It's fair to say that the movie version of Wicked has been a long time coming, and I don't just mean the delays due to Cats, Covid, and last years's SAG-AFTRA strike. Not to mention producer Marc Platt's initial film concept that was in development at Universal before the Tony-winning stage musical adaptation of Gregory... Continue Reading →
Never heard of Allee Willis? If not, trust me, no matter your age, you know her work. This iconic songwriter/visual artist was responsible for writing or co-writing “September” and “Boogie Wonderland” for Earth, Wind & Fire, “Neutron Dance” for The Pointer Sisters, “What Have I Done To Deserve This?” for Pet Shop Boys, The Color... Continue Reading →
Comedy writer Harper Steele and comedian Will Ferrell have been friends ever since they began working together on Saturday Night Live nearly 30 years ago. During the pandemic, Steele took Ferrell by surprise when she sent him an email telling him that she was transitioning. Steele, who rose to become head writer on SNL, has... Continue Reading →
At 83 years old, fashion designer/icon Patricia Field seems to accomplish more in one morning than most people do in a month. Slackers and ageists, take note! In Michael Selditch’s joyful documentary, Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field, you’re guaranteed to conclude that you haven’t done enough with your life. Best known for her... Continue Reading →
What happens when a stoner comedy with a stoner comedy title and a stoner comedy premise turns out to be an unabashedly sentimental and decidedly queer coming-of-age drama? Well, folks, allow me to introduce you to My Old Ass. Writer-director Megan Park, with her feature debut, has assembled all the usual parts to make you... Continue Reading →
Unlike 2013's Stranger By The Lake (which made The Queer Review's LGBTQ+ Top Ten Films of the Decade 2010-2019), queer French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie's latest feature Misericordia (Miséricorde)—receiving its Canadian premiere at TIFF—contains no sex scenes (though there is some nudity and a flash of an erect penis which, in the context of the scene,... Continue Reading →
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard someone say to me lately, “Pete Buttigieg will be our first gay President some day.” Hell, I’ve even said it myself a number of times. But what if we’ve already had one or two, albeit not openly so? Rumors have abounded over the years that James... Continue Reading →
“The last girl died or broke her toe, I can’t remember which. This is ambitious shit,” says Thomas Antony Olajide’s assistant coach Devon. He’s serious, with a tiny touch of camp, which sums up the tone of Backspot, the queer cheerleading drama from director D.W. Waterson. Opening in the disorienting POV of an acrobatic tumble,... Continue Reading →
The “fake boyfriend” is a well worn rom-com trope that still works, just see the success of films like Single All The Way, The Proposal, Anyone But You and about one in every three Hallmark Christmas movies. But director Marco Berger deploys the premise in his own laid-back, voyeuristic style for The Astronaut Lovers (Los... Continue Reading →
It seems inherently narcissistic to make a documentary about your own love life, but somehow director Chloé Barreau has produced a work in which she, the central subject, is almost a ghostly presence in a more universal exploration of human relationships. Twelve of Chloé Barreau’s ex-lovers sit down to be interviewed about their time with... Continue Reading →
