Bones’ Emily Deschanel Plays a Lesbian in ‘The Perfect Family’

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Anne Renton’s ‘The Perfect Family’, stars Kathleen Turner as Eileen Cleary, a devout Catholic woman and candidate for her church’s Catholic Woman of the Year. Bones’ Emily Deschanel plays her lesbian daughter Shannon who is in the midst of planning her wedding to her partner Angela (Angelique Cabral). Eileen’s main competition for the Catholic Woman of [...]

My Friend From Faro

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Mel meets Jenny when she nearly runs her over with her car. When Jenny mistakenly assumes Mel is a boy, Mel becomes Miguel. Mel attempts to disguise her gender as they are dating, but eventually she must tell Jenny the truth. German Language/English Subs

Circumstance

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A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager’s growing sexual rebellion and her brother’s dangerous obsession. Persian Language/English Subs

Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together

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    A musical romantic comedy about two women whose codependent friendship is full of erotic tension. When Jamie plans to leave for New York, the two friends must decide whether they will stay together or break apart.  

Gigola Review

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Adapted and directed by Laure Charpentier from one of her own novels banned when it was first released 40 years ago. Gigola captures the zeitgeist of the Parisian lesbian underworld of the 1960s. When the film begins, we see a young, innocent, Georgia (Lou Dillon) deeply smitten with her schoolmistress Sybil. Upon graduation, she convinces Sybil [...]

Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs

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The other woman starring with Glenn Close as a cross-dressing lesbian in “Albert Nobbs,” is British actress Janet McTeer. In the 1990 BBC miniseries “A Portrait of a Marriage,” McTeer starred as Vita Sackville-West, a bisexual writer who’s torrid affair with Violet Keppel the movie was based on. She then went on to star in “Daphne” where she [...]

Glenn Close and Janet McTeer Nominated for SAG Awards

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The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nominations for 2012 have been announced, Glenn Close and Janet McTeer have been nominated for their roles in Albert Nobbs. Both portray women passing as men in 19th century Ireland. Close plays Albert Nobbs, a woman who has been forced to transform herself into a male [...]

2011 Lesbian Film Trailers

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Here are a few lesbian film trailers from this past year…Enjoy! Gigola Based on the censored novel by Laure Charpentier. Gigola is set in the lesbian nightclubs of the Paris underground in the 1960s. Little has been published about the lesbian bars of this time in history. French Language/English Subs My Friend From Faro Mel [...]

Older Lesbian Films Worth a Second Look

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Just a few films that are a bit older but, still worth watching again… The Hunger Ahhh..the first movie I saw with lesbian content and the beginning of my eternal love of Catherine Deneuve. Take a step back to the 80′s for this adaptation of the lesbian vampire story starring the magnificent Catherine Deneuve as the vampiric [...]

New Lesbian Film trailers

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Trailers for new lesbian films … TOMBOY UK Trailer (French language/English subtitles) When 10 year old Laura and her family move to a new neighbourhood on the outskirts of Paris, she is mistaken for a boy. This mistake leads her on a fun-filled adventure  with a new identity as Michael for the summer. Eventually though, the summer [...]

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