Developed as a part of Pipeline Theatre Company’s PlayLab, non-binary writer and director Sam Max's darkly comic Coop opens Off-Off-Broadway tonight at Paradise Factory in the East Village. Produced by a queer and femme led creative team, the play stars Latinx, transmasculine actor Lio Mehiel as Avery, a girl who has been isolated from the... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: And Then We Danced filmmaker Levan Akin
Following its world premiere at Cannes in 2019 writer/director Levan Akin's gay coming of age drama And Then We Danced went on to enjoy a hugely successful international festival run, including showings at last month's Sundance, picking up awards in cities such as Chicago, New York and Montréal. The premiere in Tbilisi, Georgia, where the... Continue Reading →
MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Weekend at Anthology Film Archives Nov 23-24th
This weekend in New York, MIX NYC presents a weekend of Queer Experimental Film Programming at Anthology Film Archives over two evenings. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23rd: Program One: 7:15-8:30pm “Within There Runs Blood” presented by Eve Oishi and Marisa Hicks-Alcaraz This program represents the vision of two curators whose careers span twenty-five years, beginning with a... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Cubby ★★1/2
Mark Blane's semi-autobiographical New York fantasia Cubby toured film festivals this summer, playing at events like OutFest in LA, Frameline in San Francisco, New York's NewFest and Reeling Film Festival in Chicago, among others. It's a film that seems tailor-made for festivals -- quirky, strange, shot on 16mm film, a bit clunky, with subject matter that was never... Continue Reading →
NewFest 2019 Film Review: Drag Kids ★★★★
One defining, central fact of most queer lives is some measure of repression and/or trauma during adolescence, some essential hiding of the self that leaves many us grappling for much of the rest of our lives with when, how, to whom, and for what purpose we choose to disclose our various identities to the people... Continue Reading →
Tom of Finland Foundation in New York 19 – 22nd September at MOMA PS1 & No Bar
Our friends at the Tom of Finland Foundation are going to be in New York this weekend for the Printed Matter New York Art Book Fair from today Thursday 19th through Sunday 22nd September. This weekend’s New York Art Book Fair is at MOMA PS-1 at 22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101. ToFF... Continue Reading →
Queer|Art|Film NYC Screens Thank God It’s Friday in 35mm with Q&A
Queer|Art|Film Summer 2019 season continues with Thank God It's Friday (1978) in 35mm at IFC Center, New York, Monday 8th July 8pm. Presented by Christian John Wikane with a post-screening Q&A with Casablanca Records disco artists Felipe Rose (original co-founder and native of Village People) and D.C. LaRue. Synopsis: It’s Friday night, 1978, and a... Continue Reading →
Hedwig and the Angry Inch 4K Restoration – New York Q&A with John Cameron Mitchell
John Cameron Mitchell’s much-loved queer rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch returns to the big screen in New York City in a new 4K restoration, playing July 11th-17th at Manhattan's IFC Center, with Mitchell appearing in person after the 7.30pm screening on July 11th. Writer-director-star Mitchell won the Best Director and Audience Awards at... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: ‘Riot Act’ Arcola Theatre (London) ★★★★★
Alexis Gregory’s brilliant piece of verbatim theatre, Riot Act, has stopped by East London’s Arcola Theatre as part of a national tour. Looking at the events of Stonewall, the politics of drag and the rise of British LGBT activism in the 80s, this swift show packs a punch in its 60 minutes. Photo by Dawson... Continue Reading →
Metanoia: Transformation Through AIDS Archives and Activism at The Center New York
Opening Monday 11th March, Metanoia: Transformation Through AIDS Archives and Activism runs at The Center, New York City, through 29th April 2019. Examining community responses to the AIDS crisis, the archival exhibition aims to demonstrate that "HIV/AIDS is a powerful agent of change and that transformation happens through community, activism, words, sex, care and the... Continue Reading →