The gay kiss that was banned from Australian TV is finally having its moment
Two films by Australian director Stephen Cummins effectively banned over their inclusion of a steamy kiss between two men are now being screened, three decades later.
As the mother in ‘An Early Frost,’ Gena Rowlands helped fight the stigma of AIDS
Through her role in the 1985 film and in a public service ad, Rowlands showed a compassionate face to something that was so dreaded and feared at the time, writes John Casey.
Italian teen dreams of eloping to a distant land with a slightly older man, in this twisted queer coming-of-age drama - from the 76th edition of the Locarno Film Festival
"This Rimbaldian ode to love and the absolute that is Patagonia moved me like very few films about youth culture ever have." Following his iconic video
JUST FRIENDS (Gewoon Vrienden) de Annemarie van de Mond : plus forts à deux - Pop and Films
Une douce romance en provenance des Pays-Bas : c’est le programme de Just Friends de la réalisatrice Annemarie van de Mond qui s’appuie sur deux comédiens pleins de charme dont le très joli Majd Mardo. Joris (Josha Stradowski) sort de l’adolescence et vit encore avec sa mère. Rebelle, il semble constamment en colère. C’est qu’il […]
Femme by Ng Choon Ping & Sam H. Freeman // Thriller // Directors Notes
Co-Directors Ng Choon Ping & Sam H. Freeman discuss the importance of rehearsal when crafting the visceral tension of their jaw-dropping thriller 'Femme'.
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.