The Half of It (2020)You may be familiar with

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That’ll stick with you and feel like that warm hug you needed when you were 18 years old. Sex season, IndieWire noted “The sweet gay Latinx teen love story is candy for the soul” — and that captures it perfectly. And that’s all well and good we need our fluffy, sweet stuff every now and then. Plus, the young cast of the three-season Hulu show — including Michael Cimino and George Sear, who play love interests Victor and Benji, respectively — brings a lot of charm to the (lunch) table. And, when the show returns for its third and final season, we’ll be curious to see if Victor knocked on Benji or Rahim’s (Anthony Keyvan) door.


The Half of It (2020)You may be familiar with director Alice Wu’s debut, Saving Face (2004), which Germany WhatsApp Number Data remains one of the greatest rom-coms of all time. The Half of It, which is just Wu’s second feature, is a “different kind of love story” at first glance, that love story is a loose retelling of the Cyrano de Bergerac tale — with a queer twist — but, as the film progresses, it’s clear that The Half of It is a love story between friends. And, yes, a self-love story, too. Leah Lewis and Alexxis Lemire in The Half of It. Photo Courtesy NetflixThe film’s queer protagonist.





Ellie Chu (Leah Lewis), lives in the small town of Squahamish, and she spends her free time writing papers for her peers in exchange for money. When she meets Paul Munsky (Daniel Diemer), a well-meaning but inarticulate jock, Ellie writes letters on Paul’s behalf to Aster Flores (Alexxis Lemire), his crush — and, as it turns out, Ellie’s crush, too. While this one is far-off longing than Heartstopper-style butterflies, it’s quietly moving and, like Saving Face was a decade ago, refreshing. Princess Cyd (2017)Princess Cyd is that