Are they good romance stories of gay relationships? I've watched the latter but only seen the trailer for the former and I can't get over how strangely alien the stories feel to me, in a way. I wasn't sure if it was the art school Oscar bait vibe or if it's because I'm a lesbian with very limited exposure to gay men.

I don't doubt that non-lesbians can write good lesbian stories, but it doesn't happen very often. All the well-written lesbian stories I can recall had been created by lesbian authors. Most of the time, when non-lesbians write lesbian stories, it gives me the same weird alien vibe with the occasional, gross, overdone stereotype on top. Lesbian writers aren't immune to it, but non-lesbian creators of lesbian stories are almost always guilty.