Excluisve Interview: Gregg Araki revisits Mysterious Skin for its 4K restoration “it’s beautiful, dreamy, & lyrical – there’s this level of softness to a story that’s so hard”

Following 4K restorations of Gregg Araki’s 90s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy—Totally F***ed Up, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere—a stunning new 4K version of the filmmaker's acclaimed 2004 adaption of Scott Heim's novel, Mysterious Skin, opens theatrically in New York today. The intensely powerful chronicle of childhood innocence lost features starmaking turns from Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady... Continue Reading →

TV Review: The Shards ★★★★

As the series opens we meet privileged Los Angeles prep schooler Bret Ellis (Igby Rigney) as an alluring aerial shot tracks him driving his father's sporty Mercedes—"a tank" of a car, Bret scoffs—through the Hollywood hills, echoing the establishing shots of the film he is about to watch on its opening weekend, Kubrick's The Shining.... Continue Reading →

Exclusive Interview: Tony-winning producer & fashion trailblazer Jordan Roth on his television debut in The Shards “I always intended to be an actor – it’s my first love & passion”

Seven-time Tony Award-winning producer, fashion trailblazer and innovative performance artist Jordan Roth makes his television acting debut this week in FX's The Shards, an alluring 1980s-set thriller based on Bret Easton Ellis’ 2023 bestselling novel, adapted by Ellis and Ryan Murphy. Portraying Steven Reinhardt on the series, the strikingly stylish right-hand man to Hollywood mogul... Continue Reading →

Sundance’s Trans Possibilities Intensive celebrates fifth year supporting projects from trans storytellers of color

The nonprofit Sundance Institute has shared the names of this year's cohort for the 2026 Sundance Institute Trans Possibilities Intensive, which takes place online from July 27th–29th: Stella Alfjaro, Autumn Boxley, Song Hà, Emory Chao Johnson, Justice Jamal Jones, and Kevin Xian Ming Yu. This is the fifth year of the intensive, which is designed... Continue Reading →

OutfestNEXT festival returns to LA August 23-26 – full feature film lineup

Outfest, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit that uplifts LGBTQ+ storytellers in the entertainment industry, will run the second edition of its four-day screening series OutfestNEXT at LA LGBT Center’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza from July 23rd–26th. The lineup includes 19 feature films, plus over 30 shorts, educational workshops, and conversations with filmmakers and the community.... Continue Reading →

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