Pride month continues to be celebrated on Netflix with the arrival of creator and producer Jordon Nardino's Glamorous on Thursday, June 22nd. Not only does the New York-set workplace comedy series have a queer character at its centre, in the form of the twenty-something gender nonconforming Marco played by former YouTube star turned actor and... Continue Reading →
With the fourth and final season of the hit series Never Have I Ever created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher now streaming globally on Netflix, The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann spoke exclusively with the show's lead cast Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Poorna Jagannathan, Richa Moorjani, Jaren Lewison, Darren Barnet, Lee Rodriguez, and Ramona Young about... Continue Reading →
Following the Academy Award win for Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, and its acquisition of Animal Logic, Netflix has just revealed details of nine upcoming animated films to be released on the streaming platform over the next 18 months. First up is the summer 2023 release of Nimona, based on She-Ra and the Princesses of Power... Continue Reading →
In the UK, the name Stephen Fry is invariably prefixed with phrase "national treasure", and with good reason. With his Wildean wit and turn of phrase, the actor, comedian, director, and best-selling novelist has been a perennially admired figure for decades. Early in his career, he was involved in some of the best-loved comedy series... Continue Reading →
Trailblazing pro skateboarder Leo Baker is the subject of an inspiring new feature documentary, Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story, premiering on Netflix on Thursday, August 11th. Directed by Nicola Marsh and Giovanni Reda, the intimate film follows Baker over several years as he's ultimately forced to chose between competing in the strictly gendered... Continue Reading →
The first issue of Neil Gaiman's award-winning and influential The Sandman arrived in comic book stores in 1989, published by DC, marking the birth of a long-running saga that would go on to be collected in volumes of graphic novels and rank on The New York Times Best Sellers list. With comic book adaptations filling... Continue Reading →
Tuesday night saw Darren Star (Sex and the City, Younger, Emily In Paris) and Jeffrey Richman's (Modern Family) new Netflix comedy series Uncoupled, starring Neil Patrick Harris, premiere at New York's iconic Paris Theater, followed by a glitzy cocktail reception at the nearby Plaza Hotel. The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann was on the stylish... Continue Reading →
Queer vampire series First Kill, created by New York Times bestselling author Victoria “V. E.” Schwab, based upon her own short story of the same name, launches on Netflix today, Friday, June 10th. It's a "Juliet and Juliet" tale of two households and forbidden love, which introduces us to teenage vampire Juliette (Sarah Catherine Hook)... Continue Reading →
At first glance, Alice Oseman's beautifully heartwarming Heartstopper which launches today on Netflix, based on her hit graphic novels, feels like a throwback to much-loved 90s British films about gay teens like Beautiful Thing and Get Real. Although this series does share much of the feel-good quality of those movies and a similar focus on... Continue Reading →
On Saturday, May 7th, Billy Eichner will host Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival's Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Promising to be a starry night of queer entertainment, the lineup features Bob the Drag Queen, Eddie Izzard, Fortune Feimster, Gina Yashere, Guy Branum, James Adomian, Joel Kim Booster,... Continue Reading →
