Royal romances are the very best sort. Directed and co-written by Tony-winning scribe Matthew Lopez, Crimson, White & Royal Blue adapts Casey McQuiston’s immensely well-liked, New York Occasions best-selling novel in fabulous vogue. Crimson, White & Royal Blue follows two males with unbelievable household pedigrees—British prince Henry (Cinderella’s Nicholas Galitzine) and American first son Alex Claremont-Diaz (The Kissing Sales space’s Taylor Zakhar Perez)—who should have interaction in a disaster PR-truce though they get on one another’s nerves. However the extra they speak, the extra Henry and Alex uncover that the road between love and hate is kind of skinny. “There are lots of initiatives which have come and gone in my profession that I’ve had the power to let go of,” Lopez instructed VF, “but when I wasn’t capable of make this film, it might’ve price me one thing.” He received his want because the helmer of this feel-good, fizzy romance, which additionally options none apart from Uma Thurman because the President of america. You may paint your self Crimson, White & Royal Blue when the movie hits Amazon Prime August tenth.
However I’m a Cheerleader (1999)
However I’m a Cheerleader© Lions Gate/Everett Assortment.
Some feel-good queer romances additionally double as camp classics. Look no additional than However I’m a Cheerleader, the 90s satirical romcom which stars a younger Natasha Lyonne as Megan Bloomfield, a lesbian cheerleader who will get despatched to conversion remedy camp. Sure, that will not sound just like the grounds for a feel-good queer love story—however within the palms of Lyonne, director Jamie Babbit, and screenwriter Brian Wayne Peterson, However I’m a Cheerleader turns into a romp concerning the queer expertise, with Lyonne’s sexually confused cheerleader falling pom-poms-over-heels for Clea Duvall, a cool, assured faculty scholar additionally on the camp. Together with Duvall and Lyonne, the solid contains as soon as and future stars like Melanie Lynskey, Michelle Williams, and RuPaul, who does his darndest to butch it up as counselor Mike. RuPaul as an ex-gay? That’s even funnier than the hilarious Ross Matthews.
The Birdcage (1996)
The Birdcage© United Artists/Everett Assortment.
