TIFF 2022 performance tribute award to honour My Policeman ensemble cast – Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, & Rupert Everett

Cameron Bailey, CEO of TIFF, announced this morning that the ensemble cast of My Policeman—Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, and Rupert Everett—will be honoured at September's Toronto Internation Film Festival with the TIFF Tribute Award for Performance, making them the first film ensemble cast to receive the award, in the... Continue Reading →

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Film Review: Stay on Board – The Leo Baker Story ★★★★

Nicola Marsh and Giovanni Reda's riveting and inspiring portrait of trailblazing pro skateboarder Leo Baker, Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story, received its world premiere at last month's Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival, ahead of its global launch on Netflix this Thursday, August 11th. Produced by Alex Schmider (Changing the Game, Disclosure, Framing... Continue Reading →

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Black, Queer & Here: A Town Hall Exploring the Intersectionality of the Black LGBTQ Community – Apollo Theater, Harlem Aug 11th

In celebration of NYC Black Pride, Native Son—an organization championing Black gay and queer men—presents Black, Queer and Here, a town hall exploring the intersectionality of the Black LGBTQ community. The event is free and open to the public and will be held at Harlem's iconic Apollo Theater (253 West 125th St., Manhattan) on Thursday,... Continue Reading →

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Sweet dreams are made of this – TV Review: The Sandman ★★★★★

The first issue of Neil Gaiman's award-winning and influential The Sandman arrived in comic book stores in 1989, published by DC, marking the birth of a long-running saga that would go on to be collected in volumes of graphic novels and rank on The New York Times Best Sellers list. With comic book adaptations filling... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Oscar-nominated filmmaker John Logan & the cast of They/Them on creating an empowering queer slasher movie

They/Them (pronounced "They-slash-Them"), marks the directorial debut of Oscar-nominated veteran screenwriter John Logan (Skyfall, Hugo, The Aviator, Gladiator), who brings his own script to the screen with his queer take on the slasher genre. As a lifelong committed horror fan, Logan had longed to see himself represented in the genre. "When I was growing up,... Continue Reading →

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Book Review: The Boy Who Sat By The Window by David Hodge ★★★★

Artist David Hodge and his longterm drag persona The Very Miss Dusty O have a complex relationship, and that's even after killing her off...twice. In his new memoir, The Boy Who Sat by the Window, Hodge takes us from his queer childhood in the 70s and 80s, through London’s vibrant Soho in the 90s and... Continue Reading →

August 3, 2022 0

Book Review: Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer ★★★★

Arthur Less is back. The titular star of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Less, is being put through the emotional ringer once more by his author Andrew Sean Greer and the results are the same. But the same isn’t a bad thing when you’re talking about a bestselling, universally praised, gay comedy drama with a slew... Continue Reading →

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Theatre Review: Albion (Seymour Centre, Sydney) ★★★★

Cast your mind back to 2017. You know, the year that was one of the worst in recent memory until 2020 hit. The year that the UK was stuck dealing with the fallout from the Brexit referendum, while the orange menace took office in the US. A year in which the words 'coronavirus' and 'Ukraine'... Continue Reading →

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Theatre Review: The One (Ensemble Theatre, Sydney) ★★★1/2

Vanessa Bates’ The One, receiving its world premiere at Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre, delves into the nuances of identity through the lens of race, and to a lesser degree sexuality. It’s also incredibly bizarre and funny. In life, as at Jim’s Asian Restaurant & Milk Bar, there are no refunds and you have to make do... Continue Reading →

August 3, 2022 0

Exclusive Interview: Mason Alexander Park on The Sandman “I grew up watching fantasy & sci-fi wishing that I could see myself represented”

When performer Mason Alexander Park discovered that Neil Gaiman was involved in bringing his own award-winning DC comic book series The Sandman to the screen, they decided to get in touch with the writer via social media to ask if the role of Desire had been cast yet. It hadn't been, and Park's initiative paid... Continue Reading →

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