Twinless ๐, dir. James Sweeney, 2025, USA, 100 min.
Saturday, June 28, 2025, 8:30 pm, Herbst Theatre
๐ณ️๐ Queer Premiere
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Twinless |
Reviews of Movies I've seen, especially in the Frameline lesbian / gay / bisexual / transgender film festival
Twitter: @FilmQueenReview / #LGBTQFilm
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All reviews are just my personal opinion!
If You Are Afraid You Put Your Heart Into Your Mouth and Smile (Wenn du Angst hast nimmst du dein Herz in den Mund und lรคchelst) ๐, dir. Marie Luise Lehner, 2025, Austria, 87 min., in German, German Sign Language, and English, with full open captions in English
Friday, June 27, 2025, 3:30 pm, Roxie Theater
๐ North American premiere
๐ Winner: 2025 Berlinale, Teddy Award (jury) and CICAE Art Cinema Award (Forum section) — among other honors
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If You Are Afraid… Wenn du Angst hast… |
Night Stage (Ato Noturno) ❓, dir. Filipe Matzembacher & Marcio Reolon, 2025, Brazil, 119 min., in Portuguese with subtitles
Saturday, June 28, 2025, 5:45 pm, Herbst Theatre
๐ North American premiere
⚠️ content advisory: graphic violence
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Night Stage (Ato Noturno) |
Long story short: I thought the last film by this duo (which actually won the Teddy at the Berlinale; this one was only nominated) was awful, so I decided not to spend my precious Pride Weekend time on this one. Here’s my review of Hard Paint (Tinta Bruta) from 2018.
Only Good Things (Apenas Coisas Boas) ๐ฉ,
dir. Daniel Nolasco, 2025, Brazil, 104 min., in Portuguese with English subtitles
Friday, July 27, 2025, 8:15 pm, Roxie Theater
๐บ๐ธ U.S. premiere
⚠️๐ content advisory: violence, brief explicit sex
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Only Good Things (Apenas Coisas Boas) |
TL;dr: Don’t waste your time. Note: the rest of this review may contain spoilers.
Some Nights I Feel Like Walking ๐, dir. Petersen Vargas, 2024,
Philippines/Singapore/Italy, 103 min., in Tagalog with English subtitles
Thursday, June 26, 2025, 8:30 pm, Roxie Theater
available in the Digital Screening Room, June 23 to 30, 2025
⚠️ content advisory: graphic drug misuse, disturbing themes
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Some Nights I Feel Like Walking |
Lucky, Apartment (๋ญํค, ์ํํธ) (also known as Leogki, apateu) ๐,
dir. Kangyu Garam (๊ฐ์ ๊ฐ๋), 2024, South Korea, 96 min., in Korean with subtitles
Thursday, June 26, 2025, 1:00 pm, Roxie Theater
๐บ๐ธ U.S. premiere
⚠️ content advisory: homophobic language
๐ honorable mention: 2025 Frameline Best First Narrative Feature jury award
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Lucky, Apartment (๋ญํค, ์ํํธ) |
Diciannove ๐, dir. Giovanni Tortorici, 2024, Italy/UK, 108 min., in Italian with English subtitles, some parts in English without subtitles
Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 7:45 pm, Roxie Theater
⚠️ content advisory: flashing lights, drug/alcohol abuse, talk of self-harm
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Diciannove |
Drive Back Home ๐, dir. Michael Clowater, 2024, Canada, 100 min.
Thursday, June 26, 2025, 5:30 pm, Herbst Theatre
⚠️ content advisory: homophobic violence
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Drive Back Home |
#300Letters (#300cartas) ๐, dir. Lucas Santa Ana, 2025,
Argentina/UK/Germany, 91 min., in Spanish with English subtitles
Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 8:30 pm, Vogue Theatre
⚠️ content advisory: simulated sexual activity
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#300Letters (#300cartas) |
Perro Perro ๐ dir. Marco Berger, 2025, Argentina,
101 min., in Spanish with English subtitles
Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 5:45 pm, Vogue Theatre
๐ World premiere
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Perro perro |
Sandbag Dam (Zeฤji nasip) ๐,
dir. ฤejen ฤerniฤ ฤanak, 2025, Croatia/Lithuania/Slovenia,
88 min., in Croatian with subtitles
Saturday, June 21, 2025, 3:30 pm, Vogue Theatre
⚠️ content advisory: homophobic language
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Sandbag Dam (Zeฤji nasip) |
Skinny Love (Einskonar รกst) ๐, dir. Sigurรฐur Anton, 2024, Iceland, 92 min., in Icelandic with English subtitles, but large portions in English without subtitles
Monday, June 23, 2025, 6:00 pm, Vogue Theatre
๐ North American premiere
also available in the Digital Screening Room, June 23 to 30, 2025
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Skinny Love |
A Night Like This ๐ (also known as On a Winter Night),
dir. Liam Calvert, 2025, UK, 97 min.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 8:00 pm, Vogue Theatre
⚠️ content advisory: discussions and depictions of self-harm, homophobic language
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A Night Like This |
To Live, to Die, to Live Again (Vivre, mourir, renaรฎtre) ๐,
dir. Gaรซl Morel, 2024, France, 104 min., in French with subtitles
Sunday, June 22, 2025, 3:30 pm, Vogue Theatre
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To Live, to Die, to Live Again (Vivre, mourir, renaรฎtre) photo ©2024 ARPSelection |
We are Faheem and Karun,
๐ dir. Onir, written by Fawzia Mirza & Onir, 2024, India, 75 min.,
in Kashmiri, Hindi, Urdu, English, and Malayalam, with full open captions for the hearing impaired
Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 6:00 pm, Vogue Theatre
๐ North American premiere
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We are Faheem and Karun |
Thesis on a Domestication (Tesis sobre una domesticaciรณn)
๐ฉ๐๐ฅฑ๐,
dir. Javier van de Couter, 2024, Argentina/Mexico, 113 min.,
in Spanish with English subtitles
Saturday, June 21, 2025, 8:30 pm, Roxie Theater
⚠️ content advisory: transphobia, explicit sex
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Thesis on a Domestication (Tesis sobre una domesticaciรณn) |
Outerlands ๐, dir. Elena Oxman, 2025, USA, 100 min.
Sunday, June 22, 2025, 6:00 pm, New Parkway, Oakland
Friday, June 27, 2025, 12:45 pm, Vogue Theatre
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Outerlands |