Janice (Stockard Channing) is a typical mom -- a little too protective, but loving, nonetheless. Jane (Ellen Muth) is a typical 15-year-old -- a little confused about growing up, but a great kid at heart. They get along well, but when Jane falls in love with Taylor, the new girl at school, Janice has trouble accepting that Jane's gay ... and their relationship could be broken forever.
A Caméra d'Or contender at Cannes, this coming-of-age drama from first-time feature film director Céline Sciamma tracks the sexual awakenings of three female friends over the course of a single summer. Finding privacy in the solitude of the swimming pool locker room, blossoming teens Marie (Pauline Acquart), Anne (Louise Blachere) and Floriane (Adele Haenel) come to learn the true meaning of arousal and the power of sexual attraction.
Two childhood friends reunite but realize they have become very different people. During an emotional weekend, successful executive Lucy (Tamsin Gatewood) and stay-at-home mom Juliet (Mel Lockman) must address an incident from their past as they rekindle their friendship. Soon, long-buried issues have been dragged out of the closet and the two reflect on the choices they have made in this Australian drama directed by Kylie Eddy.
Annoyed with her mother and bored by her boyfriend, 16-year-old Sonja (Sabrina Kruschwitz) finds her only comfort in the form of her carefree best friend, Julia (Julia Kaufmann). But as the summer progresses, Sonja realizes her feelings go far beyond simple friendship. Finnish actress Kirsi Liimatainen wrote and directed this sincere German drama, a beloved fixture on the gay- and lesbian-themed film festival circuit.
Clara and Zo are excited to be off to summer camp for a week of adventure. Zo quickly hooks up with Sebastien and then is devastated to find he's dating her just to impress his friends. Flighty Zo then turns to Clara, telling her she loves her, but Clara rejects her advances. However, when Sonia, a beautiful bisexual, befriends Clara, the angst-ridden teen falls hard in this sensuous tale of teenage self-discovery. Patrick Grandperret directs.
A darling on the film festival circuit, Journey to Kafiristan not only charts a physical journey from Switzerland to Afghanistan, it also explores the voyage of sexual self-discovery that writer Annemarie Schwartzenbach (Jeanette Hain) and researcher Ella Maillart (Nina Petri) embark on at a time when, as the saying goes, love like theirs dared not speak its name.
Tired of being labeled a sellout by her friends, and hearing complaints about the quality of her work, lesbian porn film director Naomi tries her hand at a female dating show, unaware she's opened the door to pure chaos. Naomi's first mistake is to hire two of her friends as contestants, and her second mistake is assuming that her involvement with the contestants is over once the cameras stop rolling. Saori Kitagawa and Saki star.
Director Jean Rollin proves he's the master of the lesbian vampire movie genre with this cinematic version of his novel of the same name. Louise and Henrietta are two orphans who can't see; unbeknownst to everyone else, though, their sight does return but only at night, when they roam the streets on the lookout for someone on which to feast.
As the struggle for gay rights continues to make new strides, internal debate threatens to undermine the cause. This documentary explores these divides within America's gay community and how they affect the way the movement is viewed by society. Interviews with prominent gay icons such as Kate Clinton, Harry Hay, Sarah Pettit, Michelangelo Signorile and Joan Nestle illustrate the diversity that exists within gay culture all across the country.
At a suburban Texas high school, Dinah (Connie Nelson), a geometry teacher who coaches the girls' basketball team, and Carly (Dee Hennigan), a principal's assistant who is also the wife of an algebra teacher, lip lock during basketball practice and soon find themselves in the midst of a passionate affair. But when word gets out, the ensuing scandal rocks the foundations of their pious community.
A sensual masterwork based on real events, this rich evocation of wild expatriate nights in 1930s Paris begins when writer Anais Nin (Maria de Medeiros) embarks on a professional relationship with famed American author Henry Miller (Fred Ward). Their studious union deepens into something else, but when Nin falls under the spell of the alluring Mrs. Miller (Uma Thurman), fiction, fact and fantasy blur.
The chance meeting of delusional drifter Eunice (Amanda Plummer) and timorous gas station employee Miriam (Saskia Reeves) leads to a deranged, whirlwind romance as well as a crazed murder spree across England. While Miriam tries to protect and transform Eunice into a good person, she's compelled to help cover up the brutal killings. Michael Winterbottom directs his artfully executed drama. Des McAleer and Kathy Jamieson co-star.
