K Categories Features KinoKultur June 28, 2021 KinoKultur: Daddy & the Muscle Academy shines a light on Tom of Finland Ilppo Pohjola directs a rich & colorful documentary about pivotal queer icon Tom of Finland.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 19, 2021 SXSW 2021 Narrative Spotlight: “Swan Song”, “The Drover’s Wife” Udo Kier gets a lovely late-career showcase, and Leah Purcell directs a brustling but unfocused feminist Western.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 16, 2021 SXSW 2021 Narrative Spotlight: “See You Then”, “Ludi”, “Fabulous Filipino Brothers” Two old flames reuniting, a harried nursing home worker, and Dante Basco's family affair mark SXSW's Narrative Spotlight.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 16, 2021 SXSW 2021 Narrative Competition: “Women is Losers,” “Potato Dreams of America”, “Islands”, “The End of Us” SXSW 2021's Narrative Feature Competition includes autobiographical queer comedies, COVID-set romantic dramedies, and more.
G Categories Reviews TV March 11, 2021 Gen Z gets another teen sex dramedy with “Generation” Co-created by a father and daughter duo, the new series on HBO Max starts on shaky ground, but shows promise.
A Categories Interviews More of a Comment Really Movies Podcasts March 5, 2021 A conversation with “The World to Come” composer Daniel Blumberg The avant-garde musician talks about his first foray into the world of feature film scoring, and the experimental, yearning score that followed.
& Categories Movies Reviews February 2, 2021 “Two of Us” is a sumptuous game of queer hide-and-seek Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa shine in Filippo Meneghetti's achingly tragic debut.
T Categories Interviews More of a Comment Really Movies Podcasts December 11, 2020 The composers of “Ammonite” on putting forbidden romance to music The composer duo talks about their years-long collaboration and the sparse, airy score to Francis Lee's queer romance.
& Categories Features Movies November 25, 2020 “Happiest Season” and its winter wonderland of whiteness Clea DuVall's queer holiday rom-com makes the yuletide gay, but can't escape the blind spots of its wealthy, white characters.
& Categories Features Reviews TV November 3, 2020 “Someone Has to Die” — but why must it be queer people? Netflix's Spanish-language miniseries traffics in gorgeous costumes and delectable intrigue, but does so at the expense of its queer characters.
