TIGLFF Queer-Coded Classics

Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher (Alicia Silverstone) is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school’s pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai (Brittany Murphy) a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother (Paul Rudd) was right about how misguided she was — and falls for him.

SELECTED BY Board Member – Alex Mitow

A Tampa Bay Area native, Alex Mitow (he/him) brings two decades of art, film, hospitality, and events experience to the TIGLFF board. A lifelong movie buff, Alex graduated from University of Miami in 2010 with a degree in marketing. He co-founded the Superfine Art Fair in 2015 with then-partner James Miille. The annual Miami event soon expanded to become the largest independent art fair for visual artists in the US, hosting editions in New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Savannah, GA and exhibiting the work of more than 2,500 artists over the last decade. Superfine emphasizes a direct artist-to-audience connection as well as diversity and a focus on the artist themselves – ethos that Alex has translated into his film ventures and non-profit board positions.

“Growing up queer has historically come with feeling othered, set aside from the pack, and different. What many of us have realized is that what sets us apart is also our superpower. Clueless is one of those movies where the awkward one, the weirdo, actually ends up being the one most in touch with who she is. And the normies, the ones who fit in, are the ones who have to adapt. All of the great 90s fashion, the endlessly quotable dialogue, and the valley girl fab of it all make this my pick as our first Queer-Coded Classic. This one is for all of the virgins who can’t drive.”