What if Catwoman was a South Beach twunk? That’s kinda the set up for the very sexy comic book miniseries Sins of the Black Flamingo that just wrapped its five-issue run with Image Comics. Lashings of occult mysteries mix with Miami heat to give us a sultry new “rainbow noir” tale. Sebastian Harlow is the... Continue Reading →
Indie comic publishers A Wave Blue World's new queer comic romance anthology, Young Men in Love is drawing a lot of attention. This collection of 20 gay love stories spans genres, art styles, and relationships, with a top-tier collection of queer creative talents including Sina Grace, Josh Cornillon, Chris Shehan, Charles Pulliam-Moore, David Booher, Anthony... Continue Reading →
Get ready to say “awwwww” a lot as you read the new queer romance anthology Young Men in Love. These twenty comic stories range from sweet first loves to parables of adversity with everything from pirates, superheroes, sentient light bulbs and more thrown into the mix. Editors Joe Glass (writer of queer comic The Pride)... Continue Reading →
An expansive six-part Andy Warhol series, 11 years in the making, launches on Netflix this Wednesday, March 9th, executive produced by Ryan Murphy, continuing his incredible run of supporting and creating untold queer stories at Netflix (Circus of Books, A Secret Love, and Halston). The Andy Warhol Diaries sees writer-director Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside... Continue Reading →
The 26th annual Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival, Tom of Finland 101: Raw Anatomy, presented by the Tom of Finland Foundation (ToFF) will be open to the public this Saturday December 4th and Sunday December 5th from 11am - 5pm at Second Home, 1370 North Saint Andrews Place in Los Angeles. Tickets are... Continue Reading →
Following the success of the first issue earlier this year, The Little Black Gallery has just announced the publication of Volume 2 of its stunning fine art photography magazine dedicated to queer and gay photography, BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Here The Queer Review previews some of the work included in the magazine. Luiz © Xavier Samre.... Continue Reading →
Dr Emily Garside's guide to which HIV/AIDS narratives to read and watch next after Russell T Davies' acclaimed series It's A Sin. There is a vast array of work to choose from. Since the beginning of the AIDS pandemic those affected began telling their stories, both as an act of memorial, remembering those the government... Continue Reading →
Veteran Israeli filmmaker Eytan Fox's outstanding new feature Sublet, co-written with Itay Segal, opens with the arrival of a jetlagged and disorientated fifty something gay man, Michael (The Inheritance's John Benjamin Hickey) to bustling Tel Aviv. He's a travel writer for The New York Times who has come to uncover the "real" city over a... Continue Reading →
This weekend sees the Tom of Finland Foundation's (ToFF) annual celebration of queer art and artists go digital with their 25th Art & Culture Festival: Plugged In. As the centennial year of the groundbreaking and much-loved Finnish artist's birthday draws to a close, ToFF, which was founded in his honour 36 years ago by his... Continue Reading →
In examining the life of artist, photographer, writer, actor, musician, filmmaker, and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz, using his own words, imagery, and music, director Chris McKim (Freedia Got a Gun, Out of Iraq) has created a rich and riveting work that captures Wojnarowicz's unapologetically queer spirit, and serves as a testimony to the enduring power... Continue Reading →
