The film lineup for the 25th anniversary Tribeca Festival in New York has been announced, including 118 features (103 world premieres) and 86 shorts (45 world premieres). Opening June 3rd with the world premiere of Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial VS That’s the Weight of the World) directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, the... Continue Reading →
Angels of Light photography exhibition by Steven Menendez runs at The Boiler Room (45 2nd Avenue, New York, 10003) from Thursday, April 2nd through Wednesday, April 8th, 2026. Opening Reception: Thursday, April 2nd, 6–9 pm. “I have always been drawn to the imagery and symbolism of angels - beings understood as messengers and intermediaries between... Continue Reading →
The 2026 Sundance Film Festival, opening Thursday, January 22nd, will mark its final edition in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, ahead of the festival's move to Boulder, Colorado in 2027. Running in person through February 1st, select titles will also be available nationwide online from January 29th. This year's festival is the first... Continue Reading →
The Powerhouse: International festival launching this fall at Powerhouse Arts (322 3rd Ave, Brooklyn), features large-scale performance works from around the world and includes a series of concerts by some of today’s most boundary-pushing musicians. Produced in a venue purpose-built for art and connection, the festival transforms the awe-inspiring Powerhouse Arts facility, a former power plant, into... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the November edition of The Queer Agenda, The Queer Review’s curated monthly guide to LGBTQ+ cultural happenings in New York City and beyond. Unidentified photographer, Gladys Bentley (1907-1960), ca. 1940. Silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper. Collection of the Smithsonian, National Museum of African American History and Culture. Continues through March 8,... Continue Reading →
With the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) kicking off on Thursday, September 4th, running until Sunday, September 14th, we take a look at some of the LGBTQ+ highlights in the exciting anniversary lineup of new features, series and special events. The full 2025 TIFF program also includes performances from actors such... Continue Reading →
Sydney's Queer Screen Film Festival returns for its 12th annual edition to inject some colour and heat into the wintry southern hemisphere nights. From August 27th to 31st, the festival will present a curated selection of new queer cinema from around the world, including 14 Australian premieres. “It is an exciting new chapter for Queer... Continue Reading →
Founded on a belief in the transformative power of queer storytelling, the Aesop Queer Library returns this weekend for its fifth edition, in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). To date, the Library has distributed over 100,000 books to readers around the world. This year, the Aesop Queer Library celebrates the vibrant vocabularies... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the April edition of The Queer Agenda, The Queer Review’s curated monthly guide to LGBTQ+ cultural happenings in New York City and beyond. April 3-7 - NewFest Queering the Canon: So Obsessed - In-person at BAM, New York & streaming nationwide Courtesy of NewFest. NewFest and BAM's fifth annual retrospective screening series “Queering... Continue Reading →
Rabbit Rabbit. Welcome to the March (hare) edition of The Queer Agenda, The Queer Review’s curated monthly guide to LGBTQ+ cultural happenings in New York City, Los Angeles, London and beyond. Stay queer and fierce out there. Please Hold (70 mins, 2024) by Alexandra Juhasz premieres at the Parkside Lounge, New York at 5pm on... Continue Reading →
