floria sigismondi

How many David Bowie doppelgangers does it take to make a video for ‘The Stars (Are Out Tonight)’ from his upcoming album The Next Day? Oscar winner and andro-alien princess of the universe Tilda Swinton plays the role of his suburban wife and one piece of his more fabulous personality in the video directed by The Runaways’ Floria Sigismondi. Meanwhile, the flawless Andre Pejić channels Bowie’s earlier self while also playing part of a celebrity couple with model Saskia De Brauw.

2010 may just be a watershed moment for lesbian characters on film with Annette Bening garnering nomination after nomination for her portrayal of a wine-swilling, slightly controlling lesbian mom in Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are Alright. While the Oscar nominations have not been released yet Bening’s a shoo-in for a nomination, and it would mark the first nomination for an actress playing a lead lesbian character who is not criminally insane. Charlize Theron in Monster and Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal come to mind… We picked smaller films for our top including The Runaways, The Girl Who Played with Fire, A Marine Story, The Four-Faced Liar, The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, Chloe and more...