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“Two of Us” is a sumptuous game of queer hide-and-seek

Two of Us
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Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa shine in Filippo Meneghetti’s achingly tragic debut.

B.L. Panther Posted on February 2, 2021February 2, 2021

The composers of “Ammonite” on putting forbidden romance to music

Ammonite Composers Dustin O'Halloran Volker Bertelmann
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The composer duo talks about their years-long collaboration and the sparse, airy score to Francis Lee’s queer romance.

Clint Worthington Posted on December 11, 2020December 11, 2020

“Happiest Season” and its winter wonderland of whiteness

Happiest Season Whiteness
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Clea DuVall’s queer holiday rom-com makes the yuletide gay, but can’t escape the blind spots of its wealthy, white characters.

Nia Tucker Posted on November 25, 2020November 25, 2020

“Someone Has to Die” — but why must it be queer people?

Someone Has to Die
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Netflix’s Spanish-language miniseries traffics in gorgeous costumes and delectable intrigue, but does so at the expense of its queer characters.

Eric Langberg Posted on November 3, 2020November 3, 2020

Reeling 2020: “The Capote Tapes” fills in the gaps of Truman’s world

The Capote Tapes (Reeling 2020)
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Ebs Burnough’s composite portrait of Truman Capote reveals all the melodrama and queasy class navigation that seeped into every pore of his queer being.

B.L. Panther Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020

Reeling 2020: “Ahead of the Curve” has all the queer joy that’s fit to print

Ahead of the Curve (Reeling 2020)
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Jen Rainin’s documentary about famed lesbian magazine Curve is a welcome snapshot of queer lit history, in all the publication’s ups and downs.

B.L. Panther Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020

Reeling 2020: “Dramarama” mines teen turmoil out of faith and sexuality

Dramarama (Reeling 2020)
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Jonathon Wysocki’s debut is a charming portrait of the sound and fury of queer middle-class teendom.

B.L. Panther Posted on September 30, 2020September 30, 2020

Reeling 2020: “Galore” ends up feeling a bit slim

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Lazlo & Dylan Tonk’s documentary about Lady Galore is a technically proficient look at the title drag queen that comes up short.

B.L. Panther Posted on September 30, 2020September 28, 2020

Reeling 2020: “Gracefully” finds queer pastoral bliss in Iran

Gracefully (Reeling 2020)
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Arash Es’haghi celebrates an unnamed farmer dancing his way to self-love in Iran.

B.L. Panther Posted on September 29, 2020September 28, 2020

Reeling 2020: “Pier Kids” puts a lens on queer homelessness

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Elegance Bratton’s documentary is a kaleidoscopic view of the unhoused queer youth of Chelsea Pier.

B.L. Panther Posted on September 28, 2020September 28, 2020

Reeling 2020: “The Whistle” sings loud about New Mexico’s queer culture

The Whistle (Reeling 2020)
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Stormmiguel Florez searches for queer folk in 1980s Albuquerque, and highlights the invisibility of queer Latinx culture.

B.L. Panther Posted on September 28, 2020September 28, 2020

Reeling 2020: “Give or Take” buries its gays under suffocating tidiness

Give or Take (Reeling 2020)
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This queer drama is rife with potential and strong performances, but squashes its promise with too-neat storytelling.

B.L. Panther Posted on September 27, 2020September 30, 2020

Netflix gives “The Boys in the Band” a vibrant encore

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Starring the 2018 Broadway revival cast, director Joe Mantello gives the 1968 gay classic new life.

Theo Estes Posted on September 27, 2020September 26, 2020

Reeling 2020: “These Thems” is an accessible Queer 101 comedy

These Thems (Reeling 2020)
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The queer-centered YouTube series gets compiled into a winsome feature that works best as a Queer Culture primer.

B.L. Panther Posted on September 25, 2020September 26, 2020

Reeling 2020: “Breaking Fast” delivers the Muslim queer stories we’ve been starving for

Breaking Fast (Reeling 2020)
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Mike Mossalam’s debut feature is a vibrant mosaic of Queer Arab Muslim-American life.

B.L. Panther Posted on September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

“Welcome to Chechnya” documents a mass murder in modern times

Welcome to Chechnya
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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.

Theo Estes Posted on June 29, 2020June 29, 2020

Gus Van Sant’s “Milk” has soured with time

Milk
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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.

Oluwatayo Adewole Posted on June 24, 2020July 2, 2020

TV spinoff “Love, Victor” complicates its squeaky-clean queerness

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Hulu’s spinoff of Love, Simon has a shaky start, but ultimately offers value to queer youth searching for guidance.

B.L. Panther Posted on June 19, 2020June 19, 2020

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