As writer-director Oliver Hermanus' Moffie opens in Apartheid South Africa in 1981, Nicholas (Kai Luke Brümmer) has just turned 16 making him, along with all other white men of his age, eligible for mandatory military service at a time when the country is engaged in a military operation at the border with Soviet-backed Angola in... Continue Reading →
Ahead of the US theatrical and on demand release of the acclaimed, BAFTA-nominated fourth feature from writer-director Oliver Hermanus, Moffie, this Friday April 9th, The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann had an exclusive chat with its star Kai Luke Brümmer. Brümmer, who makes his impressive big screen acting debut in the film, portrays sixteen-year-old Nicholas... Continue Reading →
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival has announced its first full digital edition. Available nationwide in the USA June 11th - 20th 2020, it will feature free live in-depth online discussions for each of the 11 films with filmmakers, documentary subjects, and Human Rights Watch researchers. The line-up includes David France's Sundance and Teddy award-winning... Continue Reading →
Lucio Catro's Barcelona summer set sensual gay romance End of the Century had its world premiere at The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center's New Directors/New Films festival earlier this year. It went on to win best Argentinian film at the Beunos Aires Film Festival, before playing at LA's Outfest... Continue Reading →
According to The Queer Review's Chad Armstrong's ★★★★★ review, Lucio Castro’s debut feature End of the Century "has the essence of a fleeting affair that burns itself into your memory for years to come, and shows a confident authorial voice that holds a lot of promise." Ahead of the film's official New York release this Friday 16th... Continue Reading →
The third annual Split Screens TV Festival which opens today Wednesday 29th June and runs until Monday 3rd June in New York will honour the trailblazing writer, producer, director, author and podcast host Janet Mock with its 2019 Vanguard Award. Although Janet Mock will be unable to attend the event in person on Saturday 1st... Continue Reading →
As the final film in Queer|Art|Film's Winter's A Drag series at New York's IFC Center, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar screens tonight Monday 8th April 2019, presented by Untitled Queen. Directed by Beeban Kidron from a screenplay by Douglas Carter Beane, the film stars Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze and John Leguizamo as... Continue Reading →
