Blow Dry (3-9-01) Dir. Paddy Breathnach -- Miramax
Yet another entry in the hairdressing competition comedy genre. This one has Alan Rickman battling it out with ex-wife Natasha Richardson, who's now a lesbian and hooked up with Rachel
Griffiths.
The Girl (4-6-01) Dir. Sande Zeig -- Artistic License Films
Noir film finds a young lesbian painter falling in love with a straight nightclub chanteuse, their relationship threatened by a mysterious man from the singer's past.
Unconditional Love (4-13-01) Dir. P.J. Hogan -- New Line Cinema
Rupert Everett in a gay role, as the lover of a newly-deceased British pop star who teams up with Kathy Bates to solve the singer's murder.
Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her (Spring 2001) Dir. Rodrigo Garcia -- Showtime
Can you tell that Calista Flockhart is a lesbian tarot card reader? Well, she is, at least in this gal-powered flick. Valeria Golino plays her girlfriend.
Moulin Rouge (6-1-01) Dir. Baz Luhrmann -- 20th Century Fox
From the director of Romeo + Juliet: Nicole Kidman is sure to kick up her heels in this one, but we'd love to see co-star Ewan McGregor show some leg, too. John Leguizamo plays Henri de Toulouse Lautrec.
Tomb Raider (6-15-01) Dir. Simon West -- Paramount
Angelina Jolie as cyberbabe Lara Croft. What more do you need to know?
Songcatcher (June 2001) Dir. Maggie Greenwald -- Trimark Pictures/Lions Gate Films
Janet McTeer is a musicologist circa 1900 who travels to Appalachia to preserve the local folk music and becomes involved in the lives of the locals themselves, including a couple of lesbian schoolteachers. Greenwald directed the gender-bending period piece The Ballad of Little Jo.
Source
: Obtained from Planetout.com
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