Okay, But Is It Gay?

Welcome to Okay But Is It Gay? , a podcast that's usually about gay movies you probably haven't heard of! We're bridging the gap between season 2 and and season 3 (coming this summer!) with a little dip into web series The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo (2016). Join Hal, Autumn, and returning guest host Z as they try to figure out just what the deal is with this delightful little show!

A New York Christmas Wedding (2020) , dir. Otoja Abit, is the story of a woman about to get married who gets the chance to see what her life would have been like had she her childhood best friend fallen in love. This chance is given to her by the Angel of Death for some reason. Autumn, Hal, and special guest and the show's composer Terell discuss quantum physics, the ambiance of Christmas, and the...

4th Man Out (2016), dir. Andrew Nackman, is the story of a gay man in upstate New York coming out to his childhood best friends, and then beginning to navigate the gay dating scene. Autumn, Hal, and special guest Z, for whom this movie is very special, talk about masculinity, gender analysis, and the amazing potential this film squanders in this week's episode of Okay, But It It Gay? . TW: This ep...

AWOL (2016), dir. Debbie Shoval, is the story of a young woman seeking direction in her life in her small, Pennsylvania town as she contemplates joining the Armed Forces, and falls into a love affair with married woman. Autumn, Hal, and special guest Kenley Alligood discuss the ways socio-economic difficulties impact every aspect of people's lives, the politics of queer spaces and community, and h...

With a Kiss I Die (2018), dir. Ronnie Kahlil, is--okay, so what if Juliet Capulet, like from Romeo and Juliet was a vampire living in modern Greece, being sad with her tiddies out, and she fell in love with a woman for the first time? Like what if that happened? Sounds fucked up if you ask me. Hal, Autumn, and special guest Zoa Coudret (my roommate!!) talk about the logistics of vampirism, the ric...

Before The Fall (2016), dir. Byrum Giesler, is a retelling of Jane Austen's seminal work Pride and Prejudice that is gender flipped, gay, and class swapped and... doesn't seem to like Pride and Prejudice very much? Also, why did you choose to make this story about women and women's lives about men? Why'd you do that? Autumn, Hal, and special guest Lauren discuss adaptations, cave sex, and this mov...

The Feels (2017), dir. Jenée LaMarque, is the story of a bachelorette's weekend gone off the rail after it's revealed that one of the two women getting married has been faking orgasms with her partner. Autumn, Hal, and special guest Julia Talen talk about how you shouldn't graft heteronormative ideals onto lesbian relationships, the nuances of sexual relationships between women, and how much we ha...

Snapshots (2018), dir. Melanie Mayron, is the story of a grandmother hosting her daughter and granddaughter over a weekend as she reminisces about the love of her life, a photographer named Louise, whom she met in the '60's after both of them were already married. Autumn, Hal, and special guest Maddy Hernstrom-Hill discuss relationships between mothers and daughters, the history of queer photograp...

Saving Face (2004) is dir. Alice Wu of The Half of It fame's first film! It's the story of a young surgeon trying to balance a busy work schedule with a dating life... and also helping her mother find a husband after the older woman falls pregnant unexpectedly. Autumn, Hal, and special guest Audrey Bauman (joined by Extra Special guest Audrey's AC unit) discuss the love language of food, Chinese A...

Back at it again in Redwoods National Forest! Redwoods (2009), dir. David Lewis, is the story of a man cheating on his husband while said husband and their son are out of town and the trees continue to be completely irrelevant! Autumn, Hal, and special guest Jennie Baker talk about the importance of communication in romantic relationships, trees, and the proper way to romance a creative writer on...

Redwoods (2009), dir. David Lewis, is the story of a man cheating on his husband while said husband and their son are out of town; legally, this movie is not Just Bridges of Madison County But Gay, however... Autumn, Hal, and special guest Jennie Baker talk about the importance of communication in romantic relationships, trees, and the proper way to romance a creative writer in this week's episode...

Soft Lad (2025), dir. Leon Lopez, is the story of a young man having having an affair (uh oh!) with his brother-in-law (uh oh!!), who tries to make better choices only to be met with an unsettling diagnosis (oh NO!!). Hal, Autumn and this week's guest, David (!!!) talk about relationship dynamics, moving on from abusive partners, all of the reasons that Hal is Wrong on this week's episode of Okay,...

Come to a podcast app near you starting September 17th, it's Okay But is it Gay? season 2: F is For Friends! Autumn and Hal have a guest on every week to talk about their favorite weird, obscure, and perhaps terrible Queer Cinema!

A Date For Mad Mary (2016), dir. Seána Kerslake, is the story of one woman's journey to find a date for her best friend's wedding while also completing the most perfect maid of honor speech of all time. Autumn and Hal discuss the effects of emotional immaturity, compulsory heterosexuality, and having bad friends can have on a queer person's development on this episode of Okay But Is It Gay? . Alte...

What Happens Next (2011), dir. Jay Arnold, is the story of an older man discovering that he is gay late in life and not working through his internalized homophobia even a little bit. Hal and Autumn talk about character development, dialogue and directorial choices, and the real star of the show, Mrs. Grecco the baby French bull dog. Also Wendie Malick is here??? Beloved character actor and star of...

2004's Open Cam, directed by Robert Gaston, is about a struggling artist in DC who comes under threat from a serial killer who's murdering the men he hooks up with through a gay chat site. I mean, it's kind of about that. Not really. Autumn and Hal discuss the history of gay erotica, the joy of bad acting, and the importance of making the things that matter to your plot actually matter in this wee...

Big Eden  (2000), directed by Tom Bezucha is the story of a gay man returning to his small hometown after years away to care for his sick grandfather. There, he meets shy and loveable Pike, whose love language appears to be homemade meals but only if they're secret. Hal and Autumn talk about the specter of homophobia in a movie where homophobia doesn't exist, the work required to make good re...

Margarita With a Straw , directed by Shonali Bose, is a Hindi-language film about a woman with cerebral palsy navigating both pursuing an arts education while disabled and the discovery and exploration of her bisexuality. Hal and Autumn talk about the state of bisexual representation, how internalized ableism effects relationships, and how dating High King Peter is a downgrade actually in this wee...

2014's Boy Meets Girl, directed by Eric Shaeffer, is about a trans woman living in the American south who has her first relationship with other woman. It's got really great things to say about romance and friendship and staying loyal to the people that you love. It's also kinda weird about almost all of those things. Hal and Autumn talk about bisexual representation, casual transphobia, and Autumn...

Gaybe (2012), directed by Johnathan Lisecki is the story of two best friends who decide to platonically raise a baby together. But first they have to... make? The baby? Autumn and Hal talk about the weird vibe, bizarre choices, and awkward humor of this movie in this week's episode of Okay, But Is It Gay? Alternate titles for this episode include: Adam Driver Deserves Better, Dulé Hill Got Outta T...

Tiger Orange (2014), directed by Wade Gasque is a story we don't get to see that often: two gay siblings working through the trauma of growing up in a homophobic household. Autumn and Hal talk through how this movie would've been really good (like seriously, really good--an excellent and nuanced exploration of trauma, internalized hemophobia, and family relationships) if it wasn't Like That on thi...

Cloudburst (2011) written and directed by Thom Fitzgerald is a story about two women in their 70's road tripping to Canada to get married before gay marriage was legal in the U.S., and the young artist whom they adopt on the way. Autumn and Hal talk about the film's theme of commitment and love (both romantic and familial), and the suddenness life catching up with you on this week's episode of Oka...

All About E (2015), written and directed by Louise Wadley is a story about relationships, road trips, and how being handed a duffle bag full of fifty dollar bills will solve several of your problems, probably. Autumn and Hal talk about this films themes and its bizarre fixation on making fun of Irish people in this week's episode of Okay, But Is It Gay? TW: This film contains full frontal nudity,...

Coming to a podcast app near your starting June 4th: a film analysis podcast about weird/obscure/kinda bad queer cinema.