Four-quadrant films are movies designed to appeal to the biggest, widest audience possible. In the process, they can often leave out a lot of LGBTQ+ representation – but end up loaded with subtext. In The Queer Quadrant, hosts Brooke Solomon and Jordan Gustafson examine cinema in all its cultural contexts, and explore why your favorite four-quadrant blockbuster is maybe…not as straight as you think it is.
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid (1989) · Sep 4, 2026
Girls Like Girls with Isabella Stephanos
Girls Like Girls (2026) · Aug 21, 2026
The Craft with Roxana Hadadi
The Craft (1996) · Aug 7, 2026
The Other Guys with Mitchell Beaupre
The Other Guys (2010) · Jul 24, 2026
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar with Carly Usdin
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021) · Jul 10, 2026
Face/Off with Richard Lawson
Face/Off (1997) · Jun 26, 2026
The Long Walk with Louis Peitzman
The Long Walk (2025) · Jun 12, 2026
RocknRolla with Emma Logsdon
RocknRolla (2008) · May 29, 2026
The Devil Wears Prada 2
The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) · May 15, 2026
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby with Michael Doshier
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) · May 1, 2026
Yentl with Rendy Jones
Yentl (1983) · Apr 17, 2026
Capote with Fran Hoepfner
Capote (2005) · Apr 3, 2026
Morocco with Morgan M Page
Morocco (1930) · Mar 20, 2026
Aladdin with Bobbi Miller
Aladdin (1992) · Feb 20, 2026
Hamilton with Alison Sivitz
The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-Depth (2020) · Feb 6, 2026
This Means War with Emma Stefansky
This Means War (2012) · Jan 23, 2026
Knives Out
Knives Out (2019) · Dec 19, 2025
Wicked: For Good
Wicked: For Good (2025) · Dec 5, 2025
Fried Green Tomatoes with David Canfield
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) · Nov 7, 2025
Scream (1996) with Phil Tice
Scream (1996) · Oct 24, 2025
The Nice Guys with Liz Hannah
The Nice Guys (2016) · Oct 10, 2025
The Rules of Attraction with Horror Queers
The Rules of Attraction (2002) · Sep 26, 2025
Mean Girls with Soraya Sebghati
Mean Girls (2004) · Sep 12, 2025
The Last of Sheila with Kyle Turner
The Last of Sheila (1973) · Aug 29, 2025
Strangers on a Train with Katey Rich
Strangers on a Train (1951) · Aug 15, 2025
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain (2005) · Aug 1, 2025
Psycho (1998)
Psycho (1998) · Jul 18, 2025
The Old Guard 2
The Old Guard 2 (2025) · Jul 4, 2025
Psycho with Drew Burnett Gregory
Psycho (1960) · Jun 20, 2025
Beginners with Phil Iscove
Beginners (2011) · Jun 6, 2025
Bend It Like Beckham with Yamini Nambimadom
Bend It Like Beckham (2002) · May 23, 2025
Casino Royale with Patrick Willems
Casino Royale (2006) · May 9, 2025
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle with Erik Anderson
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) · Apr 25, 2025
The Hours with Lillian Crawford
The Hours (2002) · Apr 11, 2025
Silkwood with Laura Venning
Silkwood (1983) · Mar 28, 2025
Conclave with Emily St. James
Conclave (2024) · Mar 14, 2025
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World with Nat Torres
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) · Feb 14, 2025
Pitch Perfect with Alison Sivitz (Bald Ann Dowd)
Pitch Perfect (2012) · Jan 31, 2025
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Wolf Man (1941) · Jan 17, 2025
Romeo + Juliet with Joe Reid
Romeo + Juliet (1996) · Jan 3, 2025
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with Emma Logsdon
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) · Dec 6, 2024
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1939) · Nov 22, 2024
Mrs. Doubtfire with BJ & Harmony Colangelo
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) · Nov 8, 2024
Venom: The Last Dance
Venom: The Last Dance (2024) · Oct 25, 2024
My Favorite Wife with Abby Monteil
My Favorite Wife (1940) · Oct 11, 2024
Birds of Prey with Carly Usdin
Showgirls with Louis Peitzman
Showgirls (1995) · Sep 13, 2024
Bridesmaids with Caroline Framke
Bridesmaids (2011) · Aug 30, 2024
Shrek with Caitlin Durante
Shrek (2001) · Aug 16, 2024
Little Shop of Horrors with Kenny Neibart
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) · Aug 2, 2024
Thelma & Louise
Thelma & Louise (1991) · Jul 19, 2024
Hustlers with Roxana Hadadi
Hustlers (2019) · Jul 5, 2024
Johnny Guitar with Mitchell Beaupre
Johnny Guitar (1954) · Jun 7, 2024
High Tension with Jose Cañas
High Tension (2003) · May 24, 2024
TÁR with Phil Iscove
TÁR (2022) · May 10, 2024
Tombstone with Phil Tice
Tombstone (1993) · Apr 26, 2024
Hairspray (2007) with Ella Kemp
Hairspray (2007) · Apr 12, 2024
Bringing Up Baby with Mia Lee Vicino
Bringing Up Baby (1938) · Mar 29, 2024
Carrie (1976) with Cass Clarke
Carrie (1976) · Mar 15, 2024
Everything Everywhere All at Once with Yutaka Tamanaha & Liam Boyack
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) · Mar 1, 2024
Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day (2010) · Feb 16, 2024
Mamma Mia! & Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again with Flynn Slicker
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) · Feb 2, 2024
Maestro with Fran Hoepfner
Maestro (2023) · Jan 19, 2024
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) · Dec 15, 2023
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry with Natalie Torres
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007) · Dec 1, 2023
The Favourite with Iana Murray
The Favourite (2018) · Nov 17, 2023
A Simple Favor
A Simple Favor (2018) · Nov 3, 2023
Arsenic and Old Lace with Clay Keller
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) · Oct 20, 2023
The Boys in the Band (1970) with Kyle Turner
The Boys in the Band (1970) · Oct 6, 2023
The Devil Wears Prada with Liz Hannah
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) · Sep 22, 2023
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion with Erik Anderson
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) · Sep 8, 2023
Pain & Gain with Patrick Willems
Pain & Gain (2013) · Aug 25, 2023
The Awful Truth with David Canfield
The Awful Truth (1937) · Aug 11, 2023
Ocean's Eleven with Rette Solomon
Ocean's Eleven (2001) · Jul 14, 2023
The Birdcage with Kyle Stevens
The Birdcage (1996) · Jun 30, 2023
Midnight Cowboy with Linda Codega
Midnight Cowboy (1969) · Jun 16, 2023
Josie and the Pussycats with Phil Iscove
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) · Jun 2, 2023
Down with Love with Mia Vicino
Down with Love (2003) · May 5, 2023
The Fabelmans with Emily St. James
The Fabelmans (2022) · Apr 21, 2023
Nightbreed with BJ & Harmony Colangelo
Nightbreed (1990) · Apr 7, 2023
Clueless with Kristen Lopez
Clueless (1995) · Mar 24, 2023
Luca with Zoë Rose Bryant
Luca (2021) · Mar 10, 2023
Magic Mike's Last Dance with Fran Hoepfner
Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023) · Feb 24, 2023
Knock at the Cabin
Knock at the Cabin (2023) · Feb 10, 2023
Titanic with The Bechdel Cast
Titanic (1997) · Jan 27, 2023
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women with Rachel LaBonte
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017) · Jan 13, 2023
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) with Jihane Bousfiha
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) · Dec 16, 2022
The Family Stone
The Family Stone (2005) · Dec 9, 2022
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) · Dec 2, 2022
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. with William Goodman
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) · Nov 25, 2022
My Best Friend's Wedding with Horror Queers
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) · Nov 18, 2022
The Brady Bunch Movie with Drew Mackie
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) · Nov 11, 2022
High School Musical 3: Senior Year with Ella Kemp
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) · Nov 4, 2022
They/Them with Cory McCullough
They/Them (2022) · Oct 28, 2022
The Haunting (1963 & 1999) with Slim
The Haunting (1963) · Oct 21, 2022
Bram Stoker's Dracula with Phil Tice
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) · Oct 14, 2022
Wild Things with Cass Clarke
Wild Things (1998) · Sep 30, 2022
Whip It with Natalie Torres
Whip It (2009) · Sep 23, 2022
Sucker Punch with Roxana Hadadi
Sucker Punch (2011) · Sep 16, 2022
F9 with Cate Young
F9 (2021) · Sep 9, 2022
Death Becomes Her with Lillian Crawford
Death Becomes Her (1992) · Aug 19, 2022
The Fate of the Furious with Ben From Canada
The Fate of the Furious (2017) · Aug 12, 2022
Basic Instinct with Brianna Zigler
Basic Instinct (1992) · Aug 5, 2022
Furious 7 with Emma Stefansky
Furious 7 (2015) · Jul 29, 2022
Stardust with Fran Hoepfner
Stardust (2007) · Jul 22, 2022
Fast & Furious 6 with Logan Kenny
Fast & Furious 6 (2013) · Jul 15, 2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) · Jul 8, 2022
Fast Five with Patrick Willems
Fast Five (2011) · Jul 1, 2022
Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) · Jun 24, 2022
Fast & Furious with Matt Singer
Fast & Furious (2009) · Jun 17, 2022
Batman and Robin with Angela Ferraguto
Batman & Robin (1997) · Jun 10, 2022
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift with William Goodman
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) · Jun 3, 2022
2 Fast 2 Furious with Drew Gregory
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) · May 20, 2022
Amadeus with Hannah Strong
Amadeus (1984) · May 13, 2022
The Fast and the Furious with Alisha Grauso
The Fast and the Furious (2001) · May 6, 2022
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Sherlock Holmes (2009) · Apr 29, 2022
The Power of the Dog with Laura Venning
The Power of the Dog (2021) · Apr 22, 2022
Moulin Rouge! with Podcast Like It's 1999
Moulin Rouge! (2001) · Apr 15, 2022
Booksmart with Rowan Ellis
Booksmart (2019) · Apr 8, 2022
In & Out with David Canfield
In & Out (1997) · Apr 1, 2022
Batman Forever with Carly Usdin
Batman Forever (1995) · Mar 25, 2022
Girl, Interrupted with Mimi Stringfield
Girl, Interrupted (1999) · Mar 18, 2022
Rope with Kyle Stevens
Rope (1948) · Mar 11, 2022
Cats (2019) with Wyatt Muma
Cats (2019) · Mar 4, 2022
Rebel Without a Cause with Drew Gregory
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) · Feb 25, 2022
Cat People (1942 & 1982) with Kill by Kill
Cat People (1942) · Feb 18, 2022
Lawrence of Arabia with Maggie Mae Fish
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) · Feb 11, 2022
Bound with Avery Edison
Bound (1996) · Feb 4, 2022
The Matrix Resurrections
The Matrix Resurrections (2021) · Jan 28, 2022
Jupiter Ascending with Jackson McHenry
Jupiter Ascending (2015) · Jan 21, 2022
Cloud Atlas with Emily St. James
Cloud Atlas (2012) · Jan 14, 2022
The Matrix with Morgan M Page
The Matrix (1999) · Jan 7, 2022
Happiest Season with Bobby Finger
Happiest Season (2020) · Dec 17, 2021
Little Women (2019)
Little Women (2019) · Dec 10, 2021
The Night Before with Liza Wagner
The Night Before (2015) · Dec 3, 2021
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with Phil Tice
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) · Nov 19, 2021
Cruel Intentions with Horror Queers
Cruel Intentions (1999) · Nov 12, 2021
Side Effects with Cate Young
Side Effects (2013) · Nov 5, 2021
Dressed to Kill with Valerie Faye
Dressed to Kill (1980) · Oct 29, 2021
Hereditary with Reyna Cervantes
Hereditary (2018) · Oct 22, 2021
Seed of Chucky with Arden Jurskis
Seed of Chucky (2004) · Oct 15, 2021
The Silence of the Lambs with Avery Edison
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) · Oct 8, 2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) · Oct 3, 2021
Starship Troopers with Mummy Dearest
Starship Troopers (1997) · Sep 24, 2021
Inception with Emma Stefansky
Inception (2010) · Sep 17, 2021
The Imitation Game with Rachel LaBonte
The Imitation Game (2014) · Sep 10, 2021
The Lost Boys with Noah Levine
The Lost Boys (1987) · Sep 3, 2021
Ben-Hur (1959) with Marya E. Gates
Ben-Hur (1959) · Aug 27, 2021
The Social Network with Iana Murray
The Social Network (2010) · Aug 20, 2021
Charlie's Angels (2000) with Carrie Wittmer
Charlie's Angels (2000) · Aug 13, 2021
High School Musical 2 with Emily Kramer
High School Musical 2 (2007) · Aug 6, 2021
Black Swan
Black Swan (2010) · Jul 30, 2021
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Abbe Blatchford
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) · Jul 23, 2021
The Lego Batman Movie with The Old Kids Movies
The Lego Batman Movie (2017) · Jul 16, 2021
300 with Brianna Zigler
300 (2007) · Jul 9, 2021
Stand by Me with The Kingcast
Stand by Me (1986) · Jul 2, 2021
Bad Education with Ella Kemp
Bad Education (2019) · Jun 25, 2021
Heat with Patrick Willems
Heat (1995) · Jun 18, 2021
Bring It On with Jordan Crucchiola
Bring It On (2000) · Jun 11, 2021
American Psycho with Horror in Session
American Psycho (2000) · Jun 4, 2021
Smokin' Aces
Smokin' Aces (2006) · May 28, 2021
Troy with Derek Aiello
Troy (2004) · May 21, 2021
Power Rangers (2017) with Mike Dineen
Power Rangers (2017) · May 14, 2021
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? with Travis Ryans
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) · May 7, 2021
The Eagle
The Eagle (2011) · Apr 23, 2021
22 Jump Street with Fran Hoepfner
22 Jump Street (2014) · Apr 16, 2021
Magic Mike XXL with Olivia Craighead
Magic Mike XXL (2015) · Apr 9, 2021
Magic Mike with Hannah Strong
Magic Mike (2012) · Apr 2, 2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) · Mar 21, 2021
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) · Mar 19, 2021
Spider-Man 3 with The Zillennial Canon
Spider-Man 3 (2007) · Mar 12, 2021
The Prestige with Ang Ferraguto
The Prestige (2006) · Mar 5, 2021
Dead Poets Society with Secondhand Film Critics
Dead Poets Society (1989) · Feb 26, 2021
I Care a Lot
I Care a Lot (2021) · Feb 21, 2021
The Mummy (1999) with Andrew Ortiz (SuperYaki)
The Mummy (1999) · Feb 12, 2021
Dog Day Afternoon with Disney+Podcast+
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) · Feb 5, 2021
Wonder Woman 1984
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) · Jan 29, 2021
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman (2017) · Jan 22, 2021
The Road to El Dorado
The Road to El Dorado (2000) · Jan 15, 2021
Atomic Blonde
Atomic Blonde (2017) · Jan 8, 2021
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) · Dec 18, 2020
The Great Gatsby (2013) with Wyatt Muma
The Great Gatsby (2013) · Nov 13, 2020
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) · Oct 30, 2020
The Talented Mr. Ripley with Sebastian
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) · Oct 23, 2020
A League of Their Own
A League of Their Own (1992) · Sep 11, 2020
Interview with the Vampire
Interview with the Vampire (1994) · Aug 28, 2020
Jennifer's Body
Jennifer's Body (2009) · Jul 31, 2020