Author: James Kleinmann

Editor of The Queer Review, James Kleinmann has had over twenty years of media experience, both LGBTQ and mainstream. He was the on air film critic on both Gaydar Radio and Gaydio's breakfast shows and has contributed to the UK's best selling LGBTQ publication, Attitude Magazine. James is a member of GALECA The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics. He's been a long-standing regular broadcaster on the UK's most listened to national station BBC Radio 2 contributing on air film reviews and interviews alongside presenters such as Zoe Ball, Claudia Winkleman and Richard Madeley, as well as review and interview slots on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Scotland and BBC Manchester. James has also contributed interviews with the world's leading actors and filmmakers to outlets such as MTV, Bauer, Global, Marie Claire, Loaded, HeyUGuys.com, Fun Kids, W!zard, ITN Productions, MyMovies, Unilad and Joe.co.uk. James is a graduate of University College London (UCL) and Drama Studio London. In addition to his media career, James has extensive PR and business experience and is an actor and filmmaker. He resides in New York City.

Exclusive Interview: Young Royals showrunner Lisa Ambjörn on bidding an emotional farewell to the hit Netflix series “I feel so blessed to have been part of this”

Lisa Ambjörn is the co-creator, showrunner, head writer, and executive producer of the hit Netflix series Young Royals starring Edvin Ryding and Omar Rudberg which centres on the tumultuous romance of a 16-year-old Swedish prince, Wilhelm (Ryding), who falls in love with a working class fellow teenager, Simon (Rudberg). With the third and final season... Continue Reading →

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Fellow Travelers, Drag Race & Monica among winners at 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Los Angeles – Oprah Winfrey & Niecy Nash-Betts honoured

Last night in Los Angeles, GLAAD—the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization—announced recipients for 16 of this year’s 33 categories for the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. Honouree Oprah Winfrey received the Vanguard Award, introduced by long-time friends, iconic Chicago performer Chilli Pepper and celebrity host Paolo Presta, and Niecy Nash-Betts received the Stephen F.... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Bryan Terrell Clark on making his Carnegie Hall debut & his queer role in Diarra From Detriot on BET+ “I’m living inside of an answered prayer”

"I'm living inside of an answered prayer", Bryan Terrell Clark shares with The Queer Review about landing his upcoming role as gay Earth science teacher Mr. Tea, the "truth-telling" best friend of the title character in Diarra From Detroit, a gripping dark comedy mystery series created by and starring Diarra Kilpatrick, which debuts on BET+... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: performance artist Krishna Istha on Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda Netflix special “I realized what I was doing was actually stand-up comedy”

London-based performance artist, writer, comedian, and theatre maker Krishna Istha first became interested in stand-up comedy when they saw Zoë Coombs Marr and Hannah Gadsby perform live. Seeing them in action "changed my perspective of what stand-up was and who it is for" recalls Istha, who is part of a lineup of seven genderqueer comedians—including... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: stand-up comic Jes Tom on Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda Netflix comedy special – “I am your new queer best frenemy”

New York stand-up comic, writer, and actor Jes Tom follows a sell-out Off-Broadway run of their acclaimed solo show Less Lonely (presented by their friend Elliot Page) with a hilarious set as part of a lineup of seven genderqueer comedians in Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda. The comedy special, which was shot at London's iconic Alexandra... Continue Reading →

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All About My Mother – Theatre Review: The Seven Year Disappear (Pershing Square Signature Center, New York) ★★★1/2

Cynthia Nixon is magnificent in The New Group's Off-Broadway world premiere production of Jordan Seavey's intriguingly meta play The Seven Year Disappear running at The Pershing Square Signature Center through March 31st. Outside the Signature's Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre, there is an overview of the career of fictional mononymous performance artist Miriam (Nixon). The... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Mx. Dahlia Belle on Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda Netflix special “everyone in my generation wanted to be a punk rocker or a stand-up comic – I’ve gotten to do both, so I’m winning!”

Portland, Oregon based stand-up comedian Mx. Dahlia Belle is one of the standout performers in an extraordinary lineup of seven hilarious genderqueer comics in Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda, curated and hosted by Gadsby, filmed in front of a live audience at London's iconic Alexandra Palace last year. In October 2021, Belle wrote an open letter... Continue Reading →

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Film Review: Problemista ★★★★

Multiple Emmy-nominated Saturday Night Live writer Julio Torres first caught my attention as an actor with his absorbingly understated supporting turns in comedies on film and television such as The Other Two, Together Together, Shrill, Search Party, and more recently a characterful voice performance that further queered the animated movie Nimona. Making those roles his... Continue Reading →

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