David France’s gut-wrenching documentary on the state-sanctioned purge of GLBT people in Chechnya is an excellent expose of the atrocities and portrait of the heroes in Russia.
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Gus Van Sant’s squeaky clean biopic about the famed gay rights activist marks a myopic and pandering misstep in the director’s filmography.
Sam Feder’s documentary provides an empathetic if slightly uneven look at the trans community, voicing its beauty and understanding its anger.
Gus Van Sant’s 1991 queer classic is a mournful tone poem about lost youth, and the intersection between class and queerness.
Gus Van Sant’s queer Western was received with scorn by critics when it first came out, but its celebration of the abject deserves reconsideration.
Isaac Julien’s British coming-of-age drama centers Black and Queer people in all their complexities.
For Pride Month, we highlight the work of America’s poet laureate for dirtbags, dreamers, and disaffected youth.
In the wake of the series finale, we look back on what made Viola Davis’ character so iconic.
Alice Wu’s sophomore feature is a kind-hearted effort that balances a bevy of inspirations, even if it’s too on-the-nose for stretches.
Martha Stephens’ sumptuous queer coming-of-age drama highlights the restrictive pain of societal repression.
HBO brings three drag queens to small-town America for a heartwarming, albeit surface-level, primer on queer culture.
Justin Kurzel puts manhood, infamous 1800s criminals, and the first feature film ever made into a bushranging blender.
Spike Lee’s hamfisted misfire throws everything at the kitchen sink – income inequality, Watergate, lesbian stud service – and none of it sticks.
Claire Oakley’s feature debut blurs the line between supernatural dread and human drama to make for a quiet […]
Karen Bernstein’s doc about the gender-fluid journey of Brian Belovitch is a deep well of empathy.
Netflix breathes new life into the tired stand-up comedian sitcom genre.
A touching, sensitive documentary traces actor Mark Patton’s journey from horror icon to self-imposed obscurity and back again.
The director of the queer folk-dance drama talks about homophobia in Georgia and the long, protest-filled road to getting the movie released.