Gal Pals Watch – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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, class, sexuality, and what it means to never give up.

Visit https://mubi.com/en/us/films/what-a-feeling for more information and how to find it at a film festival near you!

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 turning a graphic novel into a TV show, and more!

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 Harden, *some* Hallmark devotees being so terrible it's funny, and more. It's a great time! Enjoy!

Further Reading:

Follow Lynn on Instagram and Twitter, which we will not be calling by its other name

Watch the movie on Hallmark 

Episode 4: Imagine Me and You Ah, is there any more fluffy lesbian rom-com than Imagine Me and You? The answer is no because it’s pretty much the only one, which is may be for the best, but Alicia and Sarah have a lot of love for this movie and they’re here to share their thoughts! Take a trip down White Lesbian Nostalgia Lane with your hosts as they dive into this 2005 masterpiece heartwarming emblem of its time!

Episode 3: Mosquita y Mari Alicia and Sarah are back to discuss the 2012 gem of a movie Mosquita y Mari, in which two teenage girls quietly fall in love in Los Angeles while also navigating their family lives, friendships, school, and the world in general. Both Sarah and Alicia love this movie, so tune in to hear them talk about friendship and intimacy, stylistic choices, and how beautiful this entire film is.  Articles mentioned: Bravado and Caresses: Girls on the Way to Life by Stephen Holden  Interview with Aurora Guerrero–Writer/Director of Mosquita y Mari by Melissa Silverstein

Episode 2: Below Her Mouth In this episode, Alicia and Sarah share their strong opinions about the 2016 porn film Below Her Mouth. This is a controversial movie among queers, and Sarah and Alicia do not shy away! Is it another version of Blue is the Warmest Color? Is it a thinly veiled story of toxic masculinity? A realistic portrayal of lesbian sex? A movie about bathtubs? Is there a story at all?! Tune in to find out! Articles mentioned: ‘Below Her Mouth’ Is What Lesbian Porn Would Look Like If It Were Actually Made By Lesbians by Jude Dry

In this inaugural episode, Alicia and Sarah discuss the highly anticipated and poorly marketed Lesbian Drama™ Disobedience starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams! They gush about character development, the portrayal of sex (and bodily fluids!), the elements of the story they thought were unique/important/great/terrible, and about gay ladies. We all love gay ladies.   Links to articles mentioned: Sebastian Lelio’s Disobedience Is an OK Movie With Great Movies Hiding Inside by April Wolfe   I Needed to Know How Disobedience Ends, So I Read the Novel by Danielle Olive of The Radical Notion

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 review 

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 Hogan

Tagg Magazine review by Becca Damante

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 HBO series, so yay!   Further Reading: Shiva Baby Wikipedia page Vulture review by Helen Shaw NYT Review by Jason Bailey LA Times Review by Gary GoldsteinCoastal House Media Interview with Ariel MarxAutostraddle review by Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner