In the final days of the 2010s, The Queer Review asked a range of artists, film experts, podcasters, playwrights, authors, filmmakers, community figures, activists and more to name their ten favourite LGBTQ+ films of the decade 2010 - 2019. Each of the over sixty contributors submitted an unranked list of ten film titles which we've... Continue Reading →
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has chosen Olivia Wilde as its Wilde Artist of the Year for 2019, with a special tribute to the Booksmart filmmaker set for Sunday February 2nd 2020 at the national group’s 11th Dorian Awards Winners Toast in Los Angeles. The annual accolade, named for GALECA’s “patron saint” Oscar Wilde, goes... Continue Reading →
It was announced today that Tony Goldwyn will join the company of Matthew Lopez’s Best Play Olivier Award-winning The Inheritance for a four month limited engagement beginning performances Sunday January 5th 2020. Goldwyn will take over the role of Henry Wilcox from John Benjamin Hickey during Hickey’s scheduled leave of absence to direct the Broadway-bound production of Plaza Suite. Tony Goldwyn... Continue Reading →
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 →
