On November 29th, 2006 The New York Post published a photograph of Naughties pop culture icons Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton sitting in the front of a car together in Beverly Hills. "Bimbo Summit", the first edition headline sneered, which was later revised to "3 Bimbos of the Apocalypse" for the tabloid's evening... Continue Reading →
This morning in New York City, the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 10—Acid Betty, Aja, Alyssa Hunter, Bosco, Cynthia Lee Fontaine, Daya Betty, DeJa Skye, Denali, Ginger Minj, Irene the Alien, Jorgeous, Kerri Colby, Lydia B. Kollins, Mistress Isabelle Brooks, Nicole Paige Brooks, Olivia Lux, Phoenix, and Tina Burner—were joined by New... Continue Reading →
GLAAD Award-nominated actor, singer, activist and RuPaul's Drag Race season 9 runner-up Peppermint has blazed a trail on Broadway and made an impact on screen in shows like Harlem and movies like Fire Island, as well as appearing as herself in the reality show Traitors. In addition to continuing to serve on the board of... Continue Reading →
Inspired by real-life heartbreak and trauma, British writer-co-director-producer-star Lloyd Eyre-Morgan reunited with his longterm collaborator, co-director-producer Neil Ely, to channel what he was feeling into their latest feature, the dark comedy drama Departures. Set in Manchester, Eyre-Morgan plays unassuming Northen gay thirty-something Benji, who falls for the wrong guy during a chance encounter at an... Continue Reading →
Mama Ru has made her decision. The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 17, America's Next Drag Superstar is... RuPaul's Drag Race season 17's top four queens, Jewels Sparkles, Onya Nurve, Lexi Love and Sam Star, backstage at the season finale viewing party at Hard Rock Hotel in New York. Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images... Continue Reading →
Back in May 2022 when promoting Fire Island, filmmaker Andrew Ahn shared with The Queer Review the impact that seeing Ang Lee's Oscar-winning classic The Wedding Banquet had had on him when he watched it at home with his parents when he was only eight years old. "It was really special. It showed me, as... Continue Reading →
Andrew Ahn's contemporary reworking of Ang Lee's Oscar-nominated classic The Wedding Banquet—with a new screenplay by Ahn co-written with the original film's writer James Schamus—is a delightfully warm and uplifting rom-com with heart and soul, and an ensemble cast to die for. Shifting the setting west from New York to Seattle, Ahn and Schamus also... Continue Reading →
A sleep-deprived, highly-caffeinated Chava (Tommy Dorfman) is on edge as she hurriedly rearranges the room of an Upper West Side Manhattan synagogue where she has summoned her ultra-Orthodox Hasidic parents for an "emergency" meeting. It is 2016 and we can hear the sound of Ariana Grande's "Break Free" bleeding from Chava's headphones as she begins... Continue Reading →
Following acclaimed runs in Sydney and London and an Australian tour, Sydney Theatre Company's (STC) production of The Picture of Dorian Gray is now running on Broadway through June 29th. In this inspired adaption of Oscar Wilde's late 19th-century gothic novella by writer-director Kip Williams (former Artistic Director of STC) all 26 roles—including the narrator—are... Continue Reading →
As an 18-year-old newly arrived in New York City, Emmy-nominated filmmaker Zackary Drucker encountered a photograph of European disco icon Amanda Lear and—like so many before her, including David Bowie—was immediately captivated by her beauty, crediting her as her "original trans archetype." Twenty years later, the director was approached by producer Noah Levy with the... Continue Reading →
