Autostraddle

Rendy Jones Autostraddle Oct 15, 2026 A celebration of a chosen family, the people who spark joy and are willing to support your full complex, liberated self, even in an unjust country that keeps folks in the margins. Go to Full Review Dreams in Nightmares (2024) 100% - -

Lauren Herold Autostraddle Sep 8, 2026 A moving portrayal of a porn star, television host, entrepreneur, feminist media activist, and unsung bisexual hero, Bang My Box shows us how Robin Byrd changed the world, one television episode at a time. Go to Full Review Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story (2026) 100% - -

Nic Anstett Autostraddle Aug 31, 2026 Like the many stab-happy movies it imitates, watching Camp Miasma is as much a physical experience as it is an intellectual one. Go to Full Review Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) 94% - -

Nic Anstett Autostraddle Aug 26, 2026 It’s been a long time since dinosaur films have felt this frightening or tense. Go to Full Review The End of Oak Street (2026) 86% - -

Valerie Anne Autostraddle Jul 24, 2026 I loved it, I did, but I wanted more. Go to Full Review Heartstopper Forever (2026) 93% - -

Lisa Laman Autostraddle Jul 2, 2026 "The deeply human approach to Joanne...makes Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean such a welcome surprise among trans representation in 20th-century cinema." Go to Full Review Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) 89% 81%

Sa'iyda Shabazz Autostraddle Jun 23, 2026 I absolutely loved the nostalgic feel of the movie. Go to Full Review Girls Like Girls (2026) 88% - -

Rendy Jones Autostraddle May 22, 2026 A sports drama rich in mood and meaning, but one that takes its time getting somewhere you already see coming. Go to Full Review Agon (2025) - - - -

Juan Barquin Autostraddle May 11, 2026 Maybe the fact that we’ve been given a movie about thoroughly messy women is enough, even if the package is itself a little messy. Go to Full Review Forbidden Fruits (2026) 76% - -

Rendy Jones Autostraddle Mar 26, 2026 Despite the film’s lack of originality, there’s at least a fresh leading sapphic romance and some solid kills. Go to Full Review Whistle (2025) 64% - -

Rendy Jones Autostraddle Mar 24, 2026 Adam’s Apple becomes, at its core, a story about the work of accepting your child’s identity and the ways that effort can eventually flourish. Go to Full Review Adam's Apple (2026) - - - -

Rendy Jones Autostraddle Mar 24, 2026 Its genre-bending fluidity and DIY style, as well as its focus on raw, complex queer friendships, all under a naturalistic lens, are what I hope will serve as the beginning of a long-term trend of more "mumblequeer cinema" to come. Go to Full Review Sinner Supper Club (2026) - - - -

Rendy Jones Autostraddle Mar 11, 2026 While Sykes gives a strong performance, Undercard‘s ring is overstuffed with subplot, aimless in its punches. Go to Full Review Undercard (2025) 50% - -

Sa'iyda Shabazz Autostraddle Dec 29, 2025 The Christmas Writer falls into the trap that more is more. Go to Full Review The Christmas Writer (2025) - - - -

Sa'iyda Shabazz Autostraddle Dec 23, 2025 I’ll admit, I was totally tearing up by the end of the movie. It was just very sweet, and the perfect taste of the holiday spirit I’ve been missing this year. Go to Full Review The Christmas Baby (2025) - - - -

Rendy Jones Autostraddle Dec 22, 2025 A biting social commentary slasher franchise more perceptive in its critique of digital social media culture than anything else within the horror landscape right now Go to Full Review Influencers (2025) 96% - -

Payton McCarty-Simas Autostraddle Dec 17, 2025 There are no purely happy endings here — the story hinges on mass queer tragedy, after all — but this melding of trans self-fabulation makes for a surprisingly optimistic watch. Go to Full Review The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (2025) 95% - -

Drew Gregory Autostraddle Sep 11, 2025 There’s a lightness to Zlotowski's work, even when dealing with suicide and murder, its depth and devastation hidden in only a couple lines of dialogue or a single frame. Go to Full Review A Private Life (2025) 82% - -

Drew Gregory Autostraddle Sep 9, 2025 The film has all the discordance of a theatrical revival that stretches the edges of its famous text. DaCosta wisely leans into these imperfections. Go to Full Review Hedda (2025) 90% - -

Drew Gregory Autostraddle Sep 8, 2025 The basic choice in lead actress is expected. The basic filmmaking is less forgivable. Go to Full Review Christy (2025) 66% - -