Exclusive Interview: Queer As Folk writer & star Ryan O’Connell “it’s the Caligula gay horny disabled episode of TV that I had always wanted to write”

As Stephen Dunn was developing a reimagined version of Russell T Davies' Queer As Folk for Peacock, he approached Netflix's Special creator and star Ryan O'Connell about appearing on screen as well as writing for the series. It was a suggestion that took O'Connell by surprise, as O'Connell shared with The Queer Review's editor James... Continue Reading →

TV Review: Queer As Folk ★★★★

I can vividly remember sitting on the floor of my university flatmate Lisa's bedroom, along with all of our other flatmates (London rents were never cheap), on Tuesday, February 23rd 1999, gathered around the television tuned into Channel 4 to watch the first episode of the much-anticipated Queer As Folk. We were surprised, delighted, confronted,... Continue Reading →

LGBTQ+ highlights at Tribeca Festival 2022

The 21st Tribeca Festival, running in-person in New York and online from June 8th until June 19th 2022, will kick off with the world premiere of Amanda Micheli's Halftime. Halftime. Jennifer Lopez in Halftime. Netflix © 2022. The Netflix documentary follows global superstar, queer icon, ally, and GLAAD and HRC honoree Jennifer Lopez as she... Continue Reading →

TV Review: Big Boys ★★★★★

As I sit here, with a bleak post-Heartstoppers hole in my TV viewing life, the UK’s brilliant (and currently embattled) Channel 4 comes to the rescue with a very different queer love story, Big Boys. It also conveniently fills that gaping space left by Sex Education and Derry Girls. Adapted from writer, narrator, and executive... Continue Reading →

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