Straight Actors Playing Queer Characters Is Exhausting
It’s 2021 and what few LGBTQ+ films that are produced by major film studios continue to star cisgender heterosexual actors, rather than actual LGBTQ+ people.

After many years without contact, Barbara, Ofelia, Camino, and Don Javier, the former parish priest of Matarrosa del Sil, meet again in León. There, they will look back and remember the years they spent in the Bierzo Valley.
It’s 2021 and what few LGBTQ+ films that are produced by major film studios continue to star cisgender heterosexual actors, rather than actual LGBTQ+ people.
This is not a story of oppression but a story of liberation.
“Eleanor The Great” is a feel-good story that explores how we cope with grief and loss while educating us about the horrors of the Holocaust.
A young girl named Hailey Mays sings a country song that is named after the film's title.
This thrilling film about feminine rage and male hostility is an incredible depiction of the fragility of the male ego.
Spirited inverts the tropes of the holiday musical genre to update an age-old tale for 2022. It's a paean to those who make grand spectacles possible.