By Jon Davies If the brain becomes disorganized, a person may forget how to eat. He may walk in circles or become rooted to a single spot. Some, for convenience sake, choose to live inside boxes. Others receive messages from tiny molecules of air. Living in the world is not so very difficult. There are […]
Joel Kim Booster: "My biggest critics are gay men"
He cut his teeth being a “bombastic, sex-forward” stand-up. He made a name for himself with a modern (and very gay) retelling of Pride and Prejudice. Still, Joel Kim Booster is figuring things out when it comes to queerness, race and masculinity.
JR: Why do you think there’s pushback from within the gay community?
JKB: There’s just not enough representation. But I’ve never claimed that Fire Island reflects the universal gay experience. It was my personal story. If people don’t see themselves reflected, they should support other voices or create their own work. I think there’s often a lot of misplaced anger — especially when the media promotes something as, like, “finally, a movie for gay people”.
Assembly is a breathtaking feat that weaves the fascinating life, inspirations and creative process of interdisciplinary artist Rashaad Newsome into the thrilling story of the build-up to his landm…
Awkward clapping, no-sand beaches and Alexander Skarsgård’s thigh-high boots: a trip to Cannes to see my film
Harry Lighton’s film Pillion is based on the novel Box Hill so, misgivings riding alongside, it felt right for the author to motorbike to the film festival for its premiere
45 titles for Gay Film Korea: The Lover, Where Your Eyes Linger (Movie), The Poet and The Boy, Seoul Mates, Bungee Jumping of Their Own, Hello My Love, Goodbye Day, Like a Virgin, Night Flight and Black Stone
‘If I kissed some man, I would cut my lips off’: Terrence Howard explains why he declined Marvin Gaye biopic
The American actor told Bill Maher’s podcast that he had asked Quincy Jones about the singer’s sexuality and felt he couldn’t ‘play that character 100%’
Actor Youn Yuh-jung reveals son is gay as she discusses personal connection to 'The Wedding Banquet'
Actor Youn Yuh-jung revealed that her son is gay during interviews with overseas outlets as she explained how her participation in the recently released film "The Wedding Banquet" hit her on a personal level.
Exclusive Interview: Andrew Ahn & Kelly Marie Tran on reimagining The Wedding Banquet “like any great piece of art, it inspires art”
Back in May 2022 when promoting Fire Island, filmmaker Andrew Ahn shared with The Queer Review the impact that seeing Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning classic The Wedding Banquet had had on him when h…