In Heroes We Trust and Rainbow Walls present The Streets Are Queer, a group show of North American street artists who identify as Queer. This is billed as a first-of-its-kind show, bringing together artists who create and express their individual identities within the Queer spectrum by spray painting, wheat pasting, and slap tagging the streets... Continue Reading →
BFI London Film Festival 2019: LGBTQ+ Preview
The 63rd BFI London Film Festival is coming (October 2nd - 13th 2019) and the programme has a wealth of queer and queer-friendly films from around the world (not to mention some blockbuster presentations). Here are The Queer Review’s LFF 2019 LGBTQ+ highlights. Matthias & Maxime Xavier Dolan returns to his roots by writing, directing... Continue Reading →
Labyrinth Out Under the Stars Screening at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Join the Los Angeles LGBT Center for Out Under the Stars this Friday 16th August for a special screening of Labyrinth at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. This fun summer night, benefiting the Center’s programs and services, will feature amazing food and drink from Los Angeles vendors, DJ, celebrity guest appearances and more. Come early to... Continue Reading →
Film Review: From Zero to I Love You ★★★
What do you call a rom-com without the com? Technically From Zero to I Love You isn’t a comedy. It’s a gay romance through and through, but it has all the tropes of a rom-com. From the meet-cute, the therapist, the art-gallery job, the zippy title, the improbable scenarios, the side-kicks whose only function is... Continue Reading →
Outfest 2019 Opening Night Film Review: Circus of Books ★★★★
Rachel Mason’s Circus of Books, which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April, opens the Outfest LGBTQ Film Festival tonight at the Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles. Acquired at Tribeca by Netflix, the documentary's lead subjects, Karen and Barry Mason, are the filmmaker’s parents and the unlikely owners of the titular long-running Los Angeles gay porn store,... Continue Reading →
Dear Evan Handjob! Theatre Review: Shooting Star (Hudson Theatre, Los Angeles) ★★★★
Ahhh, the 90s. The Los Angeles Theatre scene seemed littered with what I liked to call, “Nude Gays Two Inches From Your Face Plays” with titles such as Naked Boys Singing and Making Porn. A front row seat in those small theaters almost guaranteed contact with some type of bodily fluid. While LGBTQ+ stage shows... Continue Reading →
Revry’s QueerX Fest in Los Angeles 31st May – 2nd June
Streaming network Revry presents their fourth annual queer music, film, and industry festival from today Friday 31st May until Sunday 2nd June in Los Angeles. Billed as the queer answer to SXSW, QueerX, will feature Vogue competitions, screenings, a Sex & Body Positivity panel, Powerhouse Industry Pitchfests and the Revry Visibility Awards. The festival kicks... Continue Reading →
