When Mexico City-based multidisciplinary artist Efraín Mojica took their friend, writer and poet Rebecca Zweig, home for the holidays to the small rural Michoacán town of Penjamillo where they grew up, she was immediately taken by the sights and sounds of the local annual Christmas Day rodeo event, the jaripeo. That was back in 2018.... Continue Reading →
Jason Haaf and Scooter LaForge have collaborated on a somewhat unclassifiable art book together. It's as gripping as it is gorgeous. Part sex memoir, part meditation, entirely collage, the prose dissects relationships, exes, hookups, obsessions, addictions at a brisk pace. Smartly, the artworks are hybrid themselves: a sad boy watercolor of a face half underwater... Continue Reading →
On Thursday March 6th, 2026 in Los Angeles, GLAAD—the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization—announced award recipients for the 37th GLAAD Media Awards honoring fair, accurate, and inclusive LGBTQ stories. This year, nearly 300 nominees, including The Queer Review, were recognized across more than 30 categories. Hosted by actor and producer Jonathan Bennett, a special... Continue Reading →
This week at live ceremony in Los Angeles, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced the winners in its 2026 Dorian Film Awards. Ryan Coogler’s thrilling period horror epic Sinners dominated the night with a total of seven wins, including Film of the Year and Director of the Year for Coogler, who was also... Continue Reading →
Sam Dunn and Tom Morello's rousing and reflective documentary The Ballad of Judas Priest, which world premiered at the 76th Berlinale, compellingly chronicles the pioneering heavy metal band's history from its inception in the UK in 1969, through to its induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. Featuring some electrifying archive... Continue Reading →
With Broadway credits that include the Tony-winning Death Becomes Her and The Music Man revival starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, dancer and choreographer Nick Alvino has a following of nearly 500K followers on TikTok. He was part of a special one-night-only 50th anniversary concert performance of A Chorus Line at The Shubert Theatre and... Continue Reading →
If you’re a fan of overly theatrical, archly campy cinema, then sit down (pun very much intended). I’ve got a film for you! Filmmaker Amanda Kramer first came to my attention with her 2022 feature, Please Baby Please, which showcased her distinctive voice as a cinematic absurdist. Combining John Waters-esque emphatic, over the top performances... Continue Reading →
Queer filmmaker, film historian, archivist, and writer Jenni Olson's acclaimed documentary short film, 575 Castro. St., which originally world premiered at Sundance in 2009 and received its international premiere at the Berlinale that same year, is being revisited and celebrated by both festivals with retrospective screenings. Olson’s film is a contemplative yet urgent meditation on... Continue Reading →
Watching the promotional campaign for Harry Lighton's debut feature Pillion play out, since its award-winning world premiere at Cannes last year and its UK opening in late November, has—appropriately enough—felt like an extended edging session. Thankfully, the climax was worth all the teasing and anticipation that came with the perfectly orchestrated slow drip of tantalizing... Continue Reading →
Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the complete cast for Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show directed by Sam Pinkleton, a Tony-winner for his work on Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! Roundabout Theatre Company announces the cast for Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show on Broadway directed by Sam Pinkleton. Joining the previously announced British Independent Film... Continue Reading →
