian nun movie about a woman who fakes a stigmata. But Benedetta blows it out of the water. 5.6/10
There’s really no reason to watch this version of Manji when two much better ones did it first. 5.0/10
She Must Be Seeing Things surprised me with its well-crafted story featuring realistic and interesting characters and hints of darkness lying just beneath the surface. 7.5/10