It's been some time since a new queer film has caused a stir, in the vein of William Friedkin's Cruising, Abdellatif Kechiche's Blue is the Warmest Colour, or Todd Verow's soon-to-be reissued Frisk, but if the reported festival audience response is anything to go by, writer-director Elliot Tuttle's provocative Blue Film might be the latest... Continue Reading →
When I heard that D'Arcy Drollinger had followed up his instant classic, Shit & Champagne, with Lady Champagne, I didn’t just jump at the chance to watch it, I hacked my way through dense jungles, leapt over deep crevasses, and walked barefoot across hot coals. It’s the least one should be required to do to... Continue Reading →
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 →
When Mexico City-based multidisciplinary artist EfraÃn Mojica took their friend, writer and poet Rebecca Zweig, home for the holidays to the small rural Michoacán town of Penjamillo where they grew up, she was immediately taken by the sights and sounds of the local annual Christmas Day rodeo event, the jaripeo. That was back in 2018.... Continue Reading →
This week at live ceremony in Los Angeles, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced the winners in its 2026 Dorian Film Awards. Ryan Coogler’s thrilling period horror epic Sinners dominated the night with a total of seven wins, including Film of the Year and Director of the Year for Coogler, who was also... Continue Reading →
Sam Dunn and Tom Morello's rousing and reflective documentary The Ballad of Judas Priest, which world premiered at the 76th Berlinale, compellingly chronicles the pioneering heavy metal band's history from its inception in the UK in 1969, through to its induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. Featuring some electrifying archive... Continue Reading →
Queer filmmaker, film historian, archivist, and writer Jenni Olson's acclaimed documentary short film, 575 Castro. St., which originally world premiered at Sundance in 2009 and received its international premiere at the Berlinale that same year, is being revisited and celebrated by both festivals with retrospective screenings. Olson’s film is a contemplative yet urgent meditation on... Continue Reading →
Watching the promotional campaign for Harry Lighton's debut feature Pillion play out, since its award-winning world premiere at Cannes last year and its UK opening in late November, has—appropriately enough—felt like an extended edging session. Thankfully, the climax was worth all the teasing and anticipation that came with the perfectly orchestrated slow drip of tantalizing... 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 SkarsgÃ¥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 →
Remember those nights, before most of us cut our cables, spent flipping through endless channels without ever settling on one show or movie? Appropriately enough, that is the sensation I had watching David Shadrack Smith's kinetic feature debut Public Access which world premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition. This... Continue Reading →
