Society of LGBTQ Critics unveils 2025 Dorian Theater Awards – André De Shields  honored as Trailblazer

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has announced the full list of winners for its third annual Dorian Theater Awards, celebrating the best of Broadway and Off-Broadway during the 2024–2025 season. Kimberly Bellflower’s new Broadway play John Proctor is the Villain and Off-Broadway's Perelman Performing Arts Center's radical reinvention of the Andrew Lloyd Webber... Continue Reading →

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Film Review: Assembly ★★★★★

Assembly is a breathtaking feat that weaves the fascinating life, inspirations and creative process of interdisciplinary artist Rashaad Newsome into the thrilling story of the build-up to his landmark exhibition of the same name at New York's Park Avenue Armory in 2022. Co-directed by Newsome and Johnny Symons, this feature documentary is a monumental, profoundly... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: filmmaker-star Nava Mau & cinematographer Ava Benjamin Shorr on “healing” short film All The Words But The One

Last year saw global audiences gripped by Richard Gadd's dark comedy series Baby Reindeer on Netflix, with the show going on to win six Emmys and two BAFTAs. Among other major accolades for the acclaimed series, Gadd's co-star Nava Mau received Emmy and BAFTA nominations and won an Independent Spirit Award for her standout performance... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Britain’s Got Talent finalist Jasmine Rice LaBeija “opera gave me life, drag gave me hope”

Veteran New York City drag performer and Juilliard-trained opera singer, Jasmine Rice LaBeija, has stunned UK television viewers with her fusion of the two art forms on the current, eighteenth season of the hit series Britain's Got Talent (BGT). During her first audition in front of the show's panel of judges—Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha... Continue Reading →

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Cannes 2025 Film Review: Pillion ★★★★1/2

Humanizing the submissive: a kinky, brilliant, bittersweet Cannes award-winning feature debut In recent years, there has been a perplexing pushback against sex in film. Whether it be on social media or in general conversation, it seems like sex, and especially kink, has been relegated into being taboo. Regressive to say the least. To combat this,... Continue Reading →

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Film Review: Outerlands ★★★★

At the heart of writer-director Elena Oxman's stunning feature debut Outerlands is a richly nuanced and captivating central performance by Asia Kate Dillon. It is an affectingly understated, delicate film and Dillon, with their beautifully expressive face and underlying emotional intensity, proves to be a perfect fit for Oxman's style. As the film opens we... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Asia Kate Dillon on their latest film Outerlands – “you can take control of your own healing”

Asia Kate Dillon made history—and earned three consecutive Critics Choice Award nominations—with the role of Taylor Mason in Billions, becoming the first nonbinary actor to portray a nonbinary character on a major American television series. Series like Orange Is the New Black, The Simpsons, Master of None, and Younger and the movie John Wick 3:... Continue Reading →

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TV Review: Overcompensating ★★★★

As Mama Ru wisely observes, we're all born naked and the rest is drag. Each one of us is projecting an image—consciously or otherwise—that influences the way the world views us. On the verge of adulthood, surrounded by other teenagers trying to find themselves at college, it is easy to become a little too self-conscious... Continue Reading →

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