Karen Bernstein’s I’m Gonna Make You Love Me received its world premiere at DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary film festival, in New York tonight. The deeply personal, artfully executed film weaves archive footage, photographs, classic movie clips and talking head interviews to paint an intimate portrait of Brian Belovitch. Assigned male at birth, Belovtich transitioned... Continue Reading →
T Cooper’s debut documentary feature, Man Made, follows the lives of four transgender men as they prepare compete at Trans FitCon the world’s only all-trans bodybuilding competition in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The competition is open to anyone who self-identifies as transgender male.Firstly we meet Dominic Chilko (who placed third at last year’s FitCon). The 26... 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 →
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 →
The 18th Tribeca Film Festival is set to explore activism in the arts with the first Tribeca Celebrates Pride this Saturday 4th May at the Tribeca Festival Hub at Spring Studios, New York. The day long event will honour the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, including on stage interviews with LGBTQ+ creatives including Neil Patrick Harris, John Cameron... Continue Reading →
The trailer for year's BFI Flare London LGBTQ+Film Festival has just been revealed and features glimpses of festival highlights such as the Closing Night Gala, Justin Kelly’s JT Leroy starring Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart. The catchy song used throughout the trailer is Falling performed by Drama. The 2019 BFI Flare LGBTQ+ London Film Festival runs at... Continue Reading →
