Netflix’s AJ And The Queen, launching January 10th 2020, is created by Sex and the City’s Michael Patrick King and RuPaul Charles. The show features performances by RuPaul in each episode. It’s billed as “an equally heartfelt and gritty comedy about finding family in the unlikeliest of people when they’re needed most”. Netflix’s AJ And... Continue Reading →
The creative team for the Theatre Calgary production of The Louder We Get has just been announced. Lonny Price will direct Evan Kinnane, Lee MacDougall and Thom Allison. The musical, with book by Kent Staines, lyrics by Akiva Romer-Segal, and music by Colleen Dauncey, is based on the true story of Marc Hall who, seventeen... Continue Reading →
The findings of GLAAD's Where We Are on TV Report - 2019 were revealed on Thursday November 7th. The study analyses the diversity of the 2019-20 television season on US networks and LGBTQ representation on cable and original programming on the major streaming services. The largely positive results were hailed by some on social media... Continue Reading →
NewFest has just announced the winners of its 31st edition which took place in New York from 23rd to 29th October 2019. Top honors went to Jayro Bustamante for TEMBLORES (Grand Jury Prize, Narrative Feature) and Theodore Collatos and Carolina Monnerat for QUEEN OF LAPA (Grand Jury Prize, Documentary Feature), while Levan Akin’s AND THEN... Continue Reading →
The full lineup for the 31st NewFest LGBTQ Film Festival which runs 23rd - 29th October 2019 in New York has just been revealed. With a programme comprising 27 narrative features, 14 documentary features, 15 episodic series, 8 centerpiece and spotlight screenings, and 100 short films from 32 countries, it's the city's biggest queer film... Continue Reading →
The 44th Toronto International Film Festival which ends today has just announced this year's award winning films. The following short-film awards were selected by a jury comprised of Chelsea McMullan, Léo Soesanto, and Andrea Roa: IWC SHORT CUTS AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM The IWC Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film goes... Continue Reading →
Oscar-winner Renée Zellweger was at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday 10th September to introduce her new film Judy, based on the final years of queer icon Judy Garland. Ahead of the screening Zellweger described the film as "a huge celebration of beautiful Judy Garland and her legacy." When she returned to the... Continue Reading →
Master filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar's deeply personal Pain and Glory received it Canadian Premiere at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival on Friday 6th September at Ryerson University's theatre. The venue held a special significance for the film's star, Antonio Banderas, as he revealed to the TIFF audience following the film's screening."Sometimes life is just very... Continue Reading →
This year’s Queer Palm winner Portrait of a Lady on Fire received its Canadian Premiere at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday 5th September. After the screening the film’s writer/director Céline Sciamma took to the stage with her two leading actors Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel at Toronto’s Winter Garden to a standing... Continue Reading →
