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The Finale: Come See Me in the Good Light Hi lovely listeners! This month, Alicia and Sarah are talking about the truly incredible documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, which you've probably heard of. It follows poet Andrea Gibson and their wife Megan Falley during the last full year of Andrea's life as they navigate a terminal cancer diagnosis. It's such a beautiful film, and the...

Episode 113: Merry and Gay Hi listeners! Alicia and Sarah are back after a long hiatus during which Life took over! Just in time for the holidays, we are talking about the 2022 Tello film Merry and Gay, which is not the best! Tune in to hear our thoughts and opinions about this small town-big city Christmas spectacular/train wreck depending on how you look at it!

Episode 113: REWIND: The Truth About Jane Hey y'all! Sarah & Alicia are taking a break this month to enjoy the PNW summer. Please enjoy this REWIND episode of Episode 20: The Truth About Jane from 2018! Ever wonder what Fortune Feimster & Alicia have in common? This film was the first lesbian-centered film they saw, and, needless to say, they were shooketh by its existence. Thanks, Lif...

Episode 112: Sally Hi everyone! This month Alicia and Sarah watched the really amazing 2025 documentary, Sally, about Sally Ride, the first woman to go to space with NASA. She was awesome and complicated and smart and athletic and closed off and she put up with a lot of ridiculous shit. She rules and you should watch this! Further reading: Sally  Wikipedia page Sundance  interview with director Cr...

Episode 111: Am I OK? Happy pride month y'all! This month, Alicia and Sarah are talking about one of Tig's movies that she and a bunch of people are involved in, iykyk. It is called  Am I OK?  and it stars Dakota Johnson as an anxious lesbian coming out in her 30's. It is also about friendship and personal growth! This is a mixed bag but ultimately, we *are* ok. Further reading: Am I O...

Episode 110: In The Summers Summer is just around the corner, so Alicia and Sarah are talking about the 2024 movie  In The Summers  which is a very great movie about summers and also family and stuff! Enjoy! Further Reading: In The Summers   Wikipedia page

Episode 109: Signature Move Hello, we hope you're hanging in there! This week Alicia and Sarah are talking about Fawzia Mirza's really great 2017 film  Signature Move , which has lesbians (obvi), mother-daughter relationships, and lucha libre wrestling! It's a very fun time!  Further Reading: Signature Move  Wikipedia page

Episode 108: Puccini for Beginners Hello! How is everyone hanging in there? Well today Alicia and Sarah talk about the second installment of their Maria Meggenti double feature, the 2006 film  Puccini for Beginners . It's very 2006! So if you want to go back in time to when single white lesbians with one failed book under their belt had enough money to live alone in Manhattan and attend the op...

Episode 107: The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love Hello gays and theys! Today Alicia and Sarah are digging into a true 90s classic,  The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love , starring pre-L Word Laurel Holloman as a lanky kinda dirtbag-y lesbo in all the classic 90s teen lesbian garb named Randy. Randy is a high school student who lives in a house with three lesbians (one...

Episode 106: Sue Bird: In the Clutch Hi sports gays, and all the other queers! This month Sarah got to talk about sportsball, specifically women's basketball, and boy did they like doing that! This 2024 documentary about WNBA and Seattle Storm legend Sue Bird has it all - drama, triumph, heartbreak, humanity! Alicia confirms that if you are not a basketball girlie this is still a great movie. Hope...

Episode 105: Looking For Her Happy holigays! We hope you are surviving ok! If you would like a no-stakes cozy holiday romcom, might we suggest 2022's Looking For Her? A cute little predictable Hallmark-y movie that is streaming free on Tubi, it might be just right for holidays 2024. Listen as we break it down and talk about it! Stay safe and warm out there <3 Further reading: Looking for Her  o...

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...

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 nov...

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: A...

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 cultur...

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 Rev...

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 Autost...

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 tea...

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 writin...

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, th...

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...

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, a...