Exclusive Interview: Queerpanorama filmmaker Jun Li & star Jayden Cheung “the inspiration came to me while I was having sex”

Following the world premiere of Queerpanorama (眾生相) at the 75th Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival, where the film was in competition for the prestigious Teddy Award, filmmaker Jun Li and star Jayden Cheung speak exclusively with The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann. Set in contemporary Hong Kong, the strikingly shot black and white film... Continue Reading →

Exclusive Interview: Lesbian Space Princess filmmakers Emma Hough Hobbs & Leela Varghese “it all started with the title, we built the movie around it”

Following this week's world premiere of the hilarious animated scifi musical comedy epic Lesbian Space Princess in the Panorama section at the 75th Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival, the film's South Australian writer-director duo Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese speak exclusively with The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann about bringing their shared vision... Continue Reading →

Sundance Film Review: Plainclothes ★★★

Writer-director Carmen Emmi's debut feature Plainclothes, which world premiered at Sundance 2025, winning the festival's US Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast, has an enticing premise. In Syracuse, Upstate New York, a young police officer, Lucas (Tom Blyth), has been placed on undercover "plainclothes" duty tasked with entrapping gay men. The assignment involves lingering... Continue Reading →

Film Review: Liza – A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story ★★★★

"They wanted her", performer Jim Caruso—who made his Broadway debut in Liza’s At The Palace! alongside Liza Minnelli—recalls his friend having observed after spending an evening at a party where she could tell that those gathered wanted to be around Liza! the effervescent red sequined star, not simply Liza the person. Director Bruce David Klein's... Continue Reading →

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