This weekend in New York, MIX NYC presents a weekend of Queer Experimental Film Programming at Anthology Film Archives over two evenings. SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23rd: Program One: 7:15-8:30pm “Within There Runs Blood” presented by Eve Oishi and Marisa Hicks-Alcaraz This program represents the vision of two curators whose careers span twenty-five years, beginning with a... Continue Reading →
Author of seven novels including The Beaufort Diaries and Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes and the non-fiction book Real Man Adventures, T Cooper has had his writing appear in publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, Esquire, Harper’s and The Guardian. A graduate of Columbia University, he is currently a professor... Continue Reading →
The ESPN 30 for 30 documentary short film directed by Taylor Hess and Erin Sanger, Mack Wrestles, which premieres on ESPN this Sunday 22nd September takes a behind the scenes look at Mack Beggs, a gifted athlete from Euless, Texas, facing the stigmatization of transgender athletes. Mack, who is also one of the subjects of... Continue Reading →
With the 44th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) opening on Thursday 5th September, The Queer Review takes a look at some of this year's LGBTQ+ related highlights taking in feature films, documentaries, shorts and animation. Recent years at TIFF have delivered award winning LGBTQ+ gems including BPM (Beats Per Minute), Disobedience, A Fantastic Woman, Call Me By... Continue Reading →
*N.B. May contain unintentional Pose Season 2 spoilers.*The Category is...Season 2 Finale Extravaganza! Brilliantly by directed Janet Mock, who made television history last season as the first trans woman of colour to write, direct and produce for a series, this marks the second episode Mock has directed this season, and its one the most satisfying.... Continue Reading →
This year's Tribeca TV Festival will close with the premiere of the final episode of Amazon's Transparent, which ends the series following the departure of Jeffrey Tambor. The Transparent “Musicale Finale” sees the Emmy and Golden Globe winning series morph into a dazzling movie fantasia inspired by classic musicals. According to the Tribeca TV announcement, "when the... Continue Reading →
Author of young adult novel The Art of Being Normal, Lisa Williamson, reviews transgender rights documentary The Most Dangerous Year exclusively for The Queer Review. The year in question is 2016. So-called 'Bathroom Bills', aiming to repeal the rights of transgender people to use the bathroom that fits their gender identity are sweeping the USA.... Continue Reading →
MyGenderation hosts Film Night tonight, Friday 19th July 2019 at Brighton's Duke of York’s Picture House as part of the 7th annual Trans Pride Brighton and Hove. My Genderation is an ongoing film project that celebrates trans lives and experiences and tonight’s programme is a diverse collection of trans-related films, created by trans filmmakers or... Continue Reading →
[N.B. Contains Potential Pose Season 2 Spoiler] Pose viewers bid a heartbreaking farewell to Angelica Ross's character Candy last night in an episode of the groundbreaking series that highlighted the widespread violence against trans women of colour that continues to this day in the USA. Pose creator Ryan Murphy, who directed last night's episode, took... Continue Reading →
