New Queer Movies I'm Watching In Theaters This Weekend

Looking for a amusive mode to observe Pride Month oregon enactment queer creators and artists? If not, past bye, Felicia! But seriously, determination are 2 large releases happening this play you should beryllium alert of: Leviticus and Girls Like Girls.

I'm ace stoked to ticker some of these films, which are drastically antithetic successful astir each aspect. Leviticus is simply a fearfulness movie that tackles homophobia successful a new, aggravated mode we haven't seen before, portion Girls Like Girls is simply a overmuch lighter romanticist flick, based connected Hayley Kiyoko's 2023 publication and her music. What do they some person successful common? Celebrating young emotion successful their ain way.

About Leviticus

Directed by Adrian Chiarella, the caller queer fearfulness movie stars Joe Bird arsenic Naim, a teen surviving successful a small, spiritual town. Naim’s newfound concealed romanticist narration with his classmate Ryan, and consequent find of Ryan’s dalliances with different boy, Hunter, person unspeakable consequences. This movie looks ace dark, holds a batch of tension, and is recommended for immoderate fearfulness instrumentality astatine large. I can't hold to spot it and each of its layers.

Read our review, which reviewer Eric Goldman states "Adrian Chiarella’s Leviticus is an involving, meaningful, and legitimately creepy fearfulness movie. Chiarella’s communicative astir cheery younker being punished for simply being the mode they are is affectional and thoughtful portion besides simply moving good arsenic a fearfulness story, blending the real-life prejudices that inspired it with the supernatural curse laid upon its characters successful a highly effectual manner."

About Girls Like Girls

In this film, teen Coley navigates intimacy aft her mother's passing erstwhile she moves to a tiny town. She meets Sonya and caller feelings and disorder emerges, arsenic self-doubt hinders their connection. Coley can't assistance it anymore, and gets pulled into Sonya's world, learning to thin into her emotions. It's a saccharine tribute to Hayley's coming retired ballad successful 2015, Girls Like Girls, which expanded into a caller successful 2023 with the aforesaid name, and present this movie successful 2026!

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In lawsuit you missed it, we person peculiar clips from the film's manager and pb histrion arsenic portion of IGN Live exclusives from our Pride Panel earlier this month. Catch it astatine the opening of the sheet aft the trailer:

You tin drawback some films crossed US theaters this weekend, starting Friday, June 19th. Happy Pride!

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