The First On-Screen Kiss Wasn’t What You’d Expect

There are few sights in all of cinema better than women smooching. Is there anything more cathartic than seeing the two leads of Alice Wu's Saving Face kiss? What other cinematic sights can compare to the emotionally rich power of Carol and Therese finally locking lips (turning all the subtext of their interactions into powerful text) in that New Year's Eve hotel room sequence in Carol? Lord knows that few sights in 2023 cinema could compare to when Josie and Isabel finally kissed at the end of Bottoms, accompanied by a spinning camera and the pulsating vocals of Charli XCX on the track "party 4 U." Look back on the greatest moments in the history of movies, and they’re bound to largely involve women locking lips.

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