Tag: James Kleinmann

Exclusive Interviews: Stop! That! Train! filmmaker & stars on the outlandish high-speed comedy

As the outlandish high-speed comedy Stop! That! Train! opens in theaters nationwide today—Friday, June 12th—filmmaker Adam Shankman and stars Ginger Minj, Jujubee, Symone, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Marcia Marcia Marcia, Latrice Royale and Rachel Bloom speak exclusively with The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann. Ginger Minj and Jujubee in Stop! That! Train! Photo credit: World of Wonder... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Silas Howard & Harry Dodge on the 25th anniversary 4K restoration of their groundbreaking trans-butch indie classic By Hook or By Crook

25 years since Silas Howard and Harry Dodge's enchanting trans-butch buddy movie By Hook or By Crook was first screened at Outfest in Los Angeles—beginning its award-winning festival run—the groundbreaking and enduring indie classic returns to select North American theaters this month. Distributed by Altered Innocence, the film will be screened in a new 4K... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: “Tempress” Chasity Moore on starring in Cats The Jellicle Ball on Broadway “it’s a love letter to Ballroom”

Following the hit Off-Broadway run of Cats: The Jellicle Ball at the Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) in the summer of 2024, Tony-winning co-directors Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch’s imaginative reinterpretation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1981 musical theatre classic, set it in the pulsating world of New York’s Ballroom scene, is now taking Broadway... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: The Four Seasons co-creator & star Tina Fey “it was really important to me to have a gay couple as part of this friendship group”

The Four Seasons, adapted from Alan Alda's beloved 1981 film by series creators, showrunners, executive producers, directors, and writers, Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield, returns to Netflix on May 28th for an eight-episode second season. Kerri Kenney-Silver as Anne, Marco Calvani as Claude, Tina Fey as Kate, Colman Domingo as Danny, and Will... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Tony-winner Reed Birney on starring in provocative Blue Film “people are grateful for a cinematic experience where they actually feel something”

Writer-director Elliot Tuttle makes his assured debut feature with Blue Film, marking the arrival of a bold new voice in queer cinema. Despite being overlooked by some major US film festivals like SXSW and Sundance, perhaps due its potentially controversial themes, the intense and intoxicating film has become one of the year's most talked about independent... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Blue Film star Kieron Moore & director Elliot Tuttle “when you walk into a movie theater you’re giving up control”

Despite being overlooked by some major US film festivals like SXSW and Sundance, perhaps due its potentially controversial themes, writer-director Elliot Tuttle's intense and intoxicating Blue Film has found its way into theaters this weekend, and is already one of the buzziest and most acclaimed queer releases of the year. No doubt independent film bodies... Continue Reading →

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Film Review: Blue Film ★★★★

Writer-director Elliot Tuttle's provocative feature debut Blue Film announces the filmmaker as a bold new voice in queer cinema. In the opening frames, the audience is greeted with the words, "What's up faggots", as we're thrown into the midst of a steamy livestream by adult content creator Aaron Eagle (British Boots star Kieron Moore) connecting... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Departures star David Tag “I drew from personal experience as much as possible because we wanted it to feel real”

Following a long-running stint portraying Sylver McQueen on the BAFTA-nominated soap opera Hollyoaks, a UK television institution for more than three decades, actor David Tag makes his impressive feature debut in Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Neil Ely's dark comedy drama Departures. Tag plays the strapping and aggressively handsome Jake, a thirtysomething personal trainer for professional footballers,... Continue Reading →

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Film Review: Departures ★★★★

As far as opening credits statements go, the on-screen words that begin Departures are pretty hard to beat: "This film is inspired by all the dickheads that fucked us over. You know who you are." Setting the tone for this raw, wry and confrontingly honest look at the pleasures and pains of contemporary British gay... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Rocky Horror creator Richard O’Brien & son Linus O’Brien on Strange Journey “watching Rocky you know you’re in a theatre full of rainbow people – you’re safe”

50 years ago this month, The Rocky Horror Picture Show had its first midnight screening at New York's Waverly Theatre (now the IFC Center) in the West Village, marking the beginning of an extraordinary turnaround for a film that had been a box office flop the previous year, and leading to exuberant shadow cast performances... Continue Reading →

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