Hello Out readers!
I'm coming to you live from Park City, Utah, for the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, and I've seen some of the most exciting queer movies coming out this year! Here's a breakdown of just a few of them.
The first big movie I saw at this year's festival comes from one of the great queer independent filmmakers of all time, Gregg Araki. Known for movies like Mysterious Skin, The Doom Generation, and Totally F***ed Up, he's back at the Sundance Film Festival with his first movie in 12 years! Thankfully, his raunchy, kooky, kinky art comedy I Want Your Sex is a terrific return to form!
Cooper Hoffman stars as the fresh-faced Elliot, who gets hired as an assistant for a provocative artist (Olivia Wilde) who also takes him on as her sexual muse and sub. The film is wild, fun, smart, and sends a strong message to Gen Z about not being afraid of sex.
Unfortunately, one movie that fell more flat than brat was Charli XCX's mockumentary The Moment. The Moment, where Charli stars as a fictionalized version of herself working on a brat concert film, lacked any real spark or uniqueness that the album was overflowing with. I'd suggest skipping it and listening to the album again instead.
Sundance is known for its great coming-of-age films, and this year, I've seen three amazing queer films in the genre!
The first is the coming-of-age conversion-therapy horror Leviticus. In this stunning, overwhelmingly scary debut, a teen boy in Australia is haunted by an evil force that masquerades as the person he desires most.
Queer girls have two great coming-of-age movies with British film Extra Geography, about two best friends at an all-girls school who decide to fall in love with their female teacher one summer, and Big Girls Don't Cry, a moody and gorgeous tale of a 14-year-old New Zealand girl trying to figure out her sexuality and personality in 2006.
Keep checking back for more Sundance reviews, and keep reading for the best pop culture news and our Woman Crush Wednesday!
- Mey Rude
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