Lesbian film reviews containing opinion as well as film theory and the history of lesbian film. http://www.kissingfingertips.com en-us Ambitious without trying too hard, quietly soulful without being sentimental, and full of ideas that are about complex lesbian lives rather than just the fact of "being" a lesbian. It's exactly the sort of grown-up lesbian film I would love to see more of. 4 stars. http://www.kissingfingertips.com/cheyenne.html I had a chance recently to re-evaluate this film and how it has held up a couple of years later, and to my surprise I liked it better this time around. It's still the fluffy RomCom it always was, but maybe there's some real enjoyment to be had here. 3 stars. http://www.kissingfingertips.com/imaginemeandyou.html Your ability to enjoy this film depends upon your willingness to immerse yourself in this emotional world and not be turned off by the film's shameless attempts to manipulate your emotions. There's some blink-and-you'll-miss-it lesbian action, but at least this mainstream treatise on love bothered to include some passion of the non-heterosexual variety. 3 stars. http://www.kissingfingertips.com/feastoflove.html It is well-trodden territory for the king of movie satire, but it kills me anyway. Period lesbians, showbiz humour and the familar, all-star comedy cast to die for, this is another winner from Christopher Guest. 3.5 stars. http://www.kissingfingertips.com/foryourconsideration.html This movie might have been funny except that I couldn't find anything about the main character to like or sympathise with. She doesn't deserve her happy ending, she deserves to be miserable, and much worse besides. 2 stars. http://www.kissingfingertips.com/puccini.html I really get Christopher Guest's sense of the ridiculous, and I love dogs, so this film felt tailor-made for me. Some satires find it hard to sustain their momentum for a full ninety minutes but Best in Show keeps us entranced all the way to the hilarious end. 4 stars. http://www.kissingfingertips.com/bestinshow.html A Hollywood blockbuster that never busted out, because nobody could really understand the convoluted plot. This is a murder mystery where style over substance rises to dizzy heights. Some lesbians lurk here, but none emerge unscathed. 3.5 stars. http://www.kissingfingertips.com/blackdahlia.html This Director is not a man for subtlety, except when it comes to exploring his pseudo-lesbian plotlines, then it's all about reading between the lines. This is visual comedy of the broadest type. It’s not a bad ride once you hop on board, but if the characters never really grab you in the first place, you might find it difficult to keep up. 2.5 stars. http://www.kissingfingertips.com/park.html This is not strictly a lesbian comedy. This is a comedy about two dysfunctional sisters that throws a modicum of homosexuality into the mix. The frenetic pace alone should keep you amused. You might roll your eyes from time to time, but you'll never be bored. 3 stars. http://www.kissingfingertips.com/outatthewedding.html Some viewers might find some elements of truth in Sonja's story. After all, some aspects of teenage angst never really change with the times. Trouble is, I've seen this film before done in a thousand more interesting ways. Sonja's plot is all too easily summarised, and this film all too easily dismissable. 2 stars. http://www.kissingfingertips.com/sonja.html I truly think that they were trying to make us think with this film, and that they managed, through sheer narrative confusion and an overdependence on slapstick humour, to undermine the power of the film's message at every turn. The final rating I'm giving this filmis strictly for the laughs. Regardless of my personal reservations, a cinema-full of howling lesbians is difficult to ignore. To be honest though, I expected more. 3 stars. http://www.kissingfingertips.com/ittybitty.html Never heard of this film? I'm not surprised. This is a no-budget effort by a bunch of new filmmakers that is being distributed only via the Internet, but it's so cute, and so funny, it is well worth tracking down. It's a cute love story with an interesting twist, and a lead actress who is very easy on the eye... which is always a bonus for me. 3 stars. http://www.kissingfingertips.com/bookclub.html