Based on her on 2020 book—Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians, We Are All in Trouble—Emmy-winning veteran comedian Judy Gold's thrillingly ambitious new one-woman show—Yes, I Can Say That!—examines stand-up comedy’s ability to speak truth to power, and the dangers of censoring and silencing comedians. Not only is it provocative,... Continue Reading →
Earth Worship, award-winning fine art photographer Steven Menendez's latest exhibition—running at The SoHo Project Space in New York Thursday, March 30th - Saturday, April 8th, 2023—features a stunning series of landscapes and sensual portraits of male nudes "in states of bliss in the majesty of nature". Earth Worship - Steven Menendez fine art photography exhibition... Continue Reading →
Tonight's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race season 15, which just aired on MTV, tackles the current wave of US state level anti-LGBTQ+ legislation—specifically bans on drag—in true Drag Race style, with the fabulous 1980s Rusical, Wigloose! The high energy parody musical, with some poignant moments, is set in the small town of West Bumtuck where... Continue Reading →
Following RuPaul's Instagram post on March 8th addressing the current wave of US state level anti-LGBTQ+ legislation—including bans on drag—tonight's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 airing on MTV at 8pm ET/PT, tackles the issue in true Drag Race style, with a fabulous 80s parody Rusical. "Wigloose" is set in the small town of... Continue Reading →
Luchina Fisher's GLAAD-nominated 2020 feature documentary, Mama Gloria, was a captivating portrait of Chicago’s septuagenarian Black trans trailblazer and community leader, Gloria Allen, who sadly passed away in June 2022. With her latest documentary short, The Dads, which just received its world premiere at SXSW, the filmmaker turns her attention to the fathers of LGBTQ+... Continue Reading →
The 37th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival opens tonight with Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker’s outstanding The Stroll which received its world premiere in the US Documentary Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, going on the win that section’s Special Jury Award for Clarity of Vision. It tells the collective history of the transgender... Continue Reading →
Declared "a strong new voice in Australian queer cinema” by The Guardian, filmmaker Craig Boreham's debut feature Teenage Kicks premiered at the 2016 Sydney Film Festival, where it was an Audience Award runner-up. It went on to win two Iris Prize trophies and saw Boreham nominated for an Australian Directors Guild Award. The writer-director's remarkable... Continue Reading →
Following its Grand Prix-winning premiere at Cannes, writer-director Lukas Dhont's tender, heartbreaking, and healing sophomore feature Close, has gone on to be acclaimed at festivals around the world, and is among the five works nominated as Best International Feature Film at this weekend's 95th Academy Awards. Beautifully shot by cinematographer Frank van den Eeden, Close... Continue Reading →
Following his stunning 2019 debut album Pop That, Brooklyn based queer indie avant-pop artist Boy Radio returns with the sexy new single "Leather and Denim" released today, Friday, March 10th, 2023, taken from his upcoming EP. Ahead of the launch, The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann had an exclusive conversation with Boy Radio about his... Continue Reading →
The Queer Review meets Spanish author Álex Beltrán, whose debut novel Little Rock was published earlier this year. Growing up in Valencia, Beltrán's love for storytelling took him to Los Angeles and New York to study film, leading to writing and directing the gay shorts, My Friend Jaime (Mi amigo Jaime) in 2013 and Lost... Continue Reading →
