Tag: The Queer Review

Exclusive Interview: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke on his Cannes Award-winning A Useful Ghost – “I wanted to bring many dimensions of queer characters into the film”

Following its world premiere at Cannes, where it was nominated for the Queer Palm and won the Critics' Week Grand Prize, writer-director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke's startlingly original and delectably queer debut feature A Useful Ghost (Pee Chai Dai Ka) made its North American premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival. It went on to be... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Hugh Sheehan on his award-winning podcast Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7 – “we must never forget these queer histories”

In this politically regressive era in the United States and beyond, it is especially vital that LGBTQ+ history be recorded and shared, enabling us to find context, empowerment and guidance in the narratives of our queer and trans forebearers. Recognizing that necessity is composer, sound designer, writer and audio producer Hugh Sheehan, whose exquisitely crafted... Continue Reading →

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Theatre Review: Tartuffe (New York Theatre Workshop, Off-Broadway) ★★★★

First performed at Versailles in 1664—and subsequently banned in France by the Church and the police for several years—centuries on, Molière’s Tartuffe still delights and feels bitingly relevant with its observations about human nature in Lucas Hnath's sharp and spicy rhyming verse adaptation directed by Sarah Benson, receiving its world premiere Off-Broadway at New York... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Daniel Waters on writing “dark, f***ed up Christmas movie” Batman Returns

"I'm a queer icon, who knew?!" Jokes screenwriter Daniel Waters as he discusses the strong queer following for Batman Returns and Heathers. Waters is also known for the 2032-set sci-fi Demolition Man, which predicted a President Schwarzenegger, and the under-appreciated screwball action-comedy Hudson Hawk starring Sandra Bernhard as the villainous Minerva Mayflower opposite Bruce Willis'... Continue Reading →

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Brooklyn’s Powerhouse: International festival lineup includes Red Hot Presents TRAИƧA — A Live Experience

The Powerhouse: International festival launching this fall at Powerhouse Arts (322 3rd Ave, Brooklyn), features large-scale performance works from around the world and includes a series of concerts by some of today’s most boundary-pushing musicians. Produced in a venue purpose-built for art and connection, the festival transforms the awe-inspiring Powerhouse Arts facility, a former power plant, into... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Billions & Elsbeth star Daniel K. Isaac – “I became much freer as an actor once I came out & accepted who I was”

Actor and writer Daniel K. Isaac is known for giving smart, nuanced, and playful performances and has a quietly commanding presence on stage and screen that draws the viewer in. Let's face it, those dreamboat good looks and that killer smile don't hurt either. Alongside creating his own work, such as his playwriting debut Once... Continue Reading →

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