“ Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies March 24, 2020 “She Hate Me” Has Spike Lee Shooting Blanks Spike Lee's hamfisted misfire throws everything at the kitchen sink - income inequality, Watergate, lesbian stud service - and none of it sticks.
5 Categories Festivals Reeling 2019 September 9, 2019 5 Films (And 1 Short Program) We’re Gagging to See at Reeling 2019 Gay swim teams, trans immigrants, and a conflicted horror movie star highlight this year's slate at Reeling, Chicago's premier LGBTQ+ film festival.
V Categories Movies August 20, 2019 Vita & Virginia Review: A Woolf In Sheep’s Clothing Chanya Button's tale of the romance between Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf is a little too slapdash to address its myriad concerns.
G Categories TV April 22, 2019 Gentleman Jack Review: HBO Flaunts England’s First Modern Lesbian Suranne Jones captivates as historical feminist and lesbian Anne Lister in a messy, but insightful HBO miniseries that overcomes its own stylistic crutches.
K Categories Movies March 10, 2019 Knife + Heart Review: A Gay Porn Slasher for the Whole Family Bloody and queer in equal measure, Knife + Heart is a searingly intriguing gay porn slasher from Yann Gonzalez about horror, love and allyship.
F Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 36 September 18, 2018 Five LGBTQ+ Films We Can’t Wait to See at the 36th Reeling Film Festival The 36th annual LGBTQ+ film fest starts up this week in Chicago, and we talk about some of the queer films we most look forward..