The Cinesexuals

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.

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 — 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.

Fine art photographer and filmmaker Rob Woodcox discusses his vivid film debut with STIR.

Shu Lea Cheang’s first feature is an encounter with media activism and its poetics.

I'm so tired of seeing the same 10 queer movies on every site's roundup, so here are a bunch you've probably never even heard of.

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.

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…

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…

Brit Filmmaker Andrew Haigh talks about ALL OF US STRANGERS and the rest of his body of work with Queerguru

If we’re going to reexamine The Matrix through the lens of the Wachowskis’ transness, it’s time we do the same here.

To even say, Criterion’s Pride releases is a sign of our changed — and improved — times.

Considering the legacy of a queer Chicago classic film: Go Fish (1994)

Watch The Dependent Variables by Lorenzo Tardella - a short film about a first kiss in a dark theatre and what happens when the lights come back on.

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

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.

If it wasn't for homophobia, we could have had Matt Bomer as our Superman!?!!?

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.

Critics called Reeve “Gay Superman,” and suggested he was no longer “macho” enough to play the role after starring in this 1982 film.

Jonathan Groff reflects on his time working on HBO's 'Looking' a decade ago.

Plus, what he thinks of "Challengers."

For Pride, enjoy watching the greatest gay and LGBTQ+ love stories ever put to film.

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

A Collection on Perplexity AI by rickcdmx — Research concerning gay (and sometimes lesbian) films and filmmaking

'Repeat Performance' is like a feature-length 'Twilight Zone' episode, with an undeniably queer supporting character who steals the show.

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...

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.

Paul Oremland ‘Mysterious Ways’ filmmaker talks about the journey to make his movie and its impact JENNY BLOCK | Contributing Writer jennyeblock@icloud.com Queerness and religion are strange and, oft times, dangerous bedfellows. It’s a topic that even cinema tends to shy away from. But one filmmaker has decided to hit it head on, and he’s […]

‘Why are gay movies always so sad,’ people used to ask in the 1990s. Thirty years later and gay flicks have not changed