While talking with The Queer Review about his latest film—Jono McLeod's fascinating documentary My Old School in which he gives a captivating lip-sync performance—actor Alan Cumming reflected back on one of his most beloved roles, Sandy Frink in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. Twenty five years after that film's release, stars Lisa Kudrow and... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Alan Cumming & Jono McLeod on telling “the perfect high school movie story” with My Old School
With his intriguing and innovative feature documentary My Old School, filmmaker Jono McLeod revisits the now legendary, stranger-than-fiction story of a Scottish high school student who went by the name of Brandon Lee. A former classmate of McLeod's, Lee had enrolled at Bearsden Academy in Glasgow, Scotland in 1993. After leaving the school the following... Continue Reading →
Sundance 2022 Film Review: My Old School ★★★★
UPDATE: Magnolia Pictures will release MY OLD SCHOOL in theaters on Friday, July 22nd in New York (Film Forum) and July 29th in Los Angeles (Laemmle Monica Film Center), plus other select theaters. Filmmaker Jono McLeod returns to his old school, Bearsden Academy in an upmarket Glasgow suburb, with his intriguing feature documentary My Old... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: erotic artist Sam Morris on his debut book Don’t Fall In Love, Sam – “usually my work is very carefully constructed but this is the reality of who I am & what I feel”
This month saw the publication of gay erotic artist Sam Morris' tender, intimate and emotional debut book Don't Fall In Love, Sam. Morris' unguarded personal essays take us behind his hugely popular online image as constructed by his visually sumptuous and carefully composed photography and video work, as he contemplates anxiety, sex, and sexuality as... Continue Reading →
Glenn Close, Jeremy O. Harris, Brian Tyree Henry, Laura Linney & Patti Luopne to appear in The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America online benefit for amfAR’s Fund to Fight COVID-19
The Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) will present The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America this Thursday October 8th at 8:30p.m. EST. on Broadway.com’s YouTube channel to benefit amfAR’s Fund to Fight COVID-19. Working with playwright Tony Kushner, director Ellie Heyman has enlisted an impressive array of performers, who filmed themselves remotely, for this... Continue Reading →
The Stonewall Inn Gives Back – livestream fundraiser concert for LGBTQ+ nightlife industry
This Thursday April 23rd at 8pm ET/5pm PT Michelle Visage and Tyler Oakley will host a star-studded livestream concert, The Stonewall Inn Gives Back, to raise funds for LGBTQ nightlife workers in need during the COVID-19 crisis. The live online event will stream on World of Wonder’s YouTube channel WOW Presents and is set to... Continue Reading →
The Second Cumming. The Queer Review Meets Alan Cumming to talk Instinct Season 2
It was recently announced that the second season of Instinct starring Alan Cumming, the first US network television drama series to feature a lead gay character, will be its last. At the weekend Cumming took to instagram saying, "So the word is out. Instinct will not be returning for a third season." Adding that "because of... Continue Reading →
Lucio Castro’s End of the Century Q&A moderated by Alan Cumming
According to The Queer Review's Chad Armstrong's ★★★★★ review, Lucio Castro’s debut feature End of the Century "has the essence of a fleeting affair that burns itself into your memory for years to come, and shows a confident authorial voice that holds a lot of promise." Ahead of the film's official New York release this Friday 16th... Continue Reading →