Queer Quest

Hollywood's biggest night is just around the corner! Listen here for our Oscar predictions, fill out your ballot in our insta bio @queerquestpod, and tune into the big night on Sunday, March 27. We'll see you on the red carpet!

We've been known to dabble in awards season speculation, and this year is no different. Today marks our first official Oscar predictions, and boy howdy is it going to be a tight race! Be sure to listen next week for our final round of guesses, and see if you can beat us by filling out our Oscar ballot, in our Instagram bio @queerquestpod!

"Transgender? What's next, transspecies?" This is ostensibly all the thought that was put into 2021's Wolf, a film about a young man in conversion therapy because he thinks he is a wolf. The movie takes this premise very seriously, while drawing potentially dangerous parallels to the very real struggles of trans and queer folk. We discuss the bonkers film after we spend some time musing on the title of "plant gay" and whether or not Ben's 7-day-no-plant-killing streak qualifies him as one.

 Flee is the only film to ever be nominated for Best International, Documentary, and Animated Feature at the Oscars. If that wasn't reason enough to check it out, its queer through-lines sealed the deal. But before we dive into the triple threat, we discuss the viral dating sensation Love Is Blind, and whether or not it (or any other dating show format) could work for a queer cast.

RuPaul has consistently proven to be on a mission of global domination, and the crusade has finally come to mobile! RuPaul's Drag Race Superstar combines the mobile genres of progressive clickers and virtual fashion dolls, and we have a lot to say about how addicted we are. But first we discuss the high school drug abuse/phallus ogling odyssey that is Euphoria - or rather, we discuss why Ben has watched every episode while Cody refuses to.

If there are any two films that are constantly compared to one another in terms of their queer representation, they are The Producers and The Mitchells vs. The Machines. We know these films' treatments of their queer characters have been contrasted to death, but please humor us while we give our two cents.

50 years ago director John Waters shocked the world when he released Pink Flamingos, an exercise in poor taste. The film is filthy, raunchy, disturbing, and groundbreaking. We take a look at the half-century old film and discuss its legacy, but not before discussing a marketing mascot that kept Cody awake one night.

Saint. Savior. Lesbian. Benedetta Carlini was a real nun from 17th century Italy, alleged to be in direct dialogue with god for much of her life. The new film Benedetta takes some liberties with her story, but we never the less had to see it for ourselves. But first, we discuss the new adaptation of West Side Story, based on the iconic musical.