Australian White Wines Speak!

Our first is a Marsanne from Tahbilk. Yes you see it occasionally as a single varietal in Australia but you also see it blended with Rousanne.

On the nose apricot, peach, mango with some very sweet white grapefruit. On the palate Portuguese custard tart, canned pineapple, jasmine tea and apricot nectar. Light on the acids but enough to give it a gentle force. Not a powerful wine yet not overly delicate. Short finish.

Good sipper and for me I sense a delight with clam linguine in a white wine sauce and lots of local garlic.

Tahbilk has the largest single holding of Marsanne in the world and it was planted on the estate in the 1860’s.

They suggest cellaring it for 8-10 years with marmalade and honeyed characteristics developing. Given their experience with Marsanne I am not going to argue with this. Call it instinct but this wine may achieve greatness in the next few years. If you have a place to cellar it great and buy 3 or 4 bottles to try over the coming years.

(Tahbilk Marsanne 2019, Nagambie Lakes Central Victoria, Tahbilk, Tablik, Victoria, Australia, $17.95, Liquor Control Board of Ontario # 117495, 12%, 750 mL, Robert K. Stephen Set The Bar Rating 90/100).

Our next white is from Xanadu and I know this label but it has been some time since I have had any of their wines. This is an Exmoor 2018 from the Margaret River in Western Australia an area which produces some of Australia’s elegant Cabernet Sauvignon. Vines have been planted in western Australia since 1829 but in the Margaret River vines were planted in the late 1960’s. It has a maritime location where the warm Indian Ocean and cold Southern Ocean merge. Karen MacNeil in her “Wine Bible” mentions the “almost magical affinity” Chardonnay has for the region.

On the nose baked pear tart, apple, mango, apricot and tangerine. Quite busy and intriguing. On the palate there is a gravelly texture to it and it is slightly grippy on the palate remining me of wines made from the Encruzado grape in the Dão region of Portugal grown often in granitic soils. On the palate pineapple upside down cake, Bulgarian pear nectar juice, applesauce all with a persistent mouthfeel and a moderately long finish. It has been fermented in the barrel but lacking an oaky nose I would have to say this would seem to be older French oak? Whatever oak it is it is discrete making the wine fall out of the ABC (Anything but Chardonnay) camp a term thrown around by Chardonnay drinkers turned off the overly oaked Chardonnays of years ago not only from Australia but from elsewhere around the world.

Now it is a good sipper but that slight gravelly and raspy side to it sort of has it begging for food and as Margaret River is by the ocean I am sure some local seafood, particularly shellfish, might be a great match but not having yet been invited on an Australian wine media tour to Western Australia I wish I could tell you what they might eat with this Chardonnay. I might endeavour to say rabbit might be a good match grilled after it has been marinated in yogurt and tarragon. But my goodness to be in Australia at the winery with glass in hand I am sure they would know exactly what local cuisine pairs with this Exmoor! In fact the winery restaurant ranks in the top 50 of Western Australia’s restaurants. Of course after this pandemic is over I will be whisked on their corporate jet for a meal or two there!

As an aside it is remarkably interesting that there are no media trips to Australia for wine whereas for Europe they abound. I wonder why this is. Sort of like Canada that produces some excellent wine but formally organized tours for Canadian and foreign wine media types seems non-existent. Oh well I suppose I will have to get my in-depth experience in Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain where the EU is not adverse to spilling out some cash to bring in wine media types for the skinny on their local wines. Too bad for Australia!

The technical sheet can be accessed here and I see I was right about the oak being old! How good it feels to be a savvy Canuck wine writer!!! And modest too!

Click to access 19_EX_CHA_TECH.pdf

(Xanadu, Exmoor 2018 Chardonnay, Margaret River, Xanadu Wines, Margaret River, Western Australia, $19.95 (currently $20 AUS$), Liquor Control Board of Ontario # 12696, 750 mL, 12.5%, Robert K. Stephen Set The Bar Rating 90/100).

We finish off with another Chardonnay from Australia. It is a Penfolds Koonunga Hill Chardonnay from South Australia. On the nose this light gold Chardonnay has notes of apple, pear with moderate oaking. On the palate some pineapple, butterscotch and baked pear.  A full-bodied Chard finishing with a little cut of apricot and tangerine.

No benefit to ageing. Serve cool and not cold.

I think this would pair well with crustaceans with lots of garlic butter for dipping.

(Penfolds Koonunga Hill Chardonnay 2018, Penfolds Wine, South Australia, $16.95, Liquor Control Board of Ontario # 321943, 750 mL, 12.5%, Robert K. Stephen Set The Bar Rating 87/100).

As for 2020 in Australia:

The top 5 markets by value were:

  • Mainland China, down 14 per cent to $1.01 billion
  • United Kingdom (UK), up 29 per cent to $456 million
  • United States of America (USA), up 4 per cent to $434 million
  • Canada, up 5 per cent to $192 million, and
  • Hong Kong, up 27 per cent to $132 million.

The top five destinations by volume were:

  • UK, up 19 per cent to 266 million litres
  • USA, down 1 per cent to 136 million litres
  • Mainland China, down 29 per cent to 96 million litres
  • Canada, up 0.3 per cent to 56 million litres, and
  • Germany, up 10 per cent to 35 million litres.

“Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 4 “The Tragic Exile”

Chapter 4 “The Tragic Exile”

Albo Jiber had once sat in the Legislative Assembly of Zortixia. He was known to be extremely intelligent but with ambition bordering on dangerous. His career as a Zortixian Legislative Assembly member came crashing down as he was implicated in several illegal land deals resulting in his expulsion from the Legislative Assembly. But now he had seized power and was anxiously awaiting vindication by “appropriately” dealing with those who had “betrayed him”.

His closest followers were the fanatical blackbooters, a highly effective and loyal band of cutthroats. On instructions of Jiber they had executed many of his opponents. Prominent citizens vanished mysteriously and the once vacant prisons were overcrowded. The thousands of Zortixians who had supported the Jiber now had their doubts about the veracity of their decision but it was too late.

The execution of Montenez might be problematic due to his huge popularity. Other Opposite Party leaders in The Federation reported difficulties when they executed popular political leaders. For instance, Lako, leader of the Prizoian Opposite Party, was torn to pieces by angry mobs after he had ordered the execution of Blurd, the hugely popular leader of the Prizoian People’s Assembly. The reigns of power throughout The Federation were tenuous and of course their future was maintaining power.

Jiber’s safest course of action was the exile of Montenez. It would be to a planet so very far away he would never return. The Jiber gambled that if he exiled Montenez and publicly guaranteed his safety Zortixians would be placated. The planet of exile was a ragged and primitive planet called Earth. There was not even any sign of civilized life.

Jiber was correct. The Zortixian anger subsided knowing their leader at least would be safe. However the re-entry programme into Earth on the exile’s spaceship had been altered so that the craft would burn to pieces upon entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Those sucker Zortixians would have no idea about the murder of Willie.

There exist countless legends pertaining to the exile voyage so we will never know the truth except that the rocket had a rough entry into the Earth’s atmosphere and Willie and his wife died and their child enclosed in a “indestructible” metal cannister was thrown clear of the plummeting fireball of a spacecraft. Willie Jr. managed to escape injury other than a severed baby toe that sunk to the bottom of the ocean while his cannister bobbed in the undulating waves.

“Violation”: A Canadian Gem?

Madeline Sims-Fewer as Miriam

I have watched this film twice and it took the second view to say this Canadian film is a gem. Personally, I would advise you to watch it more than once. It is one of those films that beg for interpretation. The elements to keep an eye and mind on could be sexual assault, PTSD, familial disfunction, rape- revenge and cruelty.

The film starts rolling and the credits are a bit blurred. Now that sparked a thought why? In fact it started a mini trance of extreme curiosity. Were the directors trying to make a statement and if so what was it?

Could it be the link between reality and fiction is blurry or have I watched too many French and Italian art films always looking for subtle symbolism! My take is the film vacillates upon fantasy and reality. That nice girl Miriam (Sims-Fewer) really didn’t do that horrific act. Perhaps it is her fantasy? Perhaps it is reality and a vicious one at that.

And what about that wolf in the beginning grabbing a rabbit pretending to be dead? Does the fact that Dylan (Jesse LaVercombe) also hunts rabbits somehow a message of a predator in Dylan? Is Miriam also a predator and what about the numerous shots of insects? Symbolic of decay?

The storyline is relatively simple Miriam and Caleb (Obi Abili) head up to Dylan’s beautiful lakeside cottage for an annual visit. Dylan is married to Miriam’s sister Greta (Anna Maguire). Miriam and Greta appear to have a solid relationship as the film begins but in reality their relationship is permeated by jealousy if not great spite.

Set in the woods and isolated from the day to day lets the characters interact intensely. Throw in some infidelity to spice things up and a barbaric act by Miriam but that may just be fantasy.  If that nasty act by Miriam is real what a violent and dangerous lady. Did Dylan deserve his fate or fantasy as the case may be. Is he guilty of sexual assault?

What I can say that this is an engaging film and, in my view, capable of differing interpretations. I don’t see much symbolism in Canadian films but I see it here. The cinematography is stunning and artsy (but not overdone) and the music both angelic and eerie.

Sims-Fewer dominates the screen. The film has done the festival circuit including Sundance. “Violation” has been honoured with 3 nominations from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Female Actor.

It is directed, written and produced by Madeline Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli and hard to believe this is their debut film although they have experience with shorts.

Digital TIFF Bell Lightbox will have an exclusive digital film release on March 19 and the VIFF Connect Virtual Theatre starts a run on March 26th.

Tara Brach’s “Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Heart with The Life of a Buddha” (the importance of a pause)

“Pausing interrupts entrenched patterns of interaction. When the downward spiral of judging and misunderstanding is stopped even for a brief time, it becomes possible to recognize the unconscious beliefs and feelings that lie behind the problem. Such insight naturally leads to making wiser choices.

We learn Radical Acceptance by practicing pausing again and again. At the very moment when we’re about to lash out in verbal outrage, we don’t. When we feel anxious, instead of turning on the TV or making a phone call or mentally obsessing, we sit still and feel our discomfort or restlessness. In this pause we let go of thinking and we become intimate with what is happening in our body, heart and mind.”

Passage of the Day: From Timothy Findley’s “Famous Last Words”

Timothy Findley (1930-2002) remains one of Canada’s best- and well-known authors. “Famous Last Words” was published in 1981. It is fair to say it is an espionage novel where Wallis Simpson is a willing pawn of the Nazis.

“ ‘The War’- like any other war-will come and go and be parenthesized by dates in history books. A war is just a noise-the stench of death-a view, however wide and brief, of rubble-and a cause for lamentation.

After the lamentation: praise. Over the rubble: shrines. After the death the sweetness of flowers. After the noise: the diminishing echo. Then all the shops will be open and the first gold coins go down, “One dozen postal cards of war memorials please. The coloured ones, if possible. And all the figures cut in stone.

A war is just a place where we have been in exile from our better dreams.”

Poetry Corner: :”Black Lives Matter”

Black Lives Matter

Yes after years of discrimination you are red hot mad
UNDERSTOOD
but as a white guy and my children I am a worthless filthy scum
You have labelled me so quickly as some sort of bum

while banging your drum
hey as a white I am on your side
But for fucking sake don’t stereotype me and increase the divide
herald the trumpet of your “liberation”
where global inclusion
equals reverse racism
global inclusion
for us bastard whites means exclusion
go ahead on secure your illusion
racism is on your side
have your way
we poor innocent white folks
will be taking a segregated bus
like Rosa Parkes
you savvy political sharks

Of course, dare I say all lives matter
I am a racist pig for telling the truth
I am not buying that guilt shaming piece of shit
this is it

Lone Star Texas Grill Celebrates National Margarita Day with its Frozen Mar-go Rita’s (Ontario Only),

See a press release below and enjoy some frozen Mar-Go-Ritas. Of course do not forget there are dining and other beverages available:

Order LSTG for pickup: https://fajitastogo.com/orderdetails.html Food and Drink Menu: https://lonestartexasgrill.com/menus#drinks 

We want you to try all 3! Lone Star Texas Grill’s most popular signature margaritas have been made into mouth-watering frozen delights that come in 3 flavours:

  • Classic Lime: Sauza Gold tequila blended with lime & citrus juices, served with fresh orange and lime wedges and a salty rim.
  • Strawberry Lime Swirl: Sauza Gold tequila blended with lime & citrus juices and all-natural strawberry flavours, served with fresh orange and lime wedges and salty rim.
  • Blue Raspberry: Sauza Gold tequila and Blue Curaçao blended with lime & citrus juices and all-natural raspberry flavours, served with fresh orange and lime wedges, and a salty rim.

WHAT YOU’LL GET on FEB 22, delivered right to your doorstep:

  • 3 to-go Frozen Marg-GO-Rita’s
  • Signature Chips and Salsa
  • $25 gift card to be redeemed at your local Lone Star or lonestar.ca

MORE INFO

  • Please see the attached press release for more info.
  • We are delivering to the GTA & Ottawa. If you are outside of these locations and have a Lone Star Texas Grill location close to you, we can arrange for you to pick it up.
  • You must be of legal drinking age and must be home during the day on Feb 22

LONE STAR TEXAS GRILL Launches Signature FROZEN Mar-GO-Rita’s
Bring the Beach Home for National Margarita Day February 22
Toronto ON: We can’t go to the beach, so bring the tropics home with Lone Star Texas Grill’s new Frozen
Marg-GO-Rita’s, just in time to celebrate National Margarita Day! Lone Star’s signature frozen margaritas are
now available to-go for take-out and delivery, available in 3 flavours!
• Classic Lime: Sauza Gold tequila blended with lime & citrus juices, served with fresh orange and lime
wedges and a salty rim.
• Strawberry Lime Swirl: Sauza Gold tequila blended with lime & citrus juices and all-natural strawberry
flavours, served with fresh orange and lime wedges a salty rim.
• Blue Raspberry: Sauza Gold tequila and Blue Curaçao blended with lime & citrus juices and all-natural
raspberry flavours, served with fresh orange and lime wedges, and a salty rim.
The Frozen Mar-GO-Rita are available from $4.99 (Regular, 12oz serving with 1.25oz alcohol volume), or,
Texas-Size (Large, 16oz, with 2 oz alcohol volume) for $6.99. They come perfectly mixed and served with
smoked salt and garnishes required to enjoy your frozen Margarita at home.
The rimming salt is house smoked overnight on a mesquite grill to enhance the flavour of the salt rim. The
frozen Marg-GO-Rita’s are rounded out with fresh orange and lime wedges for the guest to flavour the
Margarita to their liking. Limes can make the Margarita more bitter, and oranges make it sweeter.
With the COVID-19 affecting dining room service and a drastic shift to take-out and delivery, Lone Star’s
team has been innovating on new ways to bring their unique restaurant experience to guests.
“Prior to the pandemic, we would sell a quarter of a million margaritas a year within the 4 walls of our
restaurants, but when restaurant dining rooms were closed and moved to takeout and delivery, that number
went to zero. New AGCO laws permit us to now sell single severed pre-mixed cocktails to-go, so we are
launching our new frozen “Mar-GO-Ritas” just in time for National Margarita Day!” Says Caley “Rodeo” French,
Director of Marketing.
Lone Star’s “Frozen Marg-GO-Rita’s” are available for take-out at lonestar.ca or, for delivery through
SkipTheDishes and UberEats.
-Lone Star Texas Grill is Canada’s Largest full-service Tex-Mex restaurant, with 22 locations across Ontario. Since opening
its doors in Ottawa in 1986, Lone Star has remained true to its roots, preparing the most authentic and fresh Tex-Mex,
north of the border. Lone Star’s signature items include award-winning fajitas, classic Tex-Mex and a wide array of
Texas-sized margaritas. Experience the big & bold tastes of Texas, right here at home.
Learn more at: http://www.lonestar.ca

“Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 3 “The Federation”

Chapter 3 “The Federation”

Zortixia had been the leader of the Federation. It had built itself up from the ground after a series of devastating nuclear attacks during The Great Nuclear Battle. Only a fraction of its population survived and they voted to create a peaceful and pacifist society. It was the first planet in The Federation to ban nuclear and biological warfare. Other planets in the galaxy soon followed suit and banded together to form The Federation.

The Federation prospered for many decades with its cornerstone being peaceful co-operation and indeed that lasted for many years. Zortixia developed into one of the most prosperous members of The Federation. Yes it was a superpower in The Federation but it was peaceful. Its technology was superior to other planetary members of The Federation but its superiority was never a threat. Threats were not tolerated in The Federation.

The Federation prospered for many decades managing to avoid war and destruction and maintained high spirits of optimism at least until such time as the Opposite Party was formed. The Opposite Party conveniently ignored the Great Nuclear Battle and even worse it manufactured glorification of war and aggression much to the consternation of the Creatureists. Large masses were whipped into a militaristic frenzy. It was to be a glorious future of conquest.

The Opposite was never outlawed so it began to hold mass rallies with a slogan “Make Zortixia the Greatest Again”. The leaders of The Federation believed that the attraction to the Opposite Party was temporary and that logic would soon return to the populations of The Federation.

Initially the discontents were checked by centuries of many years of peaceful traditions and behaviour but with the interference of the Opposite Party this was soon changed. However prestigious and honoured the leader of Zortixia Willie Montenez was he lacked the political ability to detect foul play. It was only when evidence of clandestine arms shipments was detected flowing into Zortixia that Montenez was convinced of the seriousness and danger of the Opposite Party but by that time it was too late and Willie Montenez was placed under house arrest for treason to the people. News of this arrest sparked anti Opposite Party riots but they were was crushed with ease by the blackbooters of the Opposite Party. Zortixia was quickly under the thumb by the Zortixian leader of the Opposite Party by the name of Jiber.

Tara Brach’s “Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Heart with The Life of a Buddha”; Importance of the Pause

Tara Brach, psychotherapist and meditation teacher tells us in her book the importance of a pause.

“Learning to pause is the first step in the practice of Radical Acceptance. A pause is a suspension of activity, a time of temporary disengagement when we are no longer moving towards any goal.”

“A pause is, by nature, time limited. We resume or activities, but we do so with an increased presence and more ability to make choices.”

“When we pause, we don’t know what will happen next. But by disrupting our habitual behaviors, we open to the possibility of new and creative ways of responding to our fears and wants.”

“Pausing can feel like falling helplessly through space-we have no idea what will happen. We fear we might be engulfed by the rawness of our rage or grief or desire. Yet without opening to the actual experience of the moment, Radical Acceptance is not possible.”

Revry Celebrates Women’s History Month with free female queer content

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH ON REVRY 
Revry Celebrates Women All Month Long With Films, Series, and Music Videos.
Los Angeles, CA – Feb. 17, 2021 – Revry celebrates Women’s History Month with an entire March calendar highlighting incredible female Queer content made by and for the community.   
“Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day is such an important time at Revry. As a company that is co-founded by two women of color we have always made sure that we’ve highlighted and honored queer women as a part of our mission” says Revry Co-Founder Alia J. Daniels. “This March we are excited to particularly highlight titles on Revry that honor the experience of Queer women, including and especially our trans sisters who for far too long haven’t received their full shine during these moments.”  Women’s History Month on Revry begins March 1st with empowering double-features Addicted to Fresno, the crime comedy starring Aubrey Plaza, Natasha Lyonne and Judy Greer; and the historical civil rights documentary Political Animals. Throughout the month, Revry will celebrate women with new content including the new animated series My Pride: The Series, and the queer coming-of-age dramedy Gay Mean Girls premiereing on International Women’s Day March 8th.. 
The womxn specific channel OML on Revry will premiere three new series for audiences. On March 2, OML on Revry launches the Streamy award-nominated comedy series Twenty, which follows a lesbian couple and their ecclectic group of friends navigating careers, love, and life in their early twenties. Also premiering this month is the hilariously hot lesbian soap opera Chica Busca Chica.  
In addition, March is Bisexual Health Awareness Month, and OML on Revry will premiere the mystery thriller Renée and the Seven Cards which centers on a bisexual fitness fanatic who must track down her missing psychic to understand an ominous tarot card reading that predicts her death. Revry will also feature a collection of originals and select programming including the award-winning romantic-comedy 2 in the Bush: A Love Story for Bisexual Health Awareness Month, the powerful documentary My Name was January for Trans Day of Visibility, and the musical-comedy Happy Playland for International Day of Happiness.
The global Queer TV network, 50% black female founded, takes this month as an opportunity for audiences to find even more free queer female entertainment playing on Revry’s Live Linear channels and On-Demand at watch.revry.tv.
The full calendar of events is below, including hyperlinks on titles available to watch immediately. 
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH CALENDAR ON REVRY 
Monday, March 1, 2021
Addicted To Fresno – Addicted to Fresno is a raunchy, uproarious comedy about co-dependent sisters (Judy Greer, Natasha Lyonne)  who work as hotel maids in Fresno, CA. When Shannon jeopardizes her fresh start by accidentally killing a hotel guest after a post-rehab relapse, Martha goes to great lengths to help her sister cover up the crime. 
Girl Fight : A Muay Thai Story – For a fighter, winning and losing is everything. Prairie Rugilo recognized that fact and opened her all-female Muay Thai kickboxing gym to inspire and empower women through martial arts. Prairie and her student, DeAna must overcome their personal demons through the support of their teammates and loved ones to become the champions they were meant to be, embarking on a journey that takes them down roads they did not expect.
Political Animals – Political Animals celebrates the legendary civil rights victories of four trailblazing California state politicians: Carole Migden, Sheila Keuhl, Jackie Goldberg, and Christine Kehoe. Fierce and unrelenting, these courageous women toppled a partisan majority and emerged victors to pass historic legislation for social justice and LGBT+ equality. 
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Twenty (OML) – 5pm PT (Episode 1&2) – Twenty follows the story of Maya, her girlfriend Catalina, and her group of eclectic friends as they navigate careers, love, and life in their early twenties. With two seasons under their belt, a streamy award nomination, Twenty examines the comedic complexities of interpersonal relationships, focusing on the stories of women and more specifically, LGBT women who are often inaccurately represented in the limelight. 
Friday, March 5, 2021
Same Same – Meeting through a social networking app, three women from very different backgrounds navigate life, love and the complexities of the modern queer experience.
Wild Animal – Wild Animal is Melanie Vesey’s debut comedy special and album. Blessed with some wild times, Melanie talks about her life after being shot by her cop x-girlfriend, having a baby with a Project Runway winner, getting gay married and raising a human son despite herself being a Wild Animal.
Loss prevention – When an old-school bar owner and his unruly daughter get caught up in a cat-and-mouse game of corporate espionage, it will take brains, brawn and help from the lesser of two evils to make it out alive.
Monday, March 8, 2021 – International Women’s Day
Carly Usdin: “Ru Girl” – Debut music video for “RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 5 finalist, drag superstar Alaska Thunderfuck, directed and edited by Carly Usdin with cinematography by Robin Roemer. Inspired by some iconic music videos of the 90s, including “Justify My Love,” and “My Name Is.”
Gay Mean Girls – Gay Mean Girls is a Canadian coming-of-age series that follows prom committee member Lucy Ching as she seeks to understand her sexuality, charm her best friend Miranda, and fit in with the gay community. Based on a viral short film that earned over 3.5 million hits on YouTube, the project was written and directed by queer women of colour.
My Pride: The Series – My Pride is a dark fantasy web-series following a disabled lioness named Nothing. Injured as a cub and unable to demonstrate her hunting abilities, her name is a cruel reminder of what she lacks. Nothing’s life is changed forever when she’s forced out of her Pride and must survive on her own, and in doing so, discover her own special connection with her Goddesses, and learn how to heal her broken world.
Almost Adults – A platonic love story between two best friends, Cassie and Mackenzie, in their final year of college as they transition into adulthood. Mackenzie, recently out, embraces her sexuality and tries to catch up on everything she has missed during her teenage years, while Cassie ends a long term relationship with her boyfriend and discovers her life isn’t going as planned. Both struggle to keep their friendship together as they begin growing apart.
Lip Service – “Lip Service” explores the lives, loves, & lusts of lipstick lesbians in Scotland.
Septo – What happens when you realize your dreams are no longer your own? Promising triathlete, Jessica has trained her entire life and finally has a shot at the Olympics. When she meets Lua, the mysterious and confident surf instructor, Jessica realizes just how trapped she feels by her own life and her controlling father. Explore this story of love, ambition and drama in Revry’s Original Series, SEPTO.
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Twenty (OML) – 5pm PT (Episode 3&4)
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 – Women’s Health AIDS Awareness Day
Our Love Story – Yoon-ju is a graduate student of fine arts and is working on her graduation exhibition. One day, while she is searching for materials for her project, she runs into Ji-soo at a junk shop. Watching Ji-soo in an odd place, Yoon-ju finds herself drawn to her. After their initial encounter, Yoon-ju once again runs into Ji-soo at a convenience store, and the two eventually start dating. Never having enjoyed dating men, Yoon-ju finds Ji-soo fascinating and becomes completely infatuated with her.
Submission Possible – In this Revry Original, Madison Young delves deep into sex magic rituals, herbal aphrodisiacs, cemeteries, sexy seances and spectrophilia in the hauntingly sexy city of New Orleans. 
Akagire – Teenager Satsuki feels desolate. Loving her girlfriend Jun is so natural to Satsuki, but even her mother thinks that her daughter’s love for her girlfriend is “not normal.” Dating a woman but also having a relationship with a man, Satsuki’s sexuality is swaying. 
2 In The Bush: A Love Story – Emily has just been dumped by her girlfriend, kicked out of her apartment, and fired from her job. Her best friend hooks her up with a new gig: personal assistant to a dominatrix. But when Emily falls for her new boss — and her new boss’s boyfriend — she must decide what risks are worth taking for love. 2 In The Bush is an unconventional romantic comedy about dungeons, a fish named Archimedes, and the many forms that love takes.
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Chica & Sun (OML) – 5pm PT (4 episodes) – This hot and hilarious lesbian soap opera takes you on a wild ride through the mixed up love lives of a group of sexy Madrid lesbians including the unbelievably gorgeous Spanish TV star Celia Freijeiro. Think: The L Word meets Almodovar.
Monday, March 15, 2021
Convince Me – Convince Me is a series created with Next Gen America to give information about the voting process, so you can feel confident when showing up for the polls this November. Please watch and share. It’s so important for people to see this to understand the voting process, and why it’s so important for us to use our voice for change.
Cameron Esposito: Marriage Material – In her first special, the purveyor of fine jokes, Cameron Esposito, has some harsh truths for you. From the secrets of a women’s locker room to her stance on gun control, she gets real. And, we wouldn’t have it any other way. She’s Marriage Material.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Twenty (OML) – 5pm PT (Episode 5&6) 
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 – St. Patricks Day
Pot Luck – New Zealand’s first lesbian web series has arrived! Three friends make a pact which turns their weekly potluck dinners into a search for love. Or not. “Pot Luck” serves up contemporary lesbian life in three great flavours: Debs, Beth, and Mel, as they negotiate friendship, family, and finding love at their weekly potluck dinners. Set in Wellington, this original comedy web series is fun, sexy, and occasionally ridiculous.
Lez Bomb – From executive producer, Bobby Farrelly (There’s Something About Mary), comes a new holiday comedy about a young woman (Writer-Director, Jenna Laurenzo) who comes home for Thanksgiving with some life changing news. Little does she know, the eccentric cast of characters that make up her extended family have their own stirring surprises. The result is a hilarious series of events forcing the family to come together in what amounts to the most unceremonious of holidays. As it turns out, there is no good time to drop the Lez Bomb.
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Chica & Sun (OML) – 5pm PT (4 episodes)
Saturday, March 20, 2021 – National Happiness Day
Seeking Dolly Parton – When Charlie (Kacey Barnfield) and her partner Cerina (Anya Monzikova) decide to have a baby, they go to Cerina’s estranged ex-boyfriend Josh (Michael Worth) to help fill in the “blanks”. But when old feelings return to the surface, the new feelings are not coming in without a fight. This unique threesome must each confront  their own “closeted” emotions before allowing a new light to shine into all their lives.
Margaret Cho: Psycho – Comedian Margaret Cho performs in front of a live audience in this provocative and hilarious comedy special event, tackling off-limits issues from Boko Haram to female empowerment with her razor sharp insight and wit. 
Happy Playland – Billie Haare, an anxious actress caught between her passion for stage and her parents’ dreams of the silver screens, starts a new job at a desolate indoor playground, managed by wannabe-insta-star Cris. Billie quickly develops feelings for social justice warrior, Zara, who is sadly 23 and not looking for anything serious. After a passionate moment in the ball pit, Billie and Zara both begin to question what they want. But the playland is soon to be closed – and Billie’s anxiety can only handle so much. Cris decides to intervene. Can Billie woo Zara into forever and always? Will anyone ned up happy? Will Cris’ trip to Queenstown increase her followers? Only time will tell, in the place where dreams come true, Happy Playland, The Wellington branch.
Sunday, March 21, 2021
The Filth – Stella, a bisexual plumber by day and go-go dancer by night, leans into her burgeoning romance with Jocelyn, a little person, while battling debilitating anxiety; meanwhile, Max juggles a stunted acting career and grapples with his unrequited love for his questionably straight roommate, Danny. Max and Stella’s lives get even more tangled when their colorful cast of friends and frenemies involve themselves in the besties’ issues, muddling the lines between friendship and romance.
Madison Rose – Madison Rose is an artist ready to make an unforgettable debut. Vocally rooted in R&B, Madison Rose effortlessly weaves electronic/pop influences and bold bass lines into her music. With a big heart and even bigger voice, she is able to balance her strength and femininity effortlessly, celebrating the power of womanhood through her music.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Twenty (OML) – 5pm PT (Episode 7&8)
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Girl Knight – Isabel, a fiery redhead armed with a sword and donning an armored helmet everywhere she goes, meets Delilah, an equally disillusioned goth girl, one day in detention at school. The two girls find strength in each other, share a first kiss in a graveyard, and defy controlling family members that try and stand in the way of their newly discovered love.
Mila Jam – Mila Jam is an NYC-based transgender YouTube Sensation turned pop recording artist. She is best known for her one of a kind music videos and unforgettable stage performances. She has toured internationally with the Broadway musical “RENT;” performed alongside James Brown, Mark Ronson, Laverne Cox, Travis Wall, Jody Watley, Lady Kier (Deee-Lite) and Natasha Bedingfield. TV appearances include the BBC’s “The Lilly Allen Show,” MTV and MTV News. Mila was named Odyssey Nightlife Awards Breakthrough Artist in 2015, and she was awarded Best Video and Dance Artist at the 2013 GLAM Nightlife Awards. She is host of the original YouTube Talk Show Series, “I’m From Driftwood.”
Kappa Force – A campy superhero satire, Kappa Force is the newest Revry Original series – an intersectional queer take on college rom-coms. Welcome to State University, the premier all-american university that has everything: greek life, Division 1 sports, five kick ass sorority sisters doubling as a masked crime fighting unit keeping the campus safe from evil, and a Chipotle. This fully-formed fantasy comes complete with pop parodies of the Spice Girls, Justin Beiber, Paula Cole, Third Eye Blind and tongue-in-cheek nods to queer history.
Friday, March 26, 2021
Easy Abby – Sleeping with women comes easy to Abby. Dealing with her personal life? Not so much. Follow Abby through her trials and tribulations in the Revry Original Series.
For My Wife – A feature documentary chronicling the making of an activist. After the tragic death of her wife, Charlene Strong was thrust into the spotlight becoming a powerful voice for the equal rights of same-sex couples and their families.
Tiny Laughs – When a queer Latina architect meets a struggling Asian comic at an improv class, their instant sparks sends them on a humorous and heartwarming journey through the city of dreams.
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Renee and the Seven Cards (OML) – 5pm PT (all episodes) – With mystery like Russian Doll, characters like Fleabag, and a dysfunctional romance like Feel Good, Renée centers on a controlling bisexual fitness fanatic who must track down her missing psychic to understand an ominous tarot card reading that predicts her death.
Monday, March 29, 2021
The Rise of Eve – An intense examination of misogyny and sexism around the world explored through news, music, social media, personal accounts, group discussions and heated debates.
Gaze of the Beholder – Beauty lacks a clear standard, yet most of us seem to know it when we encounter it. This documentary explores our shared dance with beauty, body image and sexuality through intimate and often humorous conversations.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Twenty (OML) – 5pm PT (Episode 9&10)
Wednesday, March 31 – Transgender Day of Visibility
Her Story – Her Story is about two trans women in Los Angeles who have given up on love, when chance encounters give them hope. Violet is drawn to Allie, a reporter who approaches her for an interview. Career-driven Paige meets James, the first man she’s considered opening up to in years. Will they risk letting what they are stand in the way of being loved for who they are? This is a story of complex characters who laugh, struggle, and grow, who share strength in sisterhood, who seek and find love. Her Story depicts the unique, complicated, and very human women we see in queer communities, and explores how these women navigate the intersections of label identity and love. 
Girl-Hearted – It’s quite plain to 7 year old Nori: She is a girl, because she has a girl’s heart. But her body is that of a boy… Five years ago: Each and every day mother and son argue about what appears trivial: the colours of pants and shirts suddenly matter, soon all he agrees to wear are skirts and dresses, he likes to put barrettes in his still short hair. The neighbours start gossiping. Then one day, the boy reveals his favourite dream to his mum. A wizard will turn his penis into a vagina so he could be a “real” girl … It’s that day something comes to an end. It’s that day Josephin realises that she doesn’t have a son, that he had never existed – but that there is still a kid, a daughter. It becomes clear to her that she will have to break new ground to see her daughter grow up happily.
Missed Connections – Two strangers meet and form a bond at a festival, but they forget to exchange contact info. As they search for one another and through viral posts, they navigate their careers, lives, and society’s expectations of them as Black, female, and transgender.
Onnaninaru – Miyu has dreamed of becoming a female since early childhood and undergoes the longed-for sex reassignment surgery to be able to live in society as a woman. The documentary depicts sincere discussions with family, honest talks with friends, attitude transformations amongst university faculty, the clinical psychologist’s concerns, and the resolve of the doctor. Touching humanity comes to the forefront through the six months’ coverage of Miyu’s life.
My Name Was January – When a trans sister, January Marie Lapuz, is brutally murdered in her own home in New Westminster, BC, her community reacts and her friends and other trans women of colour come to share and voice their issues, concerns, and challenges. January was seen as a bright light in the lives of many. This is the story of January, a friend, a daughter, a person. This film will not only bring justice to January, but to all the women who have lost their lives.
Why Can’t I Be Me? Around You – Rusty Tidenberg, drag-racing aficionado, shocked friends and family by coming out as trans. Followed for 8 years by filmmaker Harrod Blank (son of Les Blank), Rusty guides us through the aftermath of her transition. Interwoven with lively tales of gender non-conforming individuals on the art-car circuit, Blank’s film is a sensitive and unpredictable love letter to people who fight to be unapologetically themselves.
Bombshell – Jay, a queer transman, navigates the shark-infested waters of LA’s gay dating scene. He’s young, single, looking for fun, but when the bedroom door closes his private world becomes an arena for cis men and the questions they have. Jay is joined by his chosen family, Selena, his Angeleno best friend, Darlene, the Bostonian Hairdresser, and Penis Mascot, the cartoon caped penis personifying his id.
Our Future – Yu is about 18 when her parents separate and the disorientation 5is compounded by the experience of starting summer school.Yu doesn’t feel very comfortable in her own body; she gets into trouble for wearing tracksuit bottoms to school rather than the regulation skirt. The film follows Yu through that summer, showing her sustaining friendships with the hopeless Yoshiki, a gay boy who’s dyed his hair auburn, and the transwoman dancer Haruka.
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