Victim at 60: the heartbreaking gay drama that pushed boundaries
Dirk Bogarde’s magnificent performance as a man hiding his sexuality is the strongest note in a difficult, and groundbreaking, film that challenged censors
Top Gun: Is There Really A Gay Subtext? We Asked The Writer
Since the iconic Tom Cruise airplane flick came out 30 years ago, fans have argued the testosterone-fuelled actioner is actually laden with homoerotic subtext – a coming-out movie in blockbuster clothing. Directed by the late Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruise as Maverick and Val Kilmer as frenemy Iceman, it was a massive summer hit, perceived as a perfect recruitment tool for the Navy and featuring epic dogfights alongside witty guy banter.
Baby Reindeer, Hacks & Fellow Travelers among LGBTQ Critics’ 2024 Dorian TV Award nominations
On the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced its 2024 Dorian TV Awards nominations. The 500-member group, now in its 16th year, compr…
Writer, composer, leading man, the dazzlingly talented Noël Coward did it all â even spying for the British crown during World War II. Uneducated and working-class, he reinvented himself as the ultimate British sophisticate, cavorting among the queer demimonde while winking toward his covert homosexuality.
The Perverse Magic of Long Ago: John Greyson on His Landmark Film Lilies
The Canadian filmmaker and artist reflects on his award-winning 1996 breakthrough, a work of voluptuous style and fierce political commitment that remains a landmark of New Queer Cinema.
Mob Wives: a joyride through the blood, sweat and 28 years of the Wachowski sisters’ Bound • Journal
As the Wachowski sisters’ Bound enters the Criterion Collection on 4K Blu-ray, Katie Rife examines the “ride-or-die” attitudes found in both the slick Sapphic crime-romance and the Letterboxd…
Emmys 2024 FYC Exclusive Interview: directors Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman on their HBO documentary Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music
In 2016, Taylor Mac performed a one-time-only, 24-hour immersive theatrical experience in front of a live audience at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. The concert offered an alternative take on U.S…
In Deadpool & Wolverine, is the joke really just that they're gay?
The marketing campaign for Marvel's latest crossover bonanza has made much of its leads' homoerotic bro-dom — a little too much. It's starting to feel like it's all they've got
Review: Dull nihilists drag down experimental drama 'Hara Kiri'
Between the credit “an experiment by Henry Alberto,” opening dialogue about a suicide pact and its title, “Hara Kiri” immediately lets the audience know what they’re in for — though an introductory quote from C.S.
Nathan Lane and George Takei Recall the Celebrities Who Helped Them Come Out as Gay in Hollywood
Nathan Lane and George Takei reflected on the high-profile entertainment figures who played a role in helping them come out as gay during the Critics Choice Association inaugural Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television event held on Friday, June 7, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
"How a groundbreaking gay film shot in 1960s Toronto helped heal my heartbreak"
As a university student, Chris Dupuis fell for a friend and was crushed when his feelings went unrequited. Then he encountered Winter Kept Us Warm, the first gay-themed feature film shot in Canada
'Challengers' Is Pleasure Incarnate: Sexy, Funny, Throbbing
Sorry straight people--only gay people can make Sports Movies now. I know you thought Sports were your safe space. And honestly, this hapless limp-wrister with two left feet here was more than happy to let you have them. (Just check...
Bad Influence: John Waters reflects on his unabashedly filthy filmography • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
As Toronto’s Paradise Theatre kicks off a John Waters retrospective, Adesola Thomas chats with the “Pope of Trash” about the language of the art world, rodent hijinks and why Pink Flamingos is the perfect first date movie.