GIRLTRASH: ALL NIGHT LONG (2014) - Lesbian Interest Film (USA)


Girltrash: All Night Long (2014), is a lesbian interest film, (IMDb 6.4) set in LA and concerns two lesbian musicians and longtime friends: Daisy and Tyler whose rock group is competing in a band slam contest.

In this romcom / musical comedy romp the principal couple in the group go from virtual strangers to lovers in one epic night. A series of mishaps over the course of the evening impedes the protagonists progress and forces them to enlist the help of others to reach the venue on time. Along the way their efforts are hampered by a golf-club-wielding ex-con Monique with a score to settle.

Daisy and Tyler encounter the first obstacle early on when Tyler's car breaks down and they have to ask Daisy's younger sister Colby to lend them her car. In exchange for driving them to the concert, Colby, who is just about to graduate from college and gain her freedom, demands that they help her hook up with her girl crush Misty at the Truck Stop Lounge.

Favorite Girltrash Movie Quote
Daisy: It's one thing if I'm gay 'cause I'm like a bad seed but you... oh my god you're like the good egg.
Colby: Well, being the good egg is boring.
Daisy: Well, I'm sorry. That's who you are.
Colby: Well now, I'm a good gay egg. Okay?
Tyler: Yeah, come on let her be a gay egg.
Colby: Thank you.

Believing that Colby is not really gay but just copying her, Daisy is reluctant to help and instead professes that Misty, an aspiring actress and object of Colby's affection, is out of Colby's league. She tells Tyler that Colby is way too inexperienced to be of interest to Misty and that unless she has "an angle" her sister is likely to get her heart broken. Tyler, who is renowned for her girl conquests agrees to help Colby by inviting Misty and her bisexual friend Sid along but on the strict understanding with Daisy that she is not allowed to seduce Colby.

Tyler gives Colby some dating advice in Girltrash: All Night Long (2014) movie
Tyler Suggests Some Girl Nailing Strategies to Colby

Unbeknownst to Colby, Misty has been crushing on Tyler for some time however Tyler who is mostly interested in weed, playing her guitar and getting laid with a different girl each night does not actually remember meeting Misty before.

Meanwhile Daisy has her own problems when she runs into her ex-girlfriend Xan and her new girlfriend Kelly, also a musician who is set to play in the band slam. Daisy tries to get some closure beyond the tweet that let her know the relationship was over, by demanding that Xan speak with her about their break up. Xan gives her the brush off and when Daisy persists she ends up in a fight with loud-mouth Kelly.

Just as things look like they couldn't get any worse Monique a small time thug recently released from prison impounds the car and the band's gear in exchange for an unpaid debt. Tyler then takes matters into her own hands and takes off in Kelly's car. 

Sid, Misty and Colby are dumbfounded on meeting Monique in Girltrash: All Night Long (2014)
Sid, Misty and Colby are dumbfounded on hearing Monique's Demands

The answer to their problems seems to be at hand when the group discovers a stash of illegal drugs in Kelly's car. To convert them into cash they turn up at Colby's sorority sisters night ready to party.

Misty and Colby have a heart-to-heart but Colby's hopes get deflated when she sees Misty making a play for Tyler shortly after. Colby convinces Tyler to have fake sex with her in order to make her seem more worldly and therefore more attractive to Misty. However, the plan backfires when Daisy discovers Tyler in bed with Colby and debars her from the band and her life.

Misty seeing her big chance makes a move on Tyler but Tyler knocks her back. Luckily Colby is at the ready to provide a shoulder to cry on. Misty soon realizes she really is into Colby after all and is perhaps the only genuine person she has met in LA. 

Let's Start Over Colby and Misty in Girltrash: All Night Long (2014)
Let's Start Over Colby and Misty

Monique gate crashes the party but the campus police turn up and take Monique into custody. Daisy and Colby's Mom couldn't be more disinterested and drops them off at the car. The group then make their way to the venue without further hiccup. 

At the band slam Kelly's performance shines despite her less than winning personality but Daisy sings her heart out backed by Alotta Lame to take first prize. Just at the crucial moment golf club wielding Monique turns up to claim the prize and Daisy and Tyler hand the winner's cheque over to her.

Alls well that ends well in this movie as Daisy and Tyler renew their friendship and are on a high from their win. Colby and Misty make out backstage and go all the way. Afterwards Misty wishes Colby "a Happy Graduation" and we are pretty sure that "the dream girl" has been got" as Colby wished for near the beginning of the movie.

The Girltrash movie is a prequel to the web series Girltrash! As a film Girl Trash: All Night Long is entertaining to watch with good solid performances from the main cast. It has enough humor and song that you know it is not to be taken too seriously. And best of all we get a happy ending where friends stay friends and more importantly in a lesbian movie girl gets girl.

Read more about Girl Trash: All NIght Long (2014) movie on IMDb

Gabrielle Christian as Colby

Mandy Musgrave as Misty

Lisa Rieffel as Daisy

Michelle Lombardo as Tyler

Country of Origin: USA

Genre: Drama / Romance / Comedy / Musical

Language: English

Subtitles: None

Runtime: 2.59 minute Official Trailer. Full feature 86 mins

Year of Release: 2014

Director: Angela Robinson

Screenplay: Alexandra Kondracke


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I CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT (2008) - Lesbian Interest Movie (UK)


Tala and Leyla


I Can't Think Straight (2008), is a British lesbian interest film, (IMDb 6.5) about a young London-based Jordanian-Christian woman Tala who although engaged to be married falls for her best friend's girlfriend Leyla. Tala, an heiress and businesswoman in her own right, knows that her preference is for women but to keep her family happy has had several near attempts at walking down the aisle with a man. In the end, and much to her family's frustration, Tala always finds a reason not to commit and pulls the plug at the last minute. She does not tell her family the real reason which of course is that she cannot find what she is looking for in a relationship with a man.

Leyla, on the other hand, has limited dating experience and is a little naive. She is Muslim, lives a sheltered existence at home with her parents, works in her family business and is writing her first novel. She has never had a relationship with a woman but her CD and book collection give some indication of her deeper but as yet unawakened sapphic desires.



The romance for this couple is a slow burn. On meeting they clash over views on religion however by the time they have played tennis the next day it is clear that they are already well on the way to falling in love. They subsequently spend a weekend in Oxford together where they have the opportunity to spend the evening alone and before they know it they are dancing sensually with each other and eventually sleep together.

Leyla: I want to be with someone who, ten years from now, still makes my heart jump when I hear her key in the door. And that someone is you.
Leyla: Have you ever done this before?
Tala: Slept with a woman while my fiance makes wedding plans? Nope, never done that before.
However, once the night is over, reality bites and both lovers come back to earth with a thud as they consider the practicality of being together as a couple. Lesbianism is frowned on in their respective cultures and each woman is already laboring under the pressure of strong family expectations. Tala's mother who in someways embodies the cultural constraints on the couple, ups the ante by encouraging Tala's fiance to fly in for a visit forcing Tala to make a decision about coming out to her parents.

Tala's poem to Leyla
“Every night I empty my heart, but by morning it's full again.
Slow droplets of you seep in through the night's soft caress.
At dawn, I overflow with thoughts of us
An aching pleasure that gives me no respite.
Love cannot be contained, the neat packaging of desire
Splits asunder, spilling crimson through my days.
Long, languishing days that are now bruised tender with yearning,
Spent searching for a fingerprint, a scent, a breath you left behind.”
Shamim Sarif
Although not always a satisfying watch I Can't Think Straight is a romantic comedy at heart and delivers with some funny moments. Both lead actresses Lisa Ray as Tala and Sheetal Sheth as Leyla give entertaining and competent performances. It is the second pairing as they also appeared in The World Unseen together. The director of I Can't Think Straight Shamin Sarif adapts her own novel here along with the help of co-writer Kelly Moss to produce a watchable and entertaining film.


Tala and Leyla from I Can't Think Straight (2008)
Tala and Leyla find love in Oxford


Read more about I Can't Think Straight (2008) movie on IMDb

Lisa Ray as Tala

Sheetal Sheth as Leyla

Country of Origin: UK

Genre: Drama / Romance / Comedy

Language: English

Subtitles: None

Runtime: 2.38 minute Official Trailer. Full feature 82 mins

Year of Release: 2008

Director: Shamim Sarif

Screenplay: Shamim Sarif and Kelly Moss



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ZARA and EVE from IT'S A DATE (2013) - Australian Lesbian TV Couple


Zara and Eve are two LGBTQ characters from the lesbian interest storyline from Season 1 of the Australian romantic comedy / dramedy TV series It's a Date, (IMDb 7.4) that first aired in 2013. In an episode entitled Do Opposites Attract? Zara and Eve meet on a blind date and discover very quickly that they are poles apart in terms of their values and beliefs and therefore struggle to find common ground.

The happy-go-lucky Zara (Kate Ritchie) is the perfect foil for the more serious, politically minded and intense Eve (Nadine Garner). Both actresses give compelling performances in their respective roles. You can't but cheer them on to sort it out when you see that they are just not getting each other. 


Zara and Eve on a blind date in It's a Date (2013) - Australian TV Show
Eve: "I hope you don't mind me ordering but one of us had to make a decision."


There are plenty of funny moments when confusion and miscommunication abound for this couple. Right off the bat Zara introduces herself as Zara like the Spanish chain store only to receive a blank stare from Eve because she has never heard of it. Only a few minutes later Zara believing Eve is a barrister asks if she has been in court that day only to find that Eve is in fact a barista.

When the subject of ex-girlfriends comes up Zara makes light of dying of boredom in Hobart while Eve is trying to tell her about one of scariest moments of her life when her ex almost died because of a peanut allergy.

Kate Ritchie as Zara in It's a Date (2013) - Australian Lesbian TV Couple
Barrister or Barista Confusion

Then there is the subject of out or not out. As an out and proud lesbian herself Eve is surprised to learn that Zara is not out to her family and challenges her about living a lie. Zara counters with I'm out to the people I want to be out to. 

Out of Not Out that is the Question? Nadine Garner in It's a Date (2013) Zara and Eve
"You're Not Out" Nadine Garner as Eve challenges Zara


The blind date appears to be well and truly unravelling when Zara and Eve disagree on the subject of marriage. Eve is pro gay marriage and is happy about the move around the world towards greater inclusivity and equality. Zara, on the other hand, has never had a relationship longer than one month and points out that 50 percent of marriages in Australia end in divorce. Zara states that she can't see "what all the fuss is about" when it comes to marriage and that marriage is not on her radar. Don't miss the Gwen Stefani reference who designed the #loveislove LGBT merchandising about that time.

At this point each of our characters thinks they have the other pegged. Eve has a crack at Zara about consumerism while Zara counters with the statement "you're a parody" and goes on to identify the 5 speed bicycle, food co-op and no TV set as stereotypical.   

Just as each are ready to kill their matchmaker for setting them up in the first place the scales tip. Eve reveals that she would like to be a contestant on The Voice, a singing competition but does not have the confidence to go through with it. Next thing they are in the "girls dunnies"and Eve is singing her heart out to sterling rendition of Burn For You.

Zara and Eve kiss in the bathroom from It's a Date (2013)
Eve kisses Zara in the bathroom of It's a Date (2013) 

Like all good stories the characters are changed by the encounter they have had with each other. Zara has moved to a greater comfort level around telling her family about being gay while Eve has grown the confidence to sing in public. While the couple don't have the traditional happy ending that romcoms deliver both walk away from the experience with mutual respect and empathy. And the acknowledgment that each of them is great in her own special way.

Zara and Eve eventually find some common ground in It's a Date (2013) - Australian TV Show
Zara: "You surprised me."
Eve: "I surprised me too."


As with all good stories our characters must develop and change because of their experiences and that is the case here where by the end we see Zara makes a shift toward greater  in comfort level herself about the issue.

Zara and Eve share an intimate moment in It's a Date (2013) Australian TV Couple
Zara: "You're great."
Eve: "You're great too."


The Zara and Eve story is funny, quirky and moving all at the same time. All Zara and Eve scenes are available to watch in one video on the Lesbians Watch YouTube channel


Read more about It's a Date TV series on IMDb

Kate Ritchie as Zara

Nadine Garner as Eve

Country of Origin: Australia

Genre: Drama / Romance / Comedy

Language: English

Subtitles: English

Runtime: 12 minutes video

Release Date: 2013

Director: Jonathan Brough

Creator: Peter Helliar, Kate Langbroek

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LAYLA and JACKIE from KICK (2007) - Australian Lesbian Interest TV Couple


The love story between Layla and Jackie is a lesbian interest storyline running through the Australian romantic comedy / dramedy TV series Kick, (IMDb 6.6) that originally aired in 2007. Layla and Jackie are instantly attracted to each other after meeting at the university fencing club and it doesn't take long before they become fencing partners and start going out for coffee.

Layla has never had a girlfriend before but knows that her family would not approve of her dating a woman. She tries to keep her world separate and does not tell Jackie about the familial pressure she is under to meet Middle Eastern cultural expectations including getting engaged. Instead she tries to compartmentalize her life however the cracks show up early on when Jackie who describes herself as "forward" turns up unexpectedly to the karaoke party in Layla's street.


Layla and Jackie fencing partners and more in the Australian TV series Kick (2007)
Layla and Jackie are more than fencing Partners in Kick (2007)

As Layla and Jackie become closer Layla is conflicted between wanting to pursue the relationship with Jackie and not disappointing her family. It becomes increasingly difficult for Layla to keep certain aspects of her life secret and eventually Jackie learns the truth about the plans that Layla's family have for Layla.

At this point Jackie tries to force the issue by demanding that Layla be true to herself and her family about her sexuality. Layla must then decide what she wants most: to keep her family happy or to continue dating Jackie.

Layla and Jackie from Kick 2007. Make eyes at each other
Layla and Jackie  make eyes at each other when Layla says "she's interested"

Romi Trower as Jackie in Layla and Jackie Kick 2007
Romi Trower as Jackie in Australian TV show Kick 2007


Nicole Chaumoun as Layla in Kick (2007)


The themes explored in the Layla and Jackie storyline are not new but their love story is dealt with more than enough sensitivity and humor to make it refreshing. Full marks to the writers who show Layla and Jackie navigating their dilemma in such a way that they reach a resolution that results in a happy ending for our characters, something that is uncommon in many lesbian interest story arcs. 
 

Layla and Jackie room mates on the fencing intensive in Kick (2007
Layla and Jackie room mates on the fencing intensive in Kick (2007)



Layla and Jackie eye blazing in the Australian TV show Kick (2007)
Layla and Jackie making eyes at each other in the TV show Kick (2007)



The Layla and Jackie love story can be watched from the very beginning on the #lesbianswatch YouTube channel.

Read more about Kick TV series on IMDb

Nicole Chamoun as Layla

Romi Trower as Jackie

Country of Origin: Australia

Genre: Drama / Romance / Comedy

Language: English

Subtitles: English

Runtime: 23 minute playlist in 3 parts edited version

Release Date: 2007

Director: Esben Storm

Creator: Esben Storm, Adam Bowen


Layla and Jackie say goodnight in Kick 2007
Layla and Jackie say goodnight in Kick 2007



Layla and Jackie talk about living in domestic bliss in Kick 2007 TV show
Layla and Jackie talk domestic bliss in Kick 2007



Layla and Jackie share a rare intimate moment alone together. Australian TV show Kick 2007
Layla and Jackie share a rare moment alone to be intimate with each other


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