Category: Interviews

The Queer Review Interviews

Exclusive Interview: artist & activist Yves Mathieu East “I still feel like a regular queer Brooklyn boy who loves dogs”

As a multi-hyphenate artist, model, musician, actor, activist, and animal advocate, Yves Mathieu East is passionately committed to each of these aspects of his life. Alongside his print and runway campaigns for some of the world's most prominent fashion labels, last year saw him appear in a groundbreaking episode of Michelle Buteau’s Netflix rom-com series... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Bright Light Bright Light on his Duets album & Cosmic Light North American tour “I’m so proud to be an artist in the canon of LGBTQ music history”

New York City's queer prince of indie electro pop, Bright Light Bright Light, aka Rod Thomas, is about to embark on the 17-date Cosmic Light North American tour with Queen of the Universe winner and Drag Race Brazil host, Grag Queen. Last month, he released his latest mini album, Duets, which sees the Welsh-born singer-songwriter-producer,... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: costume designer Qween Jean on bringing Cats The Jellicle Ball to Broadway “the legacy of Ballroom is integral to my personal journey & to the work we’re called to do on this production”

Qween Jean has fast become one of the most admired and in-demand costume designers in New York, racking up over eighty credits to her name across theatre and film. Honored at the 2023 Obie Awards, she has received nominations from the Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel Awards, and Drama Desk Awards. She is also a... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Jaripeo filmmakers Efraín Mojica & Rebecca Zweig – “we learned what the film wanted to be by making it”

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 →

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Filmmaker Q&A: Jenni Olson reflects on her Harvey Milk film 575 Castro. St. ahead of 2026 Berlinale retrospective screening

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 →

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Exclusive Interview: the cast of Sydney Theatre Company’s revival of The Normal Heart – “Kramer’s play may be more than 40 years old, but it’s incredibly resonant”

When Larry Kramer first staged his furious play, The Normal Heart, in 1985 at the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis in New York, it was an uncompromising demand for action. It is now revered as a seminal piece of activist theater. As queer communities in many parts of the world face a rollback of rights... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Pillion filmmaker Harry Lighton – “I wanted to upturn people’s expectations of what a BDSM film could be”

Unless you've been living in a BDSM dungeon for the past few months (no judgements here), you will no doubt have seen dreamboat daddy Alexander Skarsgård dominating red carpets around the globe with leather and fetish flourishes ("kinky in the front, kinkier in the back", is how Vogue described his BFI London ensemble) since his... Continue Reading →

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