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When a carefree lesbian, Reena (Nisha
Ganatra), offers to be a surrogate mother
for her sister, Sarita (Sakina Jaffrey),
the cultural traditions and moral values
of their New York City-based Indian-American
family are challenged. Each member of
the family has a different feeling about
the idea. To top it off, Reena's girlfriend
is highly skeptical of the plan. With
a light and comedic approach to asking
serious questions about difficult issues,
director Nisha Ganatra gets viewers thinking
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Elin and Agnes are a pair of teenage girls
trapped in the small town of Amal, an
isolated place where nothing ever happens.
Elin is teased for being an outsider,
but she doesn't realize that Agnes has
a crush on her. After an accidental kiss,
the two girls must learn about themselves
and their identities. This movie is a
superb portrayal of not just lesbian teenagers
and what they must cope with, but of teenage
angst and restlessness in general. Beautifully
acted and superb writing, this movie is
one of our favorites. Side note: this
movie became the highest-grossing movie
of all time in Sweden (released in Sweden
titled "Fucking Amal").
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Sita and Radha are young Indian women
whose husbands choose celibacy or mistresses
over their wives. The two women become
friends and grow closer together, forming
a forbidden but liberating sexual relationship.
This film offers an enlightening look
in to the Indian culture and the roles
that women play in it. More of a feminist
film than a love story between two women,
Fire is definitely worth a look. Side
note: due to its subject matter, this
movie led to rioting and rare censorship
in many parts of India.
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THE GIRL, a film written by Monique Wittig
and directed by Sande Zeig, follows two
young Parisian girls (Agathe de la Boulaye
and Claire Keim), who are at once lovers
and adversaries. As their relationship
spins out of control, a mysterious film
noir theme develops.
Description
Jill (Susie Porter) is a twenty something
lesbian private investigator called up
by a pair of distraught parents to find
their missing daughter. The trail of the
missing girl, an amateur poet, leads Jill
into a strange world of sleazy literary
wannabes and straight into a steamy affair
with poetry professor Diana (Kelly McGillis).
The plot of this movie seems at times
incidental to the building relationship
between the characters, and does tend
to leave loose ends. Still, the movie
manages to pull itself together into a
cohesive story toward the end, and while
there are no real cliffhangers
to this story, it does manage to keep
the viewer somewhat interested. Far more
appealing is the movie's superb sex scenes
between Porter and McGillis; several no-holds-barred
scenes between the two will leave you
fanning yourself and wanting more.
Description
Based on the journals of noted Parisian
diarist Anais Nin, HENRY AND JUNE portrays
the love triangle that developed in the
1930s between Nin (Maria de Medeiros),
expatriate writer Henry Miller (Fred Ward),
and Miller's wife (Uma Thurman). Nin's
initial attraction to the brooding and
sexually virile author leads to a steady
infatuation with Miller's enigmatic and
hauntingly beautiful wife, June. The sensuous
mood and tone of the film is supported
by an ethereal soundtrack and hauntingly
beautiful cinematography. The plot centers
mainly around, as one would guess, sex,
and there's plenty of it, with Nin and
men as well as women. While the sex scenes
focus mainly on Nin and Miller, there
are several scenes between Nin and Miller's
wife, as well as other women sex scenes.
This visually beautiful movie, coupled
with Thurman and Medeiros' erotic interactions
on screen, make this film a worthwhile
investment.
Description
Steven Spielberg's gentle film is a masterful
adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer
Prize-winning novel about a southern black
girl's rise from tragedy to personal triumph
through the course of her lifetime. While
not a film about lesbian relationships,
we included this one as our top pick of
all-time. The film depicts with brutal
honesty life of the African American woman
in the early part of the century, and
manages, with terrific voice and clarity,
to convey its strong feminist message.
Absolutely stunning cinematography, brilliant
acting (Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey's
first films), outstanding screen adaptation
from the novel, and gorgeous, lush music
all combine to make this film, in our
opinion, one of the greatest masterpieces
of all time.
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The Wachowski brothers' (The Matrix, The
Matrix Reloaded) ultra-modern update of
classic film noir stars Jennifer Tilly
as Violet, the voluptuously alluring and
well-pampered mistress of mob man Ceasar
(Joe Pantoliano). Violet is the kind of
woman who can catch any man's eye, but
she's more interested in the tough, sexy,
new handywoman next door named Corky (Gina
Gershon). The two quickly become lovers,
and conspire to steal two million of the
Mafia's money. GREAT stroy, terrific cinematography,
and steamy, sensual sex scenes, this one's
a must have.
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If you're looking for a good story, don't
bother with this one. In fact, there pretty
much IS no story line to Siren; it is
more a long music video-type movie, reminiscent
of Madonna's Erotica visuals. The movie
moves from one sensual vignette to another,
with a few vague, film-school-esque scenes
thrown in for good measure. In addition,
there seems to be an awful lot of kissing
and fondling, but when it comes right
down to it, really no start-to-finish
sex scenes to speak of. In spite of all
of this, the movie DOES manage to give
a few relatively erotic (if repetitive)
images, and those scenes may be worth
the buy-it-used price.
Description
Set in a small New Zealand town in 1952,
this disturbing yet well-done film is
the true story of two girls from different
social backgrounds who become inseparable
friends. Caught up in the emotional bond
between each other, the two girls slip
more and more into their self-created,
well-fleshed-out fantasy life together.
When their parents' intervention finally
threatens to disrupt their relationship,
the girls decide to strike back--with
horrific consequences. this film does
a terrific job at handling the sensitivity
and nature of the homo-erotic relationship
between the two girls, and offers a rare
glimpse into the tragic consequences of
quashing homosexual relationships in young
women. Stunning cinematography, a very
well-written and well-acted (Kate Winslet's
first film) movie, this one is a must
for your movie library.
Description
American supermodel Gia Carangi lives
hard and dies young in the glamorous,
excessive urban wilds of 1970s New York
City. The film does a superb job of allowing
viewers to experience the life of Gia,
both the good and the ugly. The film explores
Gia's drug addiction with honesty, and
does an excellent job of portraying the
power of addiction. Angelina Jolie's performance
as Gia is brilliant, and captures the
restless, energetic, and lost-little-girl
qualities of this tragic figure. Coupled
with erotic and well-done sex scenes as
well as the depiction of the desperate,
struggling relationship between Gia and
her lover, make this movie a keeper for
your collection.
Description
This made-for-cable trilogy is a dramatic
exploration into the lives of three separate
lesbian couples in three different moments
in history. Beginning in 1961 with the
story of a woman (Vanessa Redgrave) left
facing prejudice and intolerance after
the death of her longtime companion, to
the tribulations of a 1970s college student
(Michelle Williams) who falls in love
with a girl (Chloe Sevigny) her feminist
friends refuse to accept, and concluding
in the year 2000 with the story of a lesbian
couple (Sharon Stone and Ellen Degeneres)
searching for the perfect sperm donor
to start a family. Side note: the film
was nominated for four Emmy Awards, including
Outstanding Made for Television Movie.
Description
A French housewife and mother upset about
her husband's recently discovered philandering
comes up with a unique solution when a
butch lesbian shows up at her door with
car trouble. At first just a convenient
form of revenge, the women's relationship
ultimately blossoms, creating a comical,
unconventional romantic triangle.
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Fed up with her fruitless search for
"Mr. Right," and tired of blind
dates from hell, attractive journalist
Jessica Stein whimsically responds to
a classified ad -- from Helen! Making
and breaking new rules of dating as they
go, the two women muddle through an earnest
but hilarious courtship that blurs the
lines between friendship and romantic
love.
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