Exclusive Interview: queer film historian, archivist & filmmaker Jenni Olson “it’s kind of an amazing achievement to make a sexy 16mm urban landscape film”

This month sees the work of queer experiential filmmaker Jenni Olson celebrated on the Criterion Channel, with a five film retrospective, plus a new insightful interview. Included in the collection are Olson's two features, The Joy of Life (2005) and The Royal Road (2015), which both world premiered at Sundance. These, along with her 1998... Continue Reading →

October 18, 2020 4

Frameline Opens Tonight with Vita & Virginia

The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Frameline, opens tonight 20th June 2019 with lesbian period drama Vita & Virginia. As Pam Grady notes in the festival's programme, the film features "sensational star turns by Elizabeth Debicki (Widows) as Virginia Woolf and Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace) as Vita Sackville-West" and brings "to dazzling life one... Continue Reading →

June 20, 2019 0

Exclusive Interviews: Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City Cast and Creators

At Monday night's New York City premiere of the Netflix Original Limited Series Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, The Queer Review spoke to Tales' showrunner Lauren Morelli, executive producer and director of three of the ten episodes Alan Poul, plus cast members Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis, Charlie Barnett, Murray Bartlett, May Hong and Garcia.... Continue Reading →

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