Early noughties indie rock pic, We Forgot To Break Up, tells the story of the band The New Normals as they rise from high school friends to rock stardom before the emotions that fuel their music start to rip them apart. Adapted from Kayt Burgess’ novel, Heidegger Stairwell, there are some familiar beats here, from... Continue Reading →
Following this week's world premiere of the hilarious animated scifi musical comedy epic Lesbian Space Princess in the Panorama section at the 75th Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival, the film's South Australian writer-director duo Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese speak exclusively with The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann about bringing their shared vision... Continue Reading →
Ah, Valentine’s Day! That frigid day in February where everything becomes warmer when we come together with our cherished partner(s) to celebrate romance, desire, and above all else that grand epic feeling, love. Many romantic partners spend the day making reservations for fine dinners, picking luxurious bouquets of flowers, or contributing to 58% of chocolate... Continue Reading →
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics have announced the winners of the 16th Dorian Film Awards voted for by its more than 500 members. Coralie Fargeat's The Substance took Film of the Year while writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s sophomore feature I Saw the TV Glow won LGBTQ Film of the Year. I Saw the TV... Continue Reading →
In heavy times like these, experiencing joy is a form of resistance. Not only does it allow us to escape, reenergize and refocus, but it also reminds us what we're fighting for. Brooklyn's indie dance pop king Boy Radio's latest genre-blurring EP Himbosim is all about taking his listeners on a journey "into a joy... Continue Reading →
Star high school football player Dakota Riley (Jake Holley) is feeling the pressure. His girlfriend Skylar (Riley Quinn Scott) wants to have sex, but he’s resisting. His best friend Jaeden (Colin McCalla), who is temporarily living with him, seems to be sending out flirty vibes. While his former star-athlete dad Carson (Rib Hillis), who is... Continue Reading →
Danish drama In Ashes (Se Gennem Aske), which world premieres at Queer Screen's Mardi Gras Film Festival, follows a gay young man struggling to come to terms with his first heartbreak. Writer-director Ludvig C. Poulsen leaves the audience grasping for details as they are gradually revealed, forming an incomplete but fraught picture of modern love.... Continue Reading →
Things are ominous in Manfred Oldenburg’s documentary The Last Taboo (Das letzte Tabu), which explores the lives of gay football (soccer) players. Assembling most of the currently publicly-identifying gay players, along with sports commentators, psychologists, and campaigners, Oldenburg takes us through the tragic history of out players and the current state of the game. Despite... Continue Reading →
Two former lovers reconnect in New York City after decades apart in director Romas Zabarauskas' fourth feature The Writer (Kirjanik). Lithuanian author Kostas (Bruce Ross) has written a novel that fictionalizes elements of his life and that of his old flame, Russian-born Lithuanian Dima (Jamie Day). Between the two men there lingers a melancholy and... Continue Reading →
Oscar Wilde once called homosexuality “the love that dare not speak its name” (technically, he was quoting his lover Bosie), and that’s the energy that infuses Duino, the debut feature from actor-turned-filmmaker Juan Pablo Di Pace (The Mattachine Family) and editor-director Andrés Pepe Estrada (Argentina, 1985). It’s a contemplative tale of lost gay love that... Continue Reading →
