Episode 104: Interview with WHAT A FEELING filmmaker Kat Rohrer for SQFF! Join Sarah and Alicia as they talk with filmmaker Kat Rohrer as they discuss Kat's film, which was chosen as a feature for the Seattle Queer Film Festival-- WHAT A FEELING! WHAT A FEELING follows two middle-aged women, Marie Theres (Caroline Peters) and Fa (Proschat Madani), who meet in a lesbian bar one fated evening after Marie Theres' husband breaks up with her. The film tackles issues such as immigration,...

Episode 103: Gal Pals Watch - Interview with HEARTSTOPPER's Alice Oseman & Patrick Walters Happy Halloween listeners! Here is an extra-special minisode TREAT (no tricks here) for you! We had the absolute pleasure of chatting with author, writer, and executive producer Alice Oseman, and her co-executive producer Patrick Walters, about their Netflix adapation of Oseman's HEARTSTOPPER graphic novel series! We talk about LGBTQIA2S+ representation in the media, the beauty and challenges of...

Episode 102: Wynonna Earp: Vengeance Hello and welcome to spooky season on Gal Pals Watch! Sarah is a real wimp with scary movies but luckily for them their favorite show Wynonna Earp, which kind of counts as spooky, just released a new movie/special on Tubi. Join Alicia and Sarah as they visit and revisit, respectively, the creepy, cozy, strange, wonderful world of Purgatory :) Further reading: AV Club review by Lisa Weidenfeld Autostraddle's Valerie Anne and Nic recap

Episode 101: Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution Greetings, gays and theys! Today Alicia and Sarah talk about the very wonderful Netflix documentary about a Netflix special, Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution! This movie covers the making of the 2022 standup comedy special Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration, but it also goes deep into the queer comedy archives and interviews tons of comics and culture writers about the evolution and ups and downs of queer comedy in America since the 1920s. It is...

Episode 100!!!! Alicia and special guest Erin (Alicia's better half) discuss a piece of wlw media near and dear to our hearts, Black Mirror's San Junipero! Tune in to listen to a discussion about this fantastic love story, our views on the afterlife, and how good at flirting Erin is.

Episode 99: It's Only Life After All Hiya gays! Happy Pride! Today Alicia and Sarah talk about the very great 2023 documentary film It's Only Life After All, about none other than musical icons The Indigo Girls. This doc is so full of interesting things! It's the first 2+ hour movie Sarah has enjoyed in years. Enjoy! Further reading: It's Only Life After All Wikipedia page NYT Review by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Episode 98: The Carmilla Movie Hi vampire gays! Today Alicia and Sarah are talking about the 2017 film The Carmilla Movie -- yes, the very one based off of the 2014-16 web series that is very much of its time! It's very queer, and kind of confusing, but who isn't, ya know? Enjoy! Further Reading: The Carmilla Movie Wikipedia page

Episode 97: Love Lies Bleeding Hi guess what! Today Alicia and Sarah are talking about Love Lies Bleeding! Sarah is very excited about it! There is a lot to say! Love you bye! Further Reading: Love Lies Bleeding Wikipedia Autostraddle Article NYT Article

Episode 96: Blue Jean Hi queeros! This month Alicia and Sarah are discussing the 2022 British film Blue Jean, which is, in fact, quite blue. Join us as we talk closeted anxiety, how unhinged it is to legislate against queer and trans people, extra bad stereotypes, and also how aesthetic this movie is.  Further Reading: Blue Jean Wikipedia page Chicago Reader Review Los Angeles Times Review Autostraddle Review

Episode 95: Breaking the Ice Hello lovely listeners! This month we are back with another International Film: 2022's Austrian sports romance/family drama Breaking the Ice. This one is hard to find and the subtitles leave a little to be desired, but it is a banger, and not just literally! Tune in to listen to Alicia and Sarah talk about how they liked watching hockey in this, and about toxic team dynamics, and also about Macklemore (iykyk). Enjoy! Further Reading: The Playlist review by...

Episode 94: Love, Classified and interview with writer, Lynn Sternberger! Hello lovelies! This month Alicia and Sarah had the supreme honor of talking to Lynn Sternberger, a very fun and cool Hollywood Writer who wrote today's film! Love, Classified is a lezzy Hallmark movie that is definitely the best thing Hallmark has ever made (biased opinion). We talk to Lynn about the process of writing the movie, what inspired it, her work in TV writer's rooms, her fated relationship with Melora...

Episode 93: Bottoms Happy new year, queeros! If you want some bonkers gay shit to shore you up for what is surely going to be a bonkers shit year, may we suggest the 2023 film Bottoms? You've probably at least heard of this one, so join Alicia and Sarah as they discuss this silly little weird gay fight club movie that stars faves Rachel Sonnet and Ayo Edebiri, and new fave Marshawn Lynch, the football player. Enjoy! Further reading: Bottoms Wikipedia page New Yorker review Autostraddle...

Episode 92: Christmas at the RanchHappy holigays! This year the annual holiday movie adventure has led Alicia and Sarah to another movie from Tello's deep holiday romcom catalogue, Christmas at the Ranch. You probably know everything you need to know about the plot of this movie from the genre and title alone. We had some issues with this one, but like the movie itself, there's nothing too drastic or compelling. Enjoy your holiday fluff! Further Reading: Autostraddle review by Heather...

Episode 91: Shiva Baby Hello lovely queers! Today Alicia and Sarah are talking about the wonderfully claustrophobic 2020 film Shiva Baby. The movie takes place in a tight 72 minutes over the course of one afternoon, mostly at, you guessed it, a shiva. It revolves around Hot Mess Hot Bi Girl Danielle, who gets wrapped up in a TON of drama involving her sugar daddy, her ex-girlfriend, her parents, and a screaming baby. This movie is great and we also just found out they are making it into an...

Episode 90:Hello you beautiful gays! Join Sarah and Alicia for a very special live episode at the Seattle Queer Film Festival! We are discussing HEALED--a psychological thriller written by and starring Shantell Yasmine Abeydeera (Dating in Place), and co-starring Emily Goss (Dating in Place, Season of Love [which we covered in Episode 52]), and the SQFF 2023 Queer Luminary Award winner, Guinevere Turner (Watermelon Woman [Episode 33], Go Fish [Episode 46])! We also got to ask writer Shantell,...

Episode 89: Nina's Heavenly Delights   Hello lovely queers! Welcome to this month's podcast, wherein Alicia introduces Sarah to one of her favorite Lesbian Films, Nina's Heavenly Delights. This 2006 romcom was done dirty by critics and even its own producers but it's kind of a joy to watch, for the most part. It's real cheesy in the best way, with family drama, a cooking competition that needs winning, a quintessential early aughts GBF, and a good amount of kissing! Enjoy!   Further...

Episode 88: Everything Everywhere All at Once Hi lovelies! Welcome to this month's episode, where Alicia and Sarah discuss the 2022 banger Everything Everywhere All at Once! This movie is hard to describe but you already know about it so it's fine. Join us as we talk about hot dog fingers, rocks with googly eyes, gender constructs, the everything bagel of depression, and the infinite limitations and possibilities of mothers and daughters. Enjoy!  Further reading: EEAAO Wikipedia...

Episode 87: Passing Hey lovely queers! Today Alicia and Sarah are back together talking about 2021's Passing, the adaptation of Nella Larson's 1929 novel of the same name. There's so much going on in this movie, none of which is explicitly gay per se, but all of which is very immersive and will make you think about the ways in which white supremacy and the racist and colonial American project harms us all! While not exactly upbeat, it's also not tragedy porn, but a nuanced portrayal of...

Episode 86: Lust Life Love and interview with Stephanie Sellars! Hello gaybies! In this episode, we jump into the NYC polyamorous scene with the film Lust Life Love. Alicia interviews the co-director, writer, producer, and lead in the film, Stephanie Sellars on her inspiration for the story, the queerness of polyamory, and her own media-inspired gay awakenings.Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5tck8lmDpc Lust Life Love is available on several streaming services, including Amazon...

Episode 85: Foxfire Hey queer cuties! This week Alicia and Sarah are digging into one of the greatest queer movies of all time that is not (but kinda is) explicitly queer: 1996's Foxfire. This movie launched Angelina Jolie's (tragically not gay enough) career! And also has so many great people in it including the Jennys: Jenny Lewis and Jenny Shimizu! The latter of which we all remember as being one of Angelina Jolie's queer flames, because they met on this movie! And that's just one of the...

Episode 84: Anne+ - The Film This month, we're headed to Amsterdam! In this sequel to a popular Dutch webseries of the same name, we follow Anne, a 20-something Dutch writer queer just trying to ~figure out her life~ as she cycles and walks the streets of a v picturesque city. We quite enjoyed this one and hope you do too!   Further reading: Autostraddle review by Heather Hogan Anne+ website But Why Tho review by Jason Flatt Valerie Bisscheroux website

Episode 83: D.E.B.S Hiya gays! This month we are digging into the cult classic 2004 cinematic masterpiece (arguable), D.E.B.S! This was a formative film for Alicia, and Sarah had never seen it before, but boy is it of its time. Tune in to hear Alica and Sarah relive the disturbing moment that was the aughts and its glorification of uber-thin bodies; discuss the unknown line between camp and the male gaze; laugh about being a gay slut; and reveal the connection between this movie and Kid Rock...

Episode 82: Skate Kitchen   Hi sweet queeros! This month Alicia and Sarah are talking about a movie near and dear to Sarah's heart (and now Alicia's too): 2018's vibe-fest Skate Kitchen. This film is based on a real life girls skate crew in New York City and the way they ~vibe~ with each other and their sport. Also some stuff happens with like, coming of age and parental relationships and friendships and almost-romance-but-not-really. It's really good! And it has a spinoff show on HBO called...

Episode 81: Mars One Hi queeros! Welcome back to the pod! This month we are discussing the 2022 Brazilian film Mars One, which can be streamed on Netflix. It follows a Black family in the early days after Bolsonaro's election, which is the background noise to their daily lives. The parents work in the service industry, the tween brother is a soccer prodigy but is actually interested in joining the now-defunct Mars One mission to colonize Mars, and the daughter is in law school and also hecka...