Exclusive Interview: October Faction star Aurora Burghart "you feel invisible if you don’t see yourself reflected in the art around you"

With IDW Entertainment's October Faction hitting Netflix this Thursday January 23rd, The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann spoke exclusively with one of its stars, Aurora Burghart. She plays Viv Allen on the show, the twin sister of out and proud gay high schooler Geoff (Gabriel Darku). In the wide-ranging interview, Aurora praises how Geoff's sexuality... Continue Reading →

January 23, 2020 0

Theatre Review: Sex/Crime (Soho Theatre, London) ★★★★

From the basement of East London's The Glory to the ‘attic’ of the Soho Theatre Alexis Gregory’s play, Sex/Crime (and it’s wipe-clean set) illuminates the secret sex-lives of gay serial killers and their admirers. Being a ‘fan’ is apparently far too common. Sex/Crime is a dark dash through the underbelly of a city gripped by... Continue Reading →

January 23, 2020 0

Exclusive Interview: October Faction star Gabriel Darku

IDW Entertainment's October Faction, a thrilling sci-fi, horror, fantasy hybrid drama, based on the IDW Publishing comic books by Steve Niles and Damien Worm launches globally on Netflix this Thursday January 23rd 2020. The series stars Gabriel Darku as Geoff Allen, a seventeen year-old out and proud gay high schooler who is forced to move from... Continue Reading →

January 23, 2020 0

Events: The Vito Project returns with The Celluloid Closet 35mm screening & more at London’s Cinema Museum

Rebel Without A Cause Featured in The Celluloid Closet

One of our favourite London LGBTQ+ film and community events The Vito Project returns to the Cinema Museum next week with the first of three monthly screenings that have just been announced. The 2020 programme begins with a 25th anniversary screening of The Celluloid Closet on 35mm on January 26th, followed by a double bill... Continue Reading →

January 22, 2020 0

Exclusive Image: Netflix's October Faction Season 1

The Queer Review is excited to reveal this exclusive image from new series October Faction created by Damian Kindler (American Gods, Sleepy Hollow, Krypton). Based on the IDW comics by Steve Niles and Damien Worm, season 1 of October Faction, which has been described as Men in Black meets Riverdale, launches globally on Netflix this... Continue Reading →

January 21, 2020 0

My Moments Out Of Time – Glenn Gaylord’s Look Back At 2019 In Film

Instead of a top 10 list, every year I like to honor a long-discontinued but influential annual column from Film Comment magazine. I couldn’t wait for my father to come home from work with the “Moments Out Of Time” issue. The writers would cite their favorite scenes, images, or lines of dialogue, even from films... Continue Reading →

January 21, 2020 0

Theatre Review: Four Play (Above The Stag, London) ★★★★

Gay relationships are hard! Maybe it’s because it’s winter, maybe it’s because of Brexit, maybe it’s because that’s just life, but London’s season of domestic gay complications continues with Jake Brunger’s Four Play. London’s LGBTQ focused theatre, Above The Stag, has relaunched its studio space with this tight tale of two gay couples dealing with... Continue Reading →

January 19, 2020 0

Theatre Review: Cyrano de Bergerac (Playhouse Theatre, London) ★★★★★

James McAvoy is currently the hottest thing on London’s West End, playing a famously unattractive man. Tickets to Cyrano de Bergerac are in short supply thanks to the combined power of McAvoy and superstar director Jamie Lloyd. This reworked Cyrano is stripped back and refreshingly sexy. McAvoy is the star of the show, both in... Continue Reading →

January 18, 2020 0

Exclusive Interview: Erotic Artist Sam Morris

Before OnlyFans enabled the monetisation of nudes and sexual encounters for the masses, gay erotic artist Sam Morris had already launched his own website, SamMorris.me, to share his conceptualised, documentary style portraits and videos without fear of social media censorship. Asking his followers to pay for what he’d previously been offering for free on Tumblr... Continue Reading →

January 17, 2020 0