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The Butch Who Stole Christmas
Posted on 3 December, 2022[“The Butch Who Stole Christmas” is the first film of my “5 Queer Holiday Shorts for 2022” post. To read the next review, “Xmas Eve Eve”, click HERE.] Not to be confused with VH1’s queer Christmas film, “The Butch Who Stole Christmas” is one of my interesting finds this year. This queer holiday short film from Amanda Holland’s YouTube channel, Girl Ship TV, is a lesbian parody on the iconic animated film “How The Grinch…
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Christmas Coming Out
Posted on 24 December, 2021[“Christmas Coming Out” is the sixth short of my “7 Queer Christmas Shorts for 2021” post. To read the next review, “When Harry Met Santa“, click HERE. To read the previous review, “The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night”, click HERE.] I very nearly missed this new gay Christmas short, as it’s only available over at GayBingeTV. But I’m glad I didn’t, because it’s quite charming! Yes, it is another coming out story – but…
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The Christmas House
Posted on 16 December, 2022[“The Christmas House” is the third film of my “5 Queer Holiday Films for 2022” post. To read the next review, “The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls”, click HERE. To read the previous review, “Happiest Season“, click HERE.] Back in 2020, Hallmark created QUITE a stir after first promising a gay holiday film in their annual Countdown to Christmas lineup, then “forgetting” to include it when the released the lineup – before finally caving…
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3.5
The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls
Posted on 20 December, 2022[“The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls” is the fourth film of my “5 Queer Holiday Films for 2022” post. To read the next review, “Single All The Way”, click HERE. To read the previous review, “The Christmas House“, click HERE.] After their release of “The Christmas House” in 2020, Hallmark decided to give us a sequel for Christmas 2021. However while we knew a decent amount about the first film, they kept a lot…
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Christmas In Clyde
Posted on 14 December, 2022[“Christmas In Clyde” is the third film of my “5 Queer Holiday Shorts for 2022” post. To read the next review, “Adam and Steve”, click HERE. To read the previous review, “Xmas Eve Eve“, click HERE.] Once again this year, YouTube lead me to another lesbian queer Christmas short film, “Christmas In Clyde”. Alysse Dalessandro, the plus-sized fashion blogger, LGBTQ influencer, writer, designer, and professional speaker behind the blog Ready to Stare, both was the…
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The Christmas Setup
Posted on 23 December, 2021[“The Christmas Setup” is the third film of my “5 Queer Christmas Films for 2021” post. To read the next review, “City of Trees”, click HERE. To read the previous review, “Too Cool for Christmas“, click HERE.] Of all the Queer Christmas films, I truly think “The Christmas Setup” has become my favourite! There’s something magical about how Hugo’s mother plays matchmaker bringing Hugo together with his high school crush – who happens to like…
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The Christmas Writer
Posted on 14 December, 2025Every year, Tello Films releases a new sapphic holiday film. For 2025, that’s “The Christmas Writer”. While there are some similar tropes, this year’s selection has gone with perhaps a newer storyline than many other holiday films. After the loss of her mother, who loved the holidays, best-selling lesbian holiday writer Noel is struggling to come up with a new novel idea. Naturally, everyone from her grandmother to her agent are trying to help out…
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City of Trees
Posted on 24 December, 2021[“City of Trees” is the fourth film of my “5 Queer Christmas Films for 2021” post. To read the next review, “Dashing In December”, click HERE. To read the previous review, “The Christmas Setup“, click HERE.] Historically, at least for the films I have reviewed, when one person writes, directs, AND stars in their own film – it doesn’t work. As expected, that is the case with “City of Trees.” However the low rating actually…
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Dark Queer Christmas Films
Posted on 1 November, 2023For the last four years each holiday season, I’ve shared a Christmas-themed highlighting five queer Christmas films. I’ve done the “kinda” queer Christmas films (see HERE and HERE) as well as the Queer Kinda “Christmas” Films (see HERE and HERE). While it’s been interesting to note films with those subtle differences, this year I’ve decided to steer away from that and head into brand NEW territory! DARK Queer Christmas Films! When most folks think of…
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Dashing In December
Posted on 24 December, 2021[“Dashing in December” is the last film of my “5 Queer Christmas Films for 2021” post. To read the previous review, “City of Trees“, click HERE.] I nearly overlooked “Dashing in December” amid all of the other new queer Christmas films last year. A TV Movie produced by Paramount, it didn’t get much attention. Which is quite unfortunate because it’s a great queer Christmas film! There is some amazing characterisations along with a storyline that…
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An Early Christmas Present!
Posted on 21 November, 2020Because Queer Film Reviews has been steadily increasing in popularity since launching last year, it’s time to expand a bit further! (OK… it *might* have something to do with the TONS of Queer films out there – and the many more that keep premiering each year. But let’s pretend my reviews are becoming more popular!) It’s time to “unwrap” your present…
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Friendsgiving
Posted on 24 November, 2020From reading the synopsis, I was not that intrigued by “Friendsgiving”, the latest film to kick off the 2020 holiday season. I felt like I would either love it – or hate it; there simply is no middle ground for ensemble films like these that posit multiple character storylines against each other to unfold comically. It works – or it doesn’t. While there were a couple of heartfelt moments in “Friendsgiving”, I was bored most…
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4.5
Fruitcake
Posted on 12 December, 2020This Queer short film review is part of my “Queer Christmas Shorts for 2020” post. “Fruitcake” – both a derogatory slang nickname for gay guys, and also a traditional Christmas dessert. But only one is actually present in this Queer Christmas short – and it’s not the actual dessert! It’s one thing to bring someone along to the family Christmas Eve dinner to avoid the “why are you still single” talk, especially from an overly…
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4.5
Go
Posted on 22 December, 2020This Queer film review is part of my “Queer Holiday Film Reviews for 2020” post. “Go” was quite game-changing when it was released in 1999. Yet some mock it as a lesser attempt at the cinematic storytelling style of Pulp fiction, or even just a copycat. But there’s something fresh about how director Doug Liman twists around character cliches, always leaving the viewer surprised. But there’s another key reason “Go” was groundbreaking – it was…
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Goodwill
Posted on 19 December, 2020This Queer short film review is part of my “Queer Christmas Shorts for 2020” post. Christmastime can be tricky for queer folks, especially when their families are religious. Going into a church alone can be tricky. Yet this short, which clearly shows a gay man who does not feel welcome inside his mother’s church, tries to bridge that gap – while giving us a dose of Christmas cheer. Synopsis of “Goodwill” Daniel (Stan Elliott) walks out…
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Happiest Season
Posted on 12 December, 2022[“Happiest Season” is the second film of my “5 Queer Holiday Films for 2022” post. To read the next review, “The Christmas House”, click HERE. To read the previous review, “The Bitch Who Stole Christmas“, click HERE.] Initially planned to be released in theatres before finding a new home with Hulu, Clea DuVall‘s film “Happiest Season” brings a refreshing vantage point to queer representation in Christmas movies. While there had been lesbian holiday films and…
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