LGBTQ Cinema

FEMME: An Agressive Gay Revenge Film
FEMME: An Agressive Gay Revenge Film

Femme is both mean and tender, displaying how sexuality and secrets can keep ones real self in violent confrontation with one’s masked self.

BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND Director Trevor Anderson Talks Putting a Twist on the Coming-of-Age  Genre 
BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND Director Trevor Anderson Talks Putting a Twist on the Coming-of-Age  Genre 

Film Inquiry spoke to Trevor Anderson about everything from incorporating camcorde transitions to what he hopes audiences take away from the film.  

Why Everyone Should Watch PRINCESS CYD
Why Everyone Should Watch PRINCESS CYD

“Princess Cyd” is superbly shot, written and acted, with a relaxing slice-of-life approach to its story that makes it a delight every time.

Is Blue Still the Warmest Color? A 10-Year Retrospective on the Controversial French Romance
Is Blue Still the Warmest Color? A 10-Year Retrospective on the Controversial French Romance

While Blue is the Warmest Color was universally lauded, the film drew controversy over its graphic sex scenes and intense directorial methods.

HollyShorts Film Festival 2023: Thrillers, Dramas And Aliens, Oh My!
HollyShorts Film Festival 2023: Thrillers, Dramas And Aliens, Oh My!

While thus far, I have delivered my thoughts in the showcases, in my last report, there’s a little bit of everything.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: OUR SON
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: OUR SON

A cathartically devastating film, Our Son reaches deep into the wells of emotion.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: BAD THINGS
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: BAD THINGS

Bad Things struggles with its interactions, yet excels in its horror.

Everything We Know About Pedro Almodóvar’s STRANGE WAY OF LIFE
Everything We Know About Pedro Almodóvar’s STRANGE WAY OF LIFE

Strange Way of Life could fulfill all the clichés of the genre, with gunslingers, ranches, and a sheriff, but with a completely different angle.

Why JACKASS Is A Queer Obsession
Why JACKASS Is A Queer Obsession

There’s no arguing about how incredibly, wildly, and gleefully gay Jackass is.

Queerly Ever After #59: BEST DAY EVER (2014)
Queerly Ever After #59: BEST DAY EVER (2014)

With extremely long scenes, flat lighting, and a meandering story all come together to create this dull, Best Day Ever is a tired movie.

Queerly Ever After #49: BIG EDEN (2000)
Queerly Ever After #49: BIG EDEN (2000)

Big Eden could have been a really cute romantic movie, but it gets hampered down and suffers from its own clunkiness.

TWO OF US: Love in Sickness And In Health
TWO OF US: Love in Sickness And In Health

In the long tradition of many Oscar submitted-films before it, its a shame to see Two of Us try to do too much.

The Miseducation Of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Legitimate Gay Icon
The Miseducation Of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Legitimate Gay Icon

The story of Rudolph is a celebration of the outcasts, yes, but what makes it gay?

Queerly Ever After #41: FROM BEGINNING TO END (2009)
Queerly Ever After #41: FROM BEGINNING TO END (2009)

In the latest Queerly Ever After, Amanda Jane Stern looks at the lack of driving plot in From Beginning to End and the story that could have been.

Queerly Ever After #39: YOU & I (2014)
Queerly Ever After #39: YOU & I (2014)

Nils Bokamp’s You & I follows two men on a road trip, whose friendship is brimming with unresolved sexual and romantic tension