At the heart of writer-director Elena Oxman's stunning feature debut Outerlands is a richly nuanced and captivating central performance by Asia Kate Dillon. It is an affectingly understated, delicate film and Dillon, with their beautifully expressive face and underlying emotional intensity, proves to be a perfect fit for Oxman's style. As the film opens we... Continue Reading →
Vacuum Mon Amour - A Useful Ghost is a quirky, haunting, queer Thai masterpiece Think of your favorite spousal haunting movie. There are more than you imagine. Maybe it’s David Lowery’s slow and methodical A Ghost Story (2017). Or what about Patrick Swayze making clay pots with Demi Moore in the aptly-titled Ghost (1990)? Well,... Continue Reading →
As Mama Ru wisely observes, we're all born naked and the rest is drag. Each one of us is projecting an image—consciously or otherwise—that influences the way the world views us. On the verge of adulthood, surrounded by other teenagers trying to find themselves at college, it is easy to become a little too self-conscious... Continue Reading →
When actor, model, filmmaker and Deaf activist Nyle DiMarco was around seven years old, his mother shared the story of the Deaf President Now (DPN) protests with him. They took place at the world's only Deaf university, Washington DC's Gallaudet, in 1988 over eight historic days in response to the school’s board of trustees'—chaired by... Continue Reading →
On November 29th, 2006 The New York Post published a photograph of Naughties pop culture icons Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton sitting in the front of a car together in Beverly Hills. "Bimbo Summit", the first edition headline sneered, which was later revised to "3 Bimbos of the Apocalypse" for the tabloid's evening... Continue Reading →
This morning in New York City, the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 10—Acid Betty, Aja, Alyssa Hunter, Bosco, Cynthia Lee Fontaine, Daya Betty, DeJa Skye, Denali, Ginger Minj, Irene the Alien, Jorgeous, Kerri Colby, Lydia B. Kollins, Mistress Isabelle Brooks, Nicole Paige Brooks, Olivia Lux, Phoenix, and Tina Burner—were joined by New... Continue Reading →
GLAAD Award-nominated actor, singer, activist and RuPaul's Drag Race season 9 runner-up Peppermint has blazed a trail on Broadway and made an impact on screen in shows like Harlem and movies like Fire Island, as well as appearing as herself in the reality show Traitors. In addition to continuing to serve on the board of... Continue Reading →
Inspired by real-life heartbreak and trauma, British writer-co-director-producer-star Lloyd Eyre-Morgan reunited with his longterm collaborator, co-director-producer Neil Ely, to channel what he was feeling into their latest feature, the dark comedy drama Departures. Set in Manchester, Eyre-Morgan plays unassuming Northen gay thirty-something Benji, who falls for the wrong guy during a chance encounter at an... Continue Reading →
Mama Ru has made her decision. The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 17, America's Next Drag Superstar is... RuPaul's Drag Race season 17's top four queens, Jewels Sparkles, Onya Nurve, Lexi Love and Sam Star, backstage at the season finale viewing party at Hard Rock Hotel in New York. Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images... Continue Reading →
Back in May 2022 when promoting Fire Island, filmmaker Andrew Ahn shared with The Queer Review the impact that seeing Ang Lee's Oscar-winning classic The Wedding Banquet had had on him when he watched it at home with his parents when he was only eight years old. "It was really special. It showed me, as... Continue Reading →
