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 →
Winners revealed in LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ 16th Annual Dorian Film Awards
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 →
LGBTQ Entertainment Critics reveal nominations for 16th Annual Dorian Film Awards
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 →
Exclusive Interview: Oscar-nominee Arthur Dong reflects on his five-decade filmmaking career “a more equitable society has always been my goal”
Following the Criterion Channel's 2021 Arthur Dong retrospective, ten films by the Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker have just been released by Kino Lorber with the three-disc Blu-ray Arthur Dong Collection, along with four hours of bonus features. The set includes Dong's first independently made and previously unavailable film, Public from 1970, in a 2K restoration... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Jonathan Anderson on his costume design inspirations for Luca Guadagnino’s QueerÂ
On the red carpet at the 62nd New York Film Festival's North American premiere of Luca Guadignino's Queer, adapted from William S. Burrough's cult novel, fashion designer Jonathan Anderson spoke with The Queer Review about reuniting with the filmmaker following their collaboration on Challengers and his costume design inspirations for the 1950s Mexico City set... Continue Reading →
Gaypocalypse Now – Film Review: Queer ★★★★1/2
William S. Burroughs’ unfinished novella, Queer, tells the story of an alcoholic, junkie American writer named William Lee, who, while escaping legal issues in the States, finds himself among other expats in Mexico City circa 1950. He spends his time at a local watering hole or cruising for men in the streets. There he meets... Continue Reading →
Sydney’s 11th annual Queer Screen Film Festival launches full lineup
As Sydney emerges from a surprisingly chilly Australian winter, the 11th Annual Queer Screen Film Festival is here to kickstart spring with its lineup of 35 feature films from across the globe. From August 28th to September 1st, the 2024 edition of Queer Screen will celebrate LGBTQIA+ stories on screen in Sydney, before going on-demand... Continue Reading →
Emmys 2024 FYC Exclusive Interview: Taylor Mac on his 24-Decade History of Popular Music “so much of queer culture has been erased – I wanted to make something so big it couldn’t be ignored”
In 2016, Taylor Mac performed a one-time-only, 24-hour immersive theatrical experience in front of a live audience at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. The concert offered an alternative take on U.S. history, narrated through music that was popular from the nation’s founding to the present, with Mac transforming hourly by changing into elaborate, decade-specific costumes... Continue Reading →
NewFest Pride summer film series lineup revealed
NewFest, New York’s leading LGBTQ+ film and media organization, has just announced the full lineup for its fourth annual NewFest Pride summer film series running May 30th to June 3rd in-person in New York, with select titles available virtually throughout the United States. A House Is Not A Disco. Courtesy of NewFest. NewFest Pride will... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Theda Hammel & John Early on Stress Positions “I’m talking about queerness in the way that I want to”
Following the short film My Trip to Spain, Theda Hammel and John Early continue their creative collaboration with the deliciously dark and hilarious 2020-set comedy feature Stress Positions, which world premiered at Sundance and was the closing night selection of MOMA's New Directors/New Films festival. As well as writing and directing, Hammel also serves as... Continue Reading →
