Following a long-running stint portraying Sylver McQueen on the BAFTA-nominated soap opera Hollyoaks, a UK television institution for more than three decades, actor David Tag makes his impressive feature debut in Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Neil Ely's dark comedy drama Departures. Tag plays the strapping and aggressively handsome Jake, a thirtysomething personal trainer for professional footballers,... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Departures ★★★★
As far as opening credits statements go, the on-screen words that begin Departures are pretty hard to beat: "This film is inspired by all the dickheads that fucked us over. You know who you are." Setting the tone for this raw, wry and confrontingly honest look at the pleasures and pains of contemporary British gay... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Rocky Horror creator Richard O’Brien & son Linus O’Brien on Strange Journey “watching Rocky you know you’re in a theatre full of rainbow people – you’re safe”
50 years ago this month, The Rocky Horror Picture Show had its first midnight screening at New York's Waverly Theatre (now the IFC Center) in the West Village, marking the beginning of an extraordinary turnaround for a film that had been a box office flop the previous year, and leading to exuberant shadow cast performances... Continue Reading →
LGBTQ+ highlights at 2026 Tribeca Festival
The film lineup for the 25th anniversary Tribeca Festival in New York has been announced, including 118 features (103 world premieres) and 86 shorts (45 world premieres). Opening June 3rd with the world premiere of Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial VS That’s the Weight of the World) directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, the... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Laith Khalifeh on his captivating feature film acting debut in Drunken Noodles “it’s about opening yourself up & discovery”
Born and raised in Chicago, Palestinian American actor and filmmaker Laith Khalifeh, makes his captivating film acting debut as the protagonist in Lucio Castro's sensual and evocative third feature, Drunken Noodles, which world premiered at ACID Cannes. Khalifeh plays Adnan, a contemplative but open and curious art student who arrives in Brooklyn for the summer... Continue Reading →
Elliot Tuttle’s provocative queer thriller Blue Film receives official trailer – watch now
It's been some time since a new queer film has caused a stir, in the vein of William Friedkin's Cruising, Abdellatif Kechiche's Blue is the Warmest Colour, or Todd Verow's soon-to-be reissued Frisk, but if the reported festival audience response is anything to go by, writer-director Elliot Tuttle's provocative Blue Film might be the latest... Continue Reading →
Plop! Plop! Fizz! Fizz! Oh What A Relief It Is! – BFI Flare Film Review: Lady Champagne ★★★★1/2
When I heard that D'Arcy Drollinger had followed up his instant classic, Shit & Champagne, with Lady Champagne, I didn’t just jump at the chance to watch it, I hacked my way through dense jungles, leapt over deep crevasses, and walked barefoot across hot coals. It’s the least one should be required to do to... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Todd Verow on his Charles Lum cruising tribute Memorabilia “Super 8 is a heightened reality”
When queer experimental filmmaker Charles Lum died in 2021, he left his friend and frequent collaborator Todd Verow in charge of his body of work. This archive included Super 8 films that Lum had shot in the 1970s and 80s and his Super 8 film camera, along with several undeveloped cartridges and some unused but... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Jaripeo filmmakers EfraÃn Mojica & Rebecca Zweig – “we learned what the film wanted to be by making it”
When Mexico City-based multidisciplinary artist EfraÃn Mojica took their friend, writer and poet Rebecca Zweig, home for the holidays to the small rural Michoacán town of Penjamillo where they grew up, she was immediately taken by the sights and sounds of the local annual Christmas Day rodeo event, the jaripeo. That was back in 2018.... Continue Reading →
2026 Dorian Film Award winners revealed by Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics – Sinners named Film of the Year
This week at live ceremony in Los Angeles, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced the winners in its 2026 Dorian Film Awards. Ryan Coogler’s thrilling period horror epic Sinners dominated the night with a total of seven wins, including Film of the Year and Director of the Year for Coogler, who was also... Continue Reading →
