Movies That Made Us Gay

You know it's rude to read a persons diary, it's private! We watched Notes on a Scandal (2006) with our friend Paul from That Aged Well Podcast and sometimes we all feel like bitter old virgins.   New art teacher Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett) catches the attention of cynical "battle ax" Barbara Covett (Judy Dench). Sheba's affair with a fifteen-year-old student becomes a tool in Barbara's plot to ma...

Don't do anything I wouldn't do... or don't do anything I WOULD! We watched Mermaids (1990) and we're gonna get in our mermaid car and get the mermaid outta here! This movie is filled with a holy trinity of raven haired gay icons. Mrs. Flax (Cher) is the cha-cha mom of our dreams to daughters Charlotte (Winona Ryder) and Kate (Christina Ricci). Catholic envy (while Jewish), lost virginity to the d...

We needed hearts, not diamonds! We watched The Fan (1981) with the very funny Jeff Nelson and we could use a warm cup of High Point coffee!   Lauren Bacall plays a Broadway actress with an obsessive fan played by Michael Biehn who may, or may not be a closet-case (spoiler alert: he totally is).   A pre-Terminator (sexy as hell) Biehn spends the movie typing explicit letters to Sally Ross (Bacall)...

Barbara please! We watched Mommie Dearest (1981) with the very funny Jackson Cooper and we meet "the biggest Mother of them all!"  Faye Dunaway's performance as Joan Crawford is high camp, high drama and we can't look away! This movie cemented itself as a gay camp classic the minute Faye turns around and reveals Joans face in the first scene of the movie. Is Joan a villain or just misunderstood? W...

Nothing can scare the ever living hell out of you like an 80's kids movie. We watched Return to Oz (1985) with our friend Goldyn Gunville and we're scarred for life. Fairuza Balk is Dorothy in this Disney take on Oz and Auntie Em (Piper Laurie) is hauling her off to electro-shock therapy within the first 10 minutes of the movie. The rest of the film is a fever dream of screaming headless witches,...

We watched The Parent Trap (1961) with our friend Rufino Cabang and we're seeing double! We're not saying the original classic from the 60's is superior to the remake 90's remake but... ok yes we are. It's better. Haley Mills is delightful as twins separated by their selfish... I mean misguided recently divorced parents. How this cockamamie plan got past family court is a mystery but it makes for...

Your mother was a woman with no common sense! We watched Party Girl (1995) with Bright Light Bright Light and we want a career in library science! Parker Posey is iconic as our hero Mary. A killer wardrobe, a perfect party apartment and connections in mid-90's NYC nightlife - she is our spirit animal. OK, she needs to work on the casual racism, shoplifting and narcissism - but every hero needs an...

My name is Miss Piggy, and I would like to be a high-fashion model.  We watched The Great Muppet Caper (1981) with our friend Lex Apro and modeling is our destiny... we will accept nothing less. The amount of glamour in this movie is off the charts: The flawless Diana Rigg as fashion designer Lady Holiday; Miss Piggy as her put-upon receptionist with dreams of being a mo-dell;The uber-80's super-m...

It's the best high school movie of the 80's with the worst prom dress committed to film. We watched Pretty in Pink (1986) with our friend Amber Shaw and we wan't a candy machine in the boy's restroom!  John Hughes' masterpiece of the class struggle in American high schools is as timely today as it was in the consumerist 80's.  Molly Ringwald's "grandma-chic" Andy is relatable without being a MaryS...

We wish to Communi-CATE with the spirit.  We watched What Lies Beneath (2000) and something is happening in our house! It's not too often you get two powerhouse leads sharing the screen and Robert Zemeckis made it happen with two of our most charismatic movie stars.  It helps they're both easy on the eyes.  Michelle Pfeiffer is everything as housewife slowly unravelling before our very eyes and Ha...

It's the movie that changed the landscape for every sci-fi movie to come after... and launched a thousand parodies. We watched The Matrix (1999) with our friend Drew Stanley and we would definitely take the red pill. Perhaps it went over our heads at the time, but this Cyber Punk, Kung Fu, Industrial-Goth fairy tale is so jam packed with queer and trans theory it will make your teeny tiny little s...

It's like Silence of the Lambs for people who really love The Matrix . We watched The Cell (2000) with special guest Ashley Casseday (Keep It Weird Podcast) and we're still kinda creeped out. Jennifer Lopez plays the most glamorous social worker on earth who uses cutting edge technology and fashion to go into the minds of her subjects. If the dreamscapes look familiar its because director Tarsem S...

It's not too much is it?  We watched Marie Antoinette (2006) directed by Sofia Coppola and your shoes are SO Du Barry!  This modern take on the life of the last queen of France divided audiences at the time with its new wave soundtrack and American girl-next-door star but we are here to tell you - like Kirsten Dunst herself, this movie has aged beautifully.  We are Sofia Coppola Stans and we spend...

My husband worships the ground I walk on! We watched Ruthless People (1986) with our friend Ben Cheaves (TCM Underground presents: Slumberground) and we've been kidnapped by Kmart! In case you were wondering this podcast is slowly turning into a Better Midler catalog review and we're loving every minute of it. Directed by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker (Airplane, Top Secret) Midler plays spoiled, lou...

There's got to be a morning after!  We watched The Poseidon Adventure (1972) with the Legendary Miss Jackie Beat and in the water we're very skinny ladies.  The 70's were all about Disaster Movies and this one takes the cake. Filled with 70's fashions, over the top acting from some Hollywood legends and a hit song, this movie is a template producers follow to this day.  The Morning After walked so...

Honey, I'm home... oh that's right, I'm not married.  We watched Batman Returns (1992) with our resident bat-guest Dylan Hay-Chapman and suddenly we feel so much yummier.  Before Robin was around to spark a sexual awakening, there was Selena Kyle AKA Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) to awaken our inner villainess. Clearly the star of this movie - the vacuum sealed (literally) costume, the beat mug and...

It's Christmas in the Playhouse and we're gonna have a lot of fun! We watched Christmas at Pee-wee's Playhouse (1988) with our friend Jared Anderson and we've gotta call you back - we've got Dinah Shore on the other line!   This special episode of the Playhouse is filled with more queer and camp icons than John Waters' address book.   Cher, Charo, Grace Jones, k.d. lang, Little Richard and more ar...

Whats your damage Heather?!! We watched Heathers (1989) with our friend Goldyn Gunville and our teen-angst BS has a body count! We learned everything we needed to know about high school life from this movie.  Didn't everyone wear structured blazers to class, write in their diary in oversized flowery scrawl while wearing a monocle and play croquet over a plate of pâté? The heightened reality of thi...

We have achieved Leo Mania.  Officially!  We watched Titanic (1997) with our friend Jennifer Mrazek and we promise to never let go!  Do you remember where you were when you first saw Titanic? We do - all 15 times between us.  We reminisce about this James Cameron directed classic that united the world.  Sold out lines around the block, a theme song (and video) that still holds up - even an Oprah s...

Break out your "Schizos and Serial Killers" trading cards, we watched Addams Family Values (1993) with our friend Andy Ur and we're all Graceful, Delicate Ballerinas!   As Thanksgiving movies go, this is… really the only one we could think of.   This movie is full of more queer subtext than you can shake a stick at.   Joan Cusack as murderous "Black Widow" Debbie Jellinsky is nothing short of icon...

Do you guys have margaritas on your planet? We watched Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) with our friend Moranne Klassen and you guys are so lucky you crashed in the valley. It's the baddest place on earth!  Take a trip with us to SoCal's San Fernando Valley of the 1980's. It was a theme park filled with leggy nail technicians, night clubs inside observatories and dayglow aliens in retro 50's spaceships...

You're terrible Muriel. Or is it Mariel? We watched Muriel's Wedding (1994) with our friend Devin Lotfi (I Don't Want to Hear That Podcast) and our lives are just as good as an Abba song. Get ready to listen to some questionable Aussie accents as we recount this mid-90's gem that introduced the world to ICON Toni Collette.  Muriel (Collette) yearns to leave her oppressive family, evil friends and...

Looks like it's back to the perfume counter for me! We watched The Women (1939) with our friend Dennis Griffin and we're all getting our nails done - Jungle Red!   This screwball comedy from the golden age of Hollywood has everything we love - quotable female characters, a fabulous wardrobe and a super gay fashion show that stops the movie in its tracks.   The only thing its missing is MEN!   Famo...

To a new world of gods and monsters! We watched The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) with our good friend Mitchell Ralston and we forever Stan Elsa Lanchester as "The Monster's Mate." We take a trip through the "Universal Classic Monsters"catalogue and find out what makes this entry so queer. Mincing mad scientists, screeching hausfraus and ersatz domestic partnerships fill this gothic masterpiece, bu...

Hang on to your husbands, girls! We watched Practical Magic (1998) with our friend Allison Levitan and the nudity is entirely optional, as you well remember! This movie has more wicked witchery than Stevie Nicks - and she's heavily featured on the soundtrack.   Sandy (Bullock) and Nic (Kidman) are serving major lewks as the bewitching Owens sisters and Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing are giving...