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Exclusive Interview: Mx. Dahlia Belle on Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda Netflix special “everyone in my generation wanted to be a punk rocker or a stand-up comic – I’ve gotten to do both, so I’m winning!”

Portland, Oregon based stand-up comedian Mx. Dahlia Belle is one of the standout performers in an extraordinary lineup of seven hilarious genderqueer comics in Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda, curated and hosted by Gadsby, filmed in front of a live audience at London's iconic Alexandra Palace last year. In October 2021, Belle wrote an open letter... Continue Reading →

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38th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival – full lineup revealed

The full lineup for the 38th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, running March 13th - 24th at BFI Southbank and on BFI Player, has been announced. The 2024 selection, divided into three thematic strands—Hearts, Bodies, and Minds—includes 33 world premieres, with 57 features and 81 shorts from 41 countries. This year's programmers are Grace Barber-Plentie, Jay Bernard, Diana Cipriano, Zorian... Continue Reading →

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All of Us Strangers leads in Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ 15th annual Dorian Film Award nominations

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has just announced the nominees across 21 categories in its 15th annual Dorian Film Awards, voted for by the group's more than 500 members made up of LGBTQIA+ identifying media professionals. Andrew Haigh’s powerful All of Us Strangers leads with nine nominations including Film of the Year, LGBTQ... Continue Reading →

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Sundance 2024 Film Review: Stress Positions ★★★1/2

Theda Hammel returns to Sundance following her 2022 TV pilot My Trip To Spain, with her feature debut as writer-director-composer-editor and star, Stress Positions, playing in the festival's US Dramatic Competition. With its dry, sometimes uncomfortable tone, that easily shifts from offbeat to satirical to absurd to farcical, this deliciously dark, thought-provoking comedy sees her... Continue Reading →

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Sundance 2024 Film Review: Ponyboi ★★★★

Director Esteban Arango returns to Sundance with his riveting, stylish, and kinetic sophomore feature Ponyboi, which just received its world premiere in the US Dramatic Competition at the 40th edition of the festival. Written, produced by, and starring queer intersex nonbinary Latinx model, actor, and activist River Gallo, the seeds of the film were in... Continue Reading →

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The Queer Review among nominees in 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards – full list of nominations

On Monday, January 17th, GLAAD—the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization—received the Television Academy's prestigious Governors Award at the postponed 2023 Emmys ceremony, in recognition of its "profound, transformational, and long-lasting contribution to television". Two days later, GLAAD revealed its own honourees in the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, which included The Queer Review in... Continue Reading →

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Exclusive Interview: Sort Of creator & star Bilal Baig on the third & final season of the Peabody Award-winning comedy series

Today sees the return of one the freshest, funniest, and most unassumingly revolutionary series on television, Sort Of, for its third and final season. The GLAAD Award-nominated, Canadian Screen and Peabody-winning comedy is created by its showrunners and executive producers, Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo. Baig also stars in the Toronto-set series as the endearing... Continue Reading →

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