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Emmys 2024 FYC Exclusive Interview: directors Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman on their HBO documentary Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music

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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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 Tribeca Festival 2024

The 23rd annual Tribeca Festival launches on Wednesday, June 5th with the world premiere of Trish Dalton and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge, exploring the fashion designer's life and cultural impact. Running in venues across New York City until June 16th, the 2024 edition of the festival once again coincides with Pride... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: John Waters revisits Cry-Baby for its 4K restoration “I knew about juvenile delinquents because I always wanted to be one”

From reviled underground filmmaker to widely revered, self-proclaimed "filth elder", John Waters was honoured for his six-decade career with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last year just as a major exhibition and retrospective screening series, John Waters: Pope Of Trash, opened at the prestigious Academy Museum in Los Angeles. The latest title... Continue Reading →

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Kokomo City, The Stroll, Heartstopper, The Last of Us, Red White & Royal Blue, & Rustin among winners at 35th GLAAD Media Awards in New York – watch our exclusive red carpet interviews

Heartstopper, The Last of Us, Rustin, Red, White, and Royal Blue, and The Jennifer Hudson Show were among winners at last night's 35th GLAAD Media Awards in New York, and there was a joint documentary win for three films that centre Black trans lives: Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later, Kokomo City, and The Stroll.... Continue Reading →

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NewFest Pride summer film series lineup revealed

NewFest, New York’s leading LGBTQ+ film and media organization, has just announced the full lineup for its fourth annual NewFest Pride summer film series running May 30th to June 3rd in-person in New York, with select titles available virtually throughout the United States. A House Is Not A Disco. Courtesy of NewFest. NewFest Pride will... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Theda Hammel & John Early on Stress Positions “I’m talking about queerness in the way that I want to”

Following the short film My Trip to Spain, Theda Hammel and John Early continue their creative collaboration with the deliciously dark and hilarious 2020-set comedy feature Stress Positions, which world premiered at Sundance and was the closing night selection of MOMA's New Directors/New Films festival. As well as writing and directing, Hammel also serves as... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: The People’s Joker filmmaker Vera Drew “these characters mean something to me on a religious level”

Stop the press! Who is that? It's filmmaker Vera Drew whose feature directorial debut, The People's Joker—which she also co-wrote (with Bri LeRose), edited, and stars in—is now playing in theaters in New York, Los Angeles, and rolling out to select theaters across the United States and Canada. Following its world premiere screening in the... Continue Reading →

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Fellow Travelers, Drag Race & Monica among winners at 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Los Angeles – Oprah Winfrey & Niecy Nash-Betts honoured

Last night in Los Angeles, GLAAD—the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization—announced recipients for 16 of this year’s 33 categories for the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. Honouree Oprah Winfrey received the Vanguard Award, introduced by long-time friends, iconic Chicago performer Chilli Pepper and celebrity host Paolo Presta, and Niecy Nash-Betts received the Stephen F.... Continue Reading →

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