Tag: The Queer Review

Exclusive Interview: Orville Peck makes his movie acting debut in Street Fighter “queer people are drawn to video games – it’s an escape for us”

With Street Fighter opening in US theaters this Friday, October 16th, award-winning musician Orville Peck speaks exclusively with The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann about making his feature film acting debut as Vega, representing gaymers with the role, the significance of gaming to queer people, and putting his latest deeply personal album, Muse, out into... Continue Reading →

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TIFF 2026 Film Review: Elephants in the Fog (तिनीहरू, Tinīharū) ★★★★

Abinash Bikram Shah creates a strong sense of place and masterfully sustains the tension in his haunting feature debut as writer-director, Elephants in the Fog (तिनीहरू, TinÄ«harÅ«), which made history at Cannes as the first Nepali feature to be included in the festival's official selection. Nominated for the Camera d'Or and Queer Palm, the film... Continue Reading →

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TIFF 2026 Film Review: La Bola Negra ★★★★★

Creative, and former romantic, partners Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi (affectionately known as Los Javis), who you'll recognise from the judging panel if you've seen Drag Race España, proved how deftly and affectingly they could navigate multiple timelines and narrative threads with their exceptional 2020 miniseries Veneno starring Lola Rodríguez. It stands among the finest... Continue Reading →

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 Theatre Review: Sanctuary (Pleasance Dome) ★★★★

Gentle, filled with emotion and highly engaging, Sanctuary explores a young man's life at the heart of the AIDS epidemic through his reminiscences with a supportive stranger. Richard Cant and Matthew Tennyson. Photo credit: Andrew Perry. Jacob Sparrow's debut play is truly beautifully written, filled as it is with nostalgia, warmth and melancholy. Set in... Continue Reading →

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