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 →
Unless you've been living in a BDSM dungeon for the past few months (no judgements here), you will no doubt have seen dreamboat daddy Alexander SkarsgĂ„rd dominating red carpets around the globe with leather and fetish flourishes ("kinky in the front, kinkier in the back", is how Vogue described his BFI London ensemble) since his... 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 →
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 →
First broadcast on the Logo Network in 2005, Noahâs Arc turns 20 this year. To mark the 20th anniversary of creator Patrik-Ian Polk's iconic series, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME will premiere Noahâs Arc: The Movie on Friday, June 20th. Original stars Darryl Stephens, Rodney Chester, Doug Spearman, Christian Vincent, Jensen Atwood and WIlson Cruz reprise their... Continue Reading →
New York filmmaker Matt Wolf's compelling, poignant and richly nuanced two-part documentary Pee-wee as Himself, a portrait of the artist and performer behind Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens, premiered opening night of Sundance 2025, went on to win a Gotham Award for Outstanding Original Film, and is now streaming on Max. Driven by a soul-baring interview... Continue Reading →
Jun Li's alluring third feature, Queerpanorama (çŸççž), received its world premiere at the 75th Berlinaleâaptly enough in the festival's Panorama sectionâwhere it was in competition for the 39th Teddy Award. Strikingly shot in black and white, it is a bold and inventive meditation on self-discovery that really got under my skin. The protagonist, listed in... Continue Reading →
Writer-director Lucio Castro follows his acclaimed 2019 debut feature, End of the Century (Fin de siglo), with the brooding and seductively enigmatic After This Death featuring a captivating central performance by MĂa Maestro. Reverberating with love and loss, Castro's latest workâwhich is dedicated to his late motherâreceived its world premiere at the 75th Berlinale. Maestro... Continue Reading →
Following the world premiere of Queerpanorama (çŸççž) 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 →
In 2016, Taylor Mac performed a one-time-only, 24-hour immersive theatrical experience in front of a live audience at St. Annâs Warehouse in Brooklyn. The concert offered an alternative take on U.S. history, narrated through music that was popular from the nationâs founding to the present, with Mac transforming hourly by changing into elaborate, decade-specific costumes... Continue Reading →
