lgbtq Archives

June 6, 2023

June’s Filmmaker of the Month: Gregg Araki

The New Queer Cinema raconteur gets our focus for this year's Pride Month.

February 9, 2023

A mother’s love hides a dark secret in Attachment

The Shudder film successfully merges a queer romance with Jewish folk horror.

November 17, 2022

Queer military drama The Inspection is washed out by cliches

Director/writer Elegance Bratton's semi-autobiographical narrative feature debut captures the specifics of life as a gay Black man trying to find himself in the Marines but relies too heavily on war movie standards.

August 31, 2022

TIFF 2022: Casa Susanna reflects on a little known part of LGBTQ history

Sébastien Lifshitz directs a tender but incomplete documentary about a New York State sanctuary for trans people seeking safety & understanding.

August 4, 2022

They/Them has a clever title, and not much else to offer

An engaging young cast & a timely premise is wasted on a plodding script that stretches the definition of a “slasher film.”

June 25, 2022

Tribeca 2022: All Man: The International Male Story is a fun skim through the cheeky past

The documentary about the famous mail-order clothing magazine is an enjoyable, if not mostly surface-level excursion through men’s evolution in fashion and sexuality.