NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ+ film and media organization, continues its tradition of kicking off Pride month in the city with its sixth annual five-day NewFest Pride summer series featuring in-person screenings nd events, with select titles streaming virtually throughout the US from May 28th to June 1st, 2026. Adam Shankman’s zany Stop! That! Train!, starring... Continue Reading →
Writer-director Elliot Tuttle makes his assured debut feature with Blue Film, marking the arrival of a bold new voice in queer cinema. Despite being overlooked by some major US film festivals like SXSW and Sundance, perhaps due its potentially controversial themes, the intense and intoxicating film has become one of the year's most talked about independent... Continue Reading →
From an American Mafia movie to a jaunt through Paris' gay district via a high-octane sci-fi Korean action-thriller, Cannes is offering a little bit of everything today as I took in two In Competition titles and a supremely queer animated midnight selection. Paper Tiger. Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival. Paper Tiger ★★★ 1/2Directed by James... Continue Reading →
When oil spills upon a wet surface, the opposing two fluids clash and when reflected in the sunlight a radiant iridescent glow is produced. Any parking lot, truckstop, or industrial sectors of our world are filled with these subtle moments of beauty. An interaction between two forces that unveil an elegance in the most innocuous... Continue Reading →
Away from the today's film offerings—featuring soulful performances, android children, and gay long haul truckers—my self-made The Substance jacket caught the attention of its filmmaker, Coralie Fargeat, who posted a snap to Instagram that she'd been sent of me proudly sporting it as I scurried along La Croisette from one screening to the next. All... Continue Reading →
Despite being overlooked by some major US film festivals like SXSW and Sundance, perhaps due its potentially controversial themes, writer-director Elliot Tuttle's intense and intoxicating Blue Film has found its way into theaters this weekend, and is already one of the buzziest and most acclaimed queer releases of the year. No doubt independent film bodies... Continue Reading →
Writer-director Elliot Tuttle's provocative feature debut Blue Film announces the filmmaker as a bold new voice in queer cinema. In the opening frames, the audience is greeted with the words, "What's up faggots", as we're thrown into the midst of a steamy livestream by adult content creator Aaron Eagle (British Boots star Kieron Moore) connecting... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
