On December 19th, 1974 writer Linda Rosenkrantz invited her close friend, photographer Peter Hujar, to her New York apartment on the Upper East Side to describe in detail how he had spent the entirety of the previous day. The tape-recorded conversation was part of a planned larger project by Rosenkrantz, intended to gather the recollections... Continue Reading →
With a career spanning more than three decades, Ira Sachs is one of the most acclaimed American independent filmmakers of his generation with work in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney. Among many accolades, his brooding queer feature, Keep The Lights On, won the Teddy Award at the 2012... Continue Reading →
80-year-old self-taught erotic artist Sal Salandra's vibrant needlepoint "thread paintings" pulsate with a playful carnal energy that unapologetically celebrates the bliss of gay sex in all its variety. Salandra's use of a medium that is typically associated with more neutral, traditionally domestic motifs to conjure kinetic scenes of fisting, orgies, and BDSM gives the work... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the November edition of The Queer Agenda, The Queer Review’s curated monthly guide to LGBTQ+ cultural happenings in New York City and beyond. Unidentified photographer, Gladys Bentley (1907-1960), ca. 1940. Silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper. Collection of the Smithsonian, National Museum of African American History and Culture. Continues through March 8,... Continue Reading →
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 →
Carmen Emmi's Sundance Award-winning debut feature Plainclothes, starring Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey, is now playing in New York and Los Angeles and expands to more cities over the coming weeks. Set in upstate New York in 1997, Blyth plays a young undercover cop, Lucas, who is assigned to patrol a shopping mall restroom to... Continue Reading →
James Sweeney made an auspicious feature filmmaking debut in 2019 with his snappy, dialogue-packed Straight Up. This hilarious and touching story of a gay man who decides he wants to date women out of sheer loneliness showcased a bold and original cinematic voice. He established a distinct visual style of negative space framing and surreal... Continue Reading →
Actor and filmmaker James Sweeney follows his Independent Spirit Award-nominated debut feature, Straight Up, with the twisty and poignant comedy drama Twinless starring opposite Dylan O'Brien as young men who meet in a support group for bereaved twins and form an unlikely friendship. Roman (O'Brien) and Dennis (Sweeney) both search for solace and an identity... Continue Reading →
With the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) kicking off on Thursday, September 4th, running until Sunday, September 14th, we take a look at some of the LGBTQ+ highlights in the exciting anniversary lineup of new features, series and special events. The full 2025 TIFF program also includes performances from actors such... Continue Reading →
One of this year's buzziest American indies on the film festival circuit—and with good reason—is filmmaker Alex Russell's compelling feature debut, Lurker, which made its world premiere at Sundance. An Emmy-winner for the hit comedy series The Bear, the writer-director was inspired by his observations of the hierarchies that form in the music business and... Continue Reading →
