The Oscar nominations were revealed earlier this week and the actress categories are looking strong. It will be hard to predict who is going to go home with an Oscar this year but let’s take a look at the contenders.

Are you the kind of person who like a cinematic challenge? Who likes to chat about a film all the way home, reading new things into it as you listen to your pal’s opinion? If so, avoid Haywire, maintaining the distance of at least a roundhouse kick.

It’s that time of year again. GLAAD’s three annual award shows are on the horizon and the nominees are out. This year the class of nominee is wonderful, so who do we think should win and who’s been left out?

In my never-ending search for the perfect lesbian film I have been both horribly disappointed and pleasantly surprised by two films lately. I expected The Kids Are All Right to not suck and I was terribly wrong. But, the other, the film that made up for the failure of The Kids Are All Right was Albert Nobbs.

Prepare to put your brains in jars, people! Released across the pond this month is Joyful Noise, where the worlds of Queen Latifah and Dolly collide. It looks like hell on toast in film. I can’t wait to watch it!

Demi Moore has been chosen to play Gloria Steinem in an upcoming biopic of Linda Lovelace. Lovelace was famous for her roles in high-profile porn films but later claimed that she was violently enslaved in the porn industry by her then husband, Chuck Traynor.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association have zip power in la la land, but have traditionally put on one of the most important award events of the year. In a year that is terrible for female roles, the best actress in the bunch had to play a man.

Meryl Streep is one of those actors that make you want to see a film before you even know what it is about. She’s a genuine artist in a world of celebrity. However, even she couldn’t save The Iron Lady from missing the point.

So, Netflix have launched in Ireland. I was pretty excited because most of my friends in North America use it all the time. I signed up for the free month trial period on my lunch break and rushed home to install the channel on my Nintendo Wii. It’s great. We watched the first couple episodes [...]

There’s no denying that over the past year the majority of film buzz has been about Batman, Superman and Spider-Man. But 2012 is the year where women reclaim their title as Hollywood’s biggest badasses.

Over the weekend I got to finally sit down and watch a film I have been really looking forward to, Circumstance. Not exactly traditional Christmas TV but well worth the wait. This film will move you deeply in a way few film do.

In Feb 2011 Oprah Winfrey’s network, OWN, acquired the film Miss Representation as part of its documentary film club. Round of a applause for everyone involved. I watched it over the weekend and was deeply motivated.

Those Nordic types know how to make a good film; moody, broody hot people falling in and out of love, what’s not to like? Kyss Mig, or With Every Heartbeat, as it’s known in English-speaking countries, is one to seek out.

Snow Flowers, the first film from Nepal to depict a same-sex relationship, has completed filming and is due to be released in early 2012. AFP’s bureau chief in Kathmandu, Frankie Taggart, recently spoke with the film’s director and lead actors.

On Saturday, we previewed some of the films appearing as part of the OutLook programme in this year’s Cork Film Festival. Here’s your chance to win tickets to see some queer cinema treats this weekend!

On Saturday, we previewed some of the films appearing as part of the OutLook programme in this year’s Cork Film Festival. Well now we’re delighted to announce that the lovely people at the festival have offered us a couple of pairs of tickets to see some real treats this weekend.

Paris in the 60′s, hell, Paris anytime is the epitome of chic, sexy cool. Living in the centre of the avant-garde crowd is George, a highly-stylised butch living off tricks and whiskey and going by the name Gigola.