Following our exclusive interview with Enrique Salanic, the lead actor of the Queer Lion winning Guatemalan drama José, The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann spoke to the film's director, co-writer and producer Li Cheng. José is a gripping, layered and beautifully honest story about one working-class young man’s struggle to find himself. Made in the... Continue Reading →
N.B. Contains potential spoilers. Ahh, the new year. A time to make resolutions. A time to hit reset. A time to make a fresh start. A time to delay a film review or two, but I had a bad cold for the entire first month of the year, so yes this is late for the... Continue Reading →
Non-binary artist MI Leggett's Official Rebrand (OR?!) launched in 2017 setting out to "revive discarded clothing" and "breathe new life into what was once considered waste." Leggett "rebrands" garments with alterations such as painting and drawing on them, while creating a sustainable alternative to the competitive consumption encouraged by social and industrial norms. OR?!’s transformative... Continue Reading →
Following its world premiere at Cannes in 2019 writer/director Levan Akin's gay coming of age drama And Then We Danced went on to enjoy a hugely successful international festival run, including showings at last month's Sundance, picking up awards in cities such as Chicago, New York and Montréal. The premiere in Tbilisi, Georgia, where the... Continue Reading →
Winner of the Venice Film Festival's Queer Lion and a hit at festivals around the world, Li Cheng's José is now playing in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago with screenings in more US cities over the coming weeks. Set in Guatemala City, the film follows 19 year-old José (Enrique Salanic) a gay working class... Continue Reading →
Birmingham's Queer film festival CineQ has announced the 2020 line-up with a focus on QTIPOC (Queer, Trans and Intersex People of Colour) films and perspectives. Running from March 26-29, Birmingham venues will be filled with films, parties, panels and discussions from a variety of perspectives. The festival opens with Portrait of Jason, the avant-guarde 1967... Continue Reading →
Riverdale spinoff series Katy Keene, co-created by Michael Grassi (Supergirl), follows a quartet of iconic Archie Comics characters as they chase their twenty-something dreams in a heightened, almost fairy tale like New York City. The fab four are fashion legend-to-be Katy Keene (Lucy Hale), singer/songwriter with stars in her eyes Josie McCoy (Ashleigh Murray), Broadway... Continue Reading →
On Sunday morning in Los Angeles members of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics gathered at the Hancock Park home of producer Patrick Moran and writer Jordan Budde to celebrate the winners of this year's Dorian Awards. Booksmart director Olivia Wilde was honoured as the group's Wilde Artist of the Year, which aims to... Continue Reading →
-Ship: A Visual Poem (2019, 13 mins) Winner of this year’s Sundance short film Jury Award for U.S. Fiction, writer/director Terrance Daye’s -Ship: A Visual Poem follows a black boy, Jeremiah (Antonio J. Watson), as he visits his aunt’s house following the death of his cousin. Kristin Kouke’s handheld cinematography frequently takes us to Jeremiah’s... Continue Reading →
