Tag: Queer cinema

Exclusive Interview: The Inspection stars Jeremy Pope & Gabrielle Union on collaborating with Elegance Bratton on his deeply personal film

Pier Kids filmmaker Elegance Bratton makes his emotionally potent narrative feature debut with The Inspection, opening in US theaters from A24 on Friday, November 18th, following its world premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival. Dedicated to his late mother, the impactful drama is inspired by events in Bratton’s own life, with Jeremy Pope starring... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Aitch Alberto on Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe “owning my authenticity made me capable of directing this film”

One of the standout queer films at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was writer-director Aitch Alberto’s adaptation of Benjamin Alire Sáenz bestselling YA novel, Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe. Produced by Alberto, alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda, Eugenio Debrez, and Kyra Sedgwick, the emotionally potent coming-of-age tale explores the bond that builds between two... Continue Reading →

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Film Review: My Policeman ★★★1/2

Tony and Olivier award-winning veteran theatre director Michael Grandage follows his 2016 feature film debut, Genius, with the delicately powerful My Policeman, which world premiered at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival and opens in select US cinemas today ahead of its global launch on Prime Video on November 4th. Based on the bestselling book... Continue Reading →

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Notes from the queerest TIFF ever

Compiling a list of LGBTQ+ highlights ahead of the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, I was struck by the sheer number of queer films that had been selected, a powerful enough statement from the festival's programmers in itself. But actually being there at TIFF in-person—for the first time in three years—to catch... Continue Reading →

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Colman Domingo to receive 2022 Out on Film Icon Award at Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ film festival – full lineup announced

The lineup for Atlanta's LGBTQ+ film festival, Out on Film, has been revealed. Running September 22nd until October 2nd, the 2022 edition will kick off with Nicholas Stoller’s Bros co-written by and starring Billy Eichner, fresh from its world premiere at TIFF, while Todd Flaherty’s Chrissy Judy will close out this year's event. Opening night... Continue Reading →

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Film Review: Peter Von Kant ★★★★

Following his Teddy Award-winning Water Drops on Burning Rocks (Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes), based on the play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder which premiered at the Berlinale in 2000, prolific queer filmmaker François Ozon revisits the mighty Fassbinder with a reworking of The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von... Continue Reading →

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