The third annual NewFest Pride Summer Film Series, running June 1st - 5th, 2023 in New York, will kick off Pride month in the city in style, featuring a mix of exclusive in-person premieres and panels, virtual screenings, and social events. Fairyland. Courtesy of NewFest. Among the nine feature films being shown, is the opening... Continue Reading →
Mariette Pathy Allen has been photographing, interviewing, and advocating on behalf of transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people for five decades, following a chance meeting with a group of cross-dressers in the late 1970s in New Orleans. Through her artistic practice, she has been a pioneering force in gender consciousness, contributing to cultural and academic... Continue Reading →
Following the 34th GLAAD Media Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on March 30th, it was New York's turn on Saturday, May 13th to continue this year's celebration, as the remaining 18 of 33 categories were announced at a glittering event at Hilton Midtown. With its annual awards, GLAAD—the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization—honors fair,... Continue Reading →
Andrea Pallaoro's Monica was one of the most talked about films at last year's Venice Film Festival, where it was nominated for both the Golden Lion and Queer Lion, and went on to win the Arca CinemaGiovani Award and receive an eleven and half minute standing ovation at its world premiere. Captured in almost every... Continue Reading →
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced this week that it is expanding its mission to honor Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, across a variety of inaugural categories, beginning with the 2022-2023 theater season. Following GALECA’s established Dorian film and TV honors, its Dorian Theater Awards will celebrate both mainstream and LGBTQ+ themed productions. While... Continue Reading →
The 2023 TIME100 Summit, featuring TIME CO2, was held by Time magazine in New York City on Tuesday, April 25th, convening leaders from past and present TIME100 lists across a diverse range of sectors including government, business, entertainment, health and science for topical discussions anchored to the broad themes of leadership, impact and innovation with... Continue Reading →
Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen's delightfully warm and poignant comedy series Somebody Somewhere makes a welcome return to HBO for its seven-episode second season tonight, Sunday, April 23rd at 10:30pm ET/PT. As the season opens, we're reunited with Sam (Bridget Everett) who has returned to live in her hometown of Manhattan, Kansas where she's still... Continue Reading →
Writer-director Saim Sadiq and actress Alina Khan speak exclusively with The Queer Review's editor James Kleinmann about Joyland, which opens in select US theaters, including the Film Forum in New York, from Friday, April 7th, followed by the Landmark Nuart in Los Angeles on Friday, April 21st, 2023. Having world premiered at last year's Cannes... Continue Reading →
GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, will honor Christina Aguilera, Bad Bunny, and Jeremy Pope at tonight's 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Aguilera will receive GLAAD’s Advocate for Change Award for her decades-long allyship in promoting acceptance of LGBTQ people. Bad Bunny will receive GLAAD’s Vanguard... Continue Reading →
Canadian comedian, writer, and actor, Mae Martin makes their hilarious and unexpectedly poignant hour-long comedy special debut with SAP, launching globally on Netflix on Tuesday, March 28th, 2023. Directed by Abbi Jacobson, the wide-ranging set—filmed last December at the Vogue Theater in Vancouver, Canada—sees Mae reflect on their childhood memories, a mythical moose encounter, socializing... Continue Reading →
