Exclusive Interview: Daniel Talbott & Andrew Klaus-Vineyard on their doc celebrating Palm Spring leather bar Welcome to Tool Shed “it’s like a community center with a side of kink”

An official selection in the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival's American Pavilion, co-directors Daniel Talbott and Andrew Klaus-Vineyard's Welcome to Tool Shed is an impactful look at queer history, the challenges our community currently faces, and where we go from here. At the center of the documentary short, made with an... Continue Reading →

June 3, 2026 0

NewFest Pride 2026 lineup sizzles May 28th-June 1st in NYC & virtually across the US

NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ+ film and media organization, continues its tradition of kicking off Pride month in the city with its sixth annual five-day NewFest Pride summer series featuring in-person screenings nd events, with select titles streaming virtually throughout the US from May 28th to June 1st, 2026. Adam Shankman’s zany Stop! That! Train!, starring... Continue Reading →

May 23, 2026 0

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 →

May 19, 2026 1

2026 Cannes Film Festival Dispatch Day 5: Paper Tiger, Hope, & Jim Queen

From an American Mafia movie to a jaunt through Paris' gay district via a high-octane sci-fi Korean action-thriller, Cannes is offering a little bit of everything today as I took in two In Competition titles and a supremely queer animated midnight selection. Paper Tiger. Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival. Paper Tiger ★★★ 1/2Directed by James... Continue Reading →

May 18, 2026 0

Cannes 2026 Film Review: Flesh & Fuel (Du Fioul dans les artères) ★★★★1/2

When oil spills upon a wet surface, the opposing two fluids clash and when reflected in the sunlight a radiant iridescent glow is produced. Any parking lot, truckstop, or industrial sectors of our world are filled with these subtle moments of beauty. An interaction between two forces that unveil an elegance in the most innocuous... Continue Reading →

May 17, 2026 0

2026 Cannes Film Festival Dispatch Day 4: All of a Sudden, Sheep in the Box, & Flesh & Fuel

Away from the today's film offerings—featuring soulful performances, android children, and gay long haul truckers—my self-made The Substance jacket caught the attention of its filmmaker, Coralie Fargeat, who posted a snap to Instagram that she'd been sent of me proudly sporting it as I scurried along La Croisette from one screening to the next. All... Continue Reading →

May 17, 2026 0

2026 Cannes Film Festival Dispatch Day 1: Butterfly Jam, Nagi Notes, & Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

There's a nice brisk wind today on the Riviera, the sun is shining, and cameras are flashing. After yesterday's official opening ceremony, everyone here in Cannes is eager for the next 10 days of film. Starting us off we have the opening film of the Director’s Fortnight, Butterfly Jam; the first of the films In... Continue Reading →

May 13, 2026 0

Cannes 2026 Film Review: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma ★★★★★

In 1992, the term final girl was coined by Carol J. Clover in her book Men, Women, and Chainsaws, a canonical work of critical exploration of gender and sexuality in horror. Subsequently, the final girl would go on to live so many lives and so many deaths, ultimately becoming this symbolic and monolithic being. Rehashed,... Continue Reading →

May 13, 2026 1

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 →

May 10, 2026 0

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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