The Cinesexuals

25 years after fizzling out in theaters, this delightfully macabre comedy is a gay cult classic.

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Roundup of the best gay-themed short films from around the world, pandemic special edition

Filmmaker and historian of LGBTQ cinema Jenni Olson on her unusual relationship with the late Italian auteur, who this year celebrates his centenary.

The director reflects on his taboo-filled gay road movie that shaped queer filmmaking in the decades that followed its 1992 release.

The curator of Instagram’s @AskAnyBuddy account, which explores the history of gay adult movies in print, Evan Purchell, has lovingly crafted a feature length companion film of the same name.…

Austin’s Evan Purchell is a film historian and archivist whose popular and acclaimed (it was a 2018 Artforum Best) Instagram account Ask Any Buddy documents gay adult film and video history through contemporaneous print sources. It’s fascinating. Additionally he has branched into filmmaking with his film ASK ANY BUDDY, of which the BFI says, “This […]

Randal Kleiser is associated with some of the biggest blockbusters in cinema; the biggest being his very first feature, 1978’s “Grease” — the golden comedy musical that Vanity Fair recently dubbed the the biggest movie musical of the 20th century. But in 1996, the famed film director decided to put the spotlight on a very intimate and personal chapter in his life. In the comedy-drama feature “It’s My Party,” Kleiser used fictional names to illustrate the heartbreaking true story about […]

Go beyond the well-known hits with our recommendations of queer films that deserve to be better remembered.

The pioneering filmmaker talks about her career, her quest to die with dignity, and why being a lesbian is so much fun.

Călin Boto analyses Rosa von Praunheim’s 'It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives'.

“I want the love, desperately,” says the comedian, “but not at the cost of not talking about it because that makes me hate myself.”

Of all the deaths on ‘The Sopranos,’ Vito Spatafore’s was easily the most unique, and it all started with a suggestion from actor Joe Gannascoli

Leo Koziol chats with Indigenous actors Phillip Lewitski and Joshua Odjick about creating chemistry in Bretten Hannam’s Wildhood, the impact of helping their communities feel seen and keeping their…

This pride month, Aria Velz — aka The Critical Lesbian — shares her recommendations for your next movie night.

“What kind of gay person goes on vacation to do homework?” asks a character in the new comedy film Fire Island (Hulu), directed by Andrew Ahn and written by comedian Joel Kim Booster. The question …

Inventive filmmaking, groundbreaking classics, and celebrated queer auteurs — these are the greatest queer films of the century.

Anyone who has been following the news at film festivals over the past few months knows, by now, that 1992 has become a watershed year for independent gay and lesbian film and video. Early last spring, on the very same day, Paul Verhoeven’s Basic Instinct (1992) and Derek Jarman’s Edward II (1991) opened in New York City. Within days, the prestigious New Directors/New Films Festival had premiered four new ‘queer’ films: Christopher Munch’s The Hours and Times (1991), Tom Kalin’s Swoon (1992), Gregg Araki’s The Living End (1992) and Laurie Lynd’s R.S.V.P. (1991).

As My Best Friend’s Wedding turns 25, Emily Maskell looks at the problematic legacy, influential gear shifts and evolving future of rom-com cinema’s Gay Best Friend.

Elizabeth Purchell explores the real roots of queer cinema, all-male movie pioneers, and the evolution of gay masculinity on screen.

The queer canon should point us toward the future. We made a list of new, vibrant queer stories helping us get there.

"If we know we need a different future, then what are the texts that help us get there?"

Hamlin discusses how "Making Love" impacted his career on the film's 40th anniversary.

As with any marker of identity, the LGBTQ+ experience is one of multitudes, filled with as much joy, heartbreak, fun, and even mundanity as any great story.

Matt Walsh pranks the pants off America's silliest intellectuals, and the sad thing is, it wasn't hard at all

If you want to avoid having to think, and want to have your most cruel, mindless prejudices treated as “common sense,” join the right.

Depictions of queer and trans people have been present in the film medium since its inception more than 100 years ago, but due to censorship and varying degrees of prejudice