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Tipping
The Velvet
Oyster girl Nan Astley (Rachel Stirling)
embarks on a series of astounding adventures
when she falls for suave music hall masher,
Kitty Butler (Keely Haws). Set in Victorian
England, Tipping The Velvet follows Nan from
yearning to heartbreak, desperation to debauchery,
destitution to romance. Nan’s humorous
narration punctuates erotic scenes and intriguing
snapshots of Victorian underground queer life
in back bars and upper class salons. Watch
out for cameo appearances by Monsieur Dildo
amongst the Sapphists and their Toms! This
stylish and saucy BBC 2 production brings
Sarah Water’s acclaimed lesbian coming
of age novel to life with soap-operatic slickness
and some fancy Lurhmanesque camerawork. Entertaining.
Provocative.
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| Therese &
Isabella
In the French countryside, an elegant
woman pays a nostalgic visit to her adolescent
girls school, where she passionately remembers
her first fiery and forbidden romance...
the story of Therese and Isabelle. The tenderness
of these two lonely girls' erotic awakenings
sensously blossoms amidst the hothouse atmosphere
of their repressive environment. Having
both experienced the clumsy and cruel lovemaking
attempts of their local lothario, Therese
and Isabelle grow closer and closer to each
other - until that fateful moment when they
become lovers. Based on a novel by Violette
Leduc. |
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Totally
F***ed Up
This film is about a group of gay and lesbian
teens in L.A., living their own disconnected
lives. Michele and Patricia are a stable
lesbian couple. Steven and Deric are together,
but not soon after Steven tells Deric that
he cheated on him with another guy. And
Andy is the tragic case of them all. This
is the first of Araki's teen angst film
trilogy.
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| Treading Water
It's hard to tell which is more
awful for Casey's mom, the fact that Casey
(Angie Redman)is a lesbian or that she's
a dock worker. Either way, Casey is in exile
from her well-to-do Catholic family, living
just across the bay (but worlds apart) from
their pristine waterfront home, in a tiny
houseboat that she shares with her girlfriend
Alex (Nina Landey). But when Christmas rolls
around, familial duty calls, and even the
black sheep must make an appearance. |
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The
Truth About Jane
Based on a true story. Jane's mom
(Stockard Channing) assumes her popular
daughter is just like every other fifteen-year
old girl. Then Jane meets Taylor and falls
madly in love with her. Suddenly, everyone
is trying to figure out how to cope with
the realization that Jane is a lesbian.
Her classmates are having trouble treating
her like a human being, and her mom refuses
to have anything to do with Jane's "experiment."
The trouble is, this is not just a phase.
Jane knows she is gay. If her mom can't
or won't accept that fact, their relationship
could be broken forever. |
