Tag: gay documentary

Emmys 2025 FYC Exclusive Interview: Matt Wolf on his two-part HBO documentary Pee-wee As Himself “Paul Reubens didn’t want to be depicted as a gay icon”

New York filmmaker Matt Wolf's compelling, poignant and richly nuanced two-part documentary Pee-wee as Himself, a portrait of the artist and performer behind Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens, premiered opening night of Sundance 2025, went on to win a Gotham Award for Outstanding Original Film, and is now streaming on Max. Driven by a soul-baring interview... Continue Reading →

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MQFF34 Film Review: Baldiga – Unlocked Heart (Baldiga – Entsichertes Herz) ★★★★½

Director Markus Stein’s searing documentary Baldiga – Unlocked Heart (Baldiga - Entsichertes Herz)—which world premiered at the 2024 Berlinale, went on to win the Mix Mexico Jury Award, and receives its Australian premiere at this month's Melbourne Queer Film Festival—is, in many ways, a familiarly tragic tale. A young queer artist finding their voice and... Continue Reading →

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Emmys 2024 FYC Exclusive Interview: Taylor Mac on his 24-Decade History of Popular Music “so much of queer culture has been erased – I wanted to make something so big it couldn’t be ignored”

In 2016, Taylor Mac performed a one-time-only, 24-hour immersive theatrical experience in front of a live audience at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. The concert offered an alternative take on U.S. history, narrated through music that was popular from the nation’s founding to the present, with Mac transforming hourly by changing into elaborate, decade-specific costumes... Continue Reading →

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LGBTQ+ highlights at 13th annual DOC NYC running in-person & online November 9-27

America's largest documentary festival, DOC NYC, returns with its 13th annual edition running in-person November 9th-17th at New York's IFC Center, SVA Theatre, and Cinépolis Chelsea, with over 110 feature-length documentaries among over 200 films and events, including 29 world premieres and 27 US premieres. With most films available digitally to US viewers, the festival... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: director Laurent Bouzereau & Oscar-winner Dustin Lance Black on Mama’s Boy “the idea that we can’t be with people who are too different has shattered the queer community”

Adapted from Oscar-winning writer and filmmaker Dustin Lance Black's bestselling 2019 memoir, director Laurent Bouzereau's deeply moving and unexpectedly urgent feature documentary Mama's Boy debuts on HBO and HBO Max tonight, Tuesday, October 18th 2022. Traveling back to the places where he grew up with two brothers, Black explores his Southern conservative Mormon childhood roots,... Continue Reading →

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Outfest LA 2022 Film Review: ALL MAN The International Male Story ★★★★

Following its world premiere at Tribeca last month, directors Bryan Darling and Jesse Finley Reed's delectable ALL MAN: The International Male Story plays the 40th Anniversary Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival on Saturday, July 16th. The feature documentary chronicles the history of the alluring men's fashion catalogue, International Male, with insights from the insiders... Continue Reading →

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