On the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced its 2024 Dorian TV Awards nominations. The 500-member group, now in its 16th year, comprises voters who either work or freelance for mainstream and LGBTQ+ media outlets in the United States and internationally. “A lot of our nominated shows... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Latrice Royale on her “transformative & healing” experience on HBO’s We’re Here
Drag superstar Latrice Royale—who appeared on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race as well as the first and fourth seasons of All Stars—speaks exclusively with The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann about what drag means to her, why she wanted to join the fourth season of HBO's Emmy, Peabody, and GLAAD award-winning unscripted series... Continue Reading →
TV Review: Fantasmas ★★★★
In the delectably queer (in every sense of the word) new HBO comedy series Fantasmas, creator-writer-director-star Julio Torres (Los Espooskys, Problemista) plays a thirty-something creative named Julio Torres. He lives in a heightened, only-ever-so-slightly surreal version of New York City with his trusty robot assistant Bibo (voiced by Joe Rumrill), an aspiring actor eyeing human... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Stephen Dunn on reimagining Queer As Folk “the greatest gift Russell T Davies gave me was saying ‘it’s yours, run with it'”
While Closet Monster writer-director Stephen Dunn was developing his reimagined Queer As Folk, now streaming on Peacock, he flew to Manchester to meet with Russell T Davies, the creator of the original series. "One of the greatest gifts Russell gave me, aside from the title", Dunn shares with The Queer Review's James Kleinmann, "was after... Continue Reading →
TV Review: Queer As Folk ★★★★
I can vividly remember sitting on the floor of my university flatmate Lisa's bedroom, along with all of our other flatmates (London rents were never cheap), on Tuesday, February 23rd 1999, gathered around the television tuned into Channel 4 to watch the first episode of the much-anticipated Queer As Folk. We were surprised, delighted, confronted,... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interviews: the cast of Love, Victor on returning for season 2 of the hit LGBTQ Hulu series
Ahead of the launch of the second season of the GLAAD Media Award-nominated, hit LGBTQ series Love, Victor on Hulu today, Friday June 11th, The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann spoke with its lead cast—Michael Cimino, Rachel Hilson, Anthony Turpel, Bebe Wood, Mason Gooding, George Sear, and Isabella Ferreira—in a series of exclusive interviews. Love,... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: Tony-nominee David Pittu on portraying fashion illustrator Joe Eula in Netflix’s Halston “there was a very personal connection to this world for me”
American fashion designer Halston helped define the 60s, 70s, and 80s, from creating Jacqueline Kennedy's iconic pillbox hat for JFK's inauguration, to dressing his Halstonettes—the actors, socialites, models, and muses who surrounded him—like Anjelica Huston, Babe Paley, and Lauren Bacall, to his nights out at Studio 54 with famous friends such as Warhol, Liza, and... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: queer icon John Cameron Mitchell on his own queer influences & the final season of Hulu’s Shrill
This Friday May 7th sees the premiere of the third and final season of the biting and touching comedy series Shrill on Hulu. Its co-creator and star Aidy Bryant returns as Annie, who is feeling energized by her breakup with dud boyfriend Ryan (Luka Jones) and her newfound momentum at the culture website The Thorn,... Continue Reading →
The Queer Review meets the cast of Pose ahead of tonight’s final season premiere
Ahead of tonight's final season premiere of Pose on FX, The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann attended a virtual press conference with a legendary lineup of the show's key cast including Mj Rodriguez, Billy Porter, Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore, Hailie Sahar, Angel Bismark Curiel, Dyllón Burnside, Sandra Bernhard, Jason A. Rodriguez, plus series co-creator, executive... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: It’s A Sin star Omari Douglas “there’s something really important about seeing a proudly gay Black man in a period context”
Following our interviews with It's A Sin's writer and executive producer Russell T Davies and cast members, Lydia West and Nathaniel Curtis, The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann had an exclusive conversation with actor Omari Douglas who portrays Roscoe Babatunde in the acclaimed 1980s London set drama which follows five young friends as the AIDS... Continue Reading →
