Featuring more than 110 stunning images taken over four years, photographer Charles Moriarty's latest book, the limited-edition BROCK, is an intimate portrait of actor and bodybuilder, Brock Yurich, as he chases his dreams over several years. The most recent photographs, shot earlier this year, follow Brock home to Los Angeles and onto the set of... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Prince Faggot star Mihir Kumar on Off-Broadway’s most talked about play of the year – “I’ve never felt such a strong personal attachment to something I was in”
Mihir Kumar is currently starring in one of New York's most talked about plays of the year—Jordan Tannahill's Prince Faggot directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury—in an extended run at Studio Seaview through December 13th, 2025, following a sell-out world premiere stint at Playwrights Horizons this summer. The play, which marks Kumar's stunning Off-Broadway debut, sees... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Tim McArthur is back in the habit with Sister Mary’s Playtime summer Provincetown residency
British performer, writer, and director Tim McArthur got his professional start on stage as a young high-kicking dancer in UK pantomimes, going on to make memorable turns in showstopping dame roles. He's starred in productions of Assassins and Into The Woods by his musical theatre hero Stephen Sondheim, the musical parody Blair on Broadway, The... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Theda Hammel & John Early on Stress Positions “I’m talking about queerness in the way that I want to”
Following the short film My Trip to Spain, Theda Hammel and John Early continue their creative collaboration with the deliciously dark and hilarious 2020-set comedy feature Stress Positions, which world premiered at Sundance and was the closing night selection of MOMA's New Directors/New Films festival. As well as writing and directing, Hammel also serves as... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Guillermo Díaz & Todd Verow in conversation about their queer horror thriller You Can’t Stay Here
In an exclusive conversation for The Queer Review, prolific New Queer Cinema provocateur Todd Verow and veteran actor Guillermo Díaz discuss their collaboration on the atmospheric and captivating indie horror thriller You Can't Stay Here, which opens in New York at the IFC Center on Friday, January 5th, followed by its New Orleans release at... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Daniel Levy, Ruth Negga & Himesh Patel on playing “found family” in Netflix’s Good Grief
As we recover from the excess and emotions of another holiday season and enter the first week of the new year, watching a movie entitled Good Grief—about a man who is dealing with the unexpected death of his husband—might not seem like the obvious uplifting choice to add to your Netflix queue. But we recommend... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: The Play That Goes Wrong Off-Broadway stars Kolby Kindle, Trevor Braun & Clyde Voce “not only can we hear the laughter, we can feel the joy from the audience”
If you like to laugh, get yourself to the unrelentingly hilarious The Play That Goes Wrong Off-Broadway forthwith. A ticket to the hit show comes with a high dosage of medicinal grade laughter, much of it courtesy of its current cast including LGBTQ+ actors Trevor Braun, Clyde Voce, and Kolby Kindle who recently spoke with... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: Anthony Rapp’s Without You (New World Stages, Off-Broadway) ★★★★
As Anthony Rapp reflects at the start of his poignant one-man show Without You—breaking from the opening bars of "Seasons of Love"—it's been half a lifetime since he originated the life-changing, career-defining role of videographer Mark Cohen in Jonathan Larson's Rent. The seminal La Bohème-inspired "rock opera" (a phrase that Rapp admits initially "didn’t exactly... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Jose Colon & Cooper Koch on queer body-horror Swallowed “it’s not flashy nudity it’s part of the story”
With Sundance award-winning filmmaker Carter Smith's sexy and unsettling queer horror Swallowed now available on demand and digital in the US, two of its stars, Cooper Koch and Jose Colon, speak exclusively with The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann about how they got involved, shooting in a cabin in the woods in rural Maine, working... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: filmmaker Carter Smith on his queer horror Swallowed “I wanted to put the male body front & centre”
Queer filmmaker Cater Smith grew up in rural Maine, launching his photography career in New York aged just 17, going on to shoot some of the world's most famous faces for the likes of W, Vogue, i-D, and GQ. His 2006 debut short as writer and director, Bugcrush, won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance... Continue Reading →
