When Mexico City-based multidisciplinary artist Efraín 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 →
Actor and writer Daniel K. Isaac is known for giving smart, nuanced, and playful performances and has a quietly commanding presence on stage and screen that draws the viewer in. Let's face it, those dreamboat good looks and that killer smile don't hurt either. Alongside creating his own work, such as his playwriting debut Once... Continue Reading →
Actor and filmmaker James Sweeney follows his Independent Spirit Award-nominated debut feature, Straight Up, with the twisty and poignant comedy drama Twinless starring opposite Dylan O'Brien as young men who meet in a support group for bereaved twins and form an unlikely friendship. Roman (O'Brien) and Dennis (Sweeney) both search for solace and an identity... Continue Reading →
Where have you seen this one before? A grizzled, graying gay filmmaker fixates on a past relationship which prevents him from moving forward in present day. If Pedro Almodóvar’s wonderful Pain And Glory comes to mind, you have just won the trivia contest, but not so fast, as Before We Forget, co-written and directed by... Continue Reading →
schnook: noun - informal - def: a person easily duped, a fool - “Don’t be a schnook! It’s a scam!” I love comedies about schnooks. From the intrepid duo at the heart of American Movie, Beavis And Butt-head, Dumb And Dumber and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, I’ve always had a soft spot in my... Continue Reading →
With his smoldering good looks and captivating screen presence, actor, writer, comedian, interdisciplinary artist, and astrologer Marval Rex's star is on the rise. This week sees the Los Angeles premiere of director Lisa Belcher’s gripping and unsettling psychological horror House Of Abraham—already playing in New York—which Rex stars in alongside Natasha Henstridge, horror queen Lin... Continue Reading →
I’ve often wondered what people really mean when they say, “They don’t make movies like they used to”. Are they talking about the scripts, directing, cinematography, subject matter, overall tone or something else? When I look back on films from the 1940s, for example, I often experience empty sound editing, flat staging, and tin-eared dialogue.... Continue Reading →
Following the world premiere of Queerpanorama (眾生相) at the 75th Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival, where the film was in competition for the prestigious Teddy Award, filmmaker Jun Li and star Jayden Cheung speak exclusively with The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann. Set in contemporary Hong Kong, the strikingly shot black and white film... Continue Reading →
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics have announced the winners of the 16th Dorian Film Awards voted for by its more than 500 members. Coralie Fargeat's The Substance took Film of the Year while writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s sophomore feature I Saw the TV Glow won LGBTQ Film of the Year. I Saw the TV... Continue Reading →
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics have announced the nominees for its 16th Dorian Film Awards voted for by its more than 500 members. Jane Schoenbrun’s sophomore feature I Saw the TV Glow leads with nine nominations, followed by Coralie Fargeat The Substance which eight nods. Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez and Luca Guadagnino's Challengers... Continue Reading →
