This week is all about using LINES within the frame.

There’s a lot going on in this shot from #DesertHearts, but the leading lines of the train and its painted stripes, as well as Vivian’s outstretched hand, guide us directly to Cay’s face.

Desert Hearts Donna Deitch’s swooning and sensual first narrative feature, Desert Hearts, was groundbreaking upon its release in 1985: a love story about two women, made entirely independently, on a shoestring budg...

Desert Hearts (1985) — sun-soaked lesbian longing in the middle of nowhere, where repression melts faster than ice in Nevada heat. 💋🌵

It’s not just a love story—it’s a woman realizing she’d rather be free, single, and scandalous

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#WLW #DesertHearts #queerlove

Digital painting in bright colours of two women in the throes of pleasure, one is kissing up the other's chin.

"I don’t usually feel this way at 11 o'clock in the morning…"

a fanart of That scene from Desert Hearts because I haven’t stopped thinking about it since I saw it…
#deserthearts #queerfilm #suggestive #wlwart #lesbianfilm

Desert Hearts 1985, dir. Donna Deitch
#filmsky #deserthearts #donnadeitch

Somewhere in the middle of by FleetVesre.

#dubaidesert #desertlife #deserthearts

Luxury in Abu Dhabi be like by FleetVerse.

abudhabi #deserthearts #oasis #birdseyeview

Desert Hearts, the first positively lesbian movie ever, had it's 40 year anniversary recently #deserthearts #lifeisstrange

Then there's those in the 1990s films like #DesertHearts and #Bound (163/?)

#patriciacharbonneau in #deserthearts, 1985.

Funny thing, there is another movie about a woman who goes to Reno to qualify for a divorce. She meets several women at a ranch too.
#DesertHearts

#TheWomen #TCMParty

Grooveland EP by Sinca Montreal's rising star Sinca returns with her new two-track release, Grooveland, on Desert Hearts Black.

Montreal's rising star Sinca returns with her new two-track release, Grooveland, on Desert Hearts Black. #music #sinca #grooveland #deserthearts

#DesertHearts

“How you get all that traffic with no equipment… is beyond me.”
#DesertHearts #TCMParty

Now playing #LetsGetWorse #DesertHearts

Today marks three years since I watched #DesertHearts for the first time. The character limit is preventing me from sharing all my thoughts, but just know that I wouldn't be who I am today without this #movie. Forever grateful to @donna-deitch.bsky.social for what she and her crew created. #Lesbian

@mikeylion.bsky.social (of #DesertHearts) keeping it real, as always.

#SecretBeats

I Didn't Know by Kevin Knapp Kevin Knapp returns to Desert Hearts Black with a bold new single, I Didn't Know, is a dancefloor-ready ode to unexpected connections and personal growth.

Kevin Knapp returns to Desert Hearts Black with a bold new single, I Didn't Know, is a dancefloor-ready ode to unexpected connections and personal growth. #music #kevinknapp #ididntknow #DesertHearts

A title page for Teagan Waymouth's piece: Time, Place and Secret Sex - how these queer 80s films represent sexual identity and mobility (which has been written in white text and highlighted). Two stills from Desert Hearts and My Beautiful Laundrette feature with the actors embracing. The Cinema Rediscovered logo in the top right and Teagan's IG handle in the bottom right.

For the #CineRedis25 Roaming Reporters Scheme, Teagan Waymouth analyses the queer relationships of #DesertHearts and #MyBeautifulLaundrette, highlighting a turning point for LGBTQ+ representation in the 1980s. Read more via the link in bio 🔗

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E. Rose Nelson writes Attention Must Be Paid: Audra Lindley www.mediamagpies.com/audra-lindley/ #attentionmustbepaid #audralindley #deserthearts

I Don't Care Anymore by Andreas Henneberg Andreas Henneberg returns to Desert Hearts Records with a brand-new release that's full of character, contrast, and clever production.

Andreas Henneberg returns to Desert Hearts Records with a brand-new release that's full of character, contrast, and clever production. #music #andreashenneberg #idontcareanymore #desert #hearts #DesertHearts

Desert Hearts (1985)

Directed by #DonnaDeitch
Starring: #HelenShaver #PatriciaCharbonneau #AudraLindley #AndraAkers #GwenWelles #DeanButler

Cinematography by #RobertElswit
Production Designer by #JeannineOppewall

#DesertHearts #1980s #romance #romanticfilm #western

"This Movie's Gay" is back from hiatus, Monday, May 5th!!! Corwyn and I return to podcasting about #queerfilm! Their first movie back is 1985's masterpiece, #DesertHearts. Go subscribe wherever podcasts are found!!! #PodernFamily #podcast

Films of the 80s. Donna Deitch's "Desert Hearts". #movies #films #deserthearts #donnadeitch #nataliecooper #janerule #helenshaver #patriciacharbonneau #audralindley #gwenwelles #deanbutler #alexmcarthur #denisecrosby #robertelswit