#queer-cinema

#queer-cinema

Shortbus, named after the creative-cum-sexual gathering inspired by the New York underground circa Y2K, also features very real oral during a very real threesome. But while the film initially attracted attention for its explicit sex scenes, it also revealed itself to be a compelling character study of bohemian life that tackled themes of suicide, liberation, and human connection in provocative but affecting ways.

Heimann has so much to say about difficult friendship dynamics, difficult relationship dynamics and general millennial malaise that it's a relief that the tone and pace is mostly light and zippy.

The illicit thrill of hidden desires definitely propels Night Stage, a riveting queer noir about an up-and-coming actor Matias and an aspiring politician Rafael who begin hooking up in public spaces.

The heart of The Serpent's Skin is the romance between Anna, a soft-spoken young trans woman, and Gen, a tattoo artist witch who traveled around the world to find her.

Macho Dancer was once deemed so controversial that its director had to smuggle it out of the country so it could see the light of day. Set within Manila's infamous red-light district, the film was seen as too risqué and possibly even dangerous due to its honest look at homosexuality, sex work, and drag queens, while also shining a light on government corruption.

The story imagines a distant future where the few thousand surviving humans on Earth are separated into different colonies, including an all-gay colony where a toxic couple finds their 'twisted games' may put the rest of their peers in danger.

The Sonoma Film Festival will offer a dozen queer features, documentaries, and shorts, showcasing diverse narratives and perspectives within the LGBTQ+ community.

He blew me away in Buster Scruggs and then I looked at all his work, and it was very varied,

Artist and filmmaker Viv Li was born and raised in Beijing, but has lived abroad for 15 years-a fact that has inspired several of her films, in which she navigates identity politics and belonging. An alumna of the Sundance Institute and Berlinale Talents, her latest film 'Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest' is having its world premiere at the 2026 Berlinale, featured in the Panorama Dokumente section.

Nearly every other month since 2015, Carla Rossi has hosted a movie screening at the Hollywood Theatre that's also a drag show. The event, called Queer Horror, helps explain why The Ring is a "lesbian-coded ode to unwanted queer kids" and contextualizes Hellraiser 's "outrageously horny injection of iconic '80s queer horror." If Rossi's intro alone doesn't forever change your relationship to the night's movie, the on-theme drag performances-burlesque, lip-syncing, acrobatics-certainly will.

The Sundance Film Festival concludes its 2026 edition this weekend, marking its final year in its iconic home of Park City, Utah, before moving on to its new host city in Boulder, Colorado next year. As we continue to look back at the hefty legacy of queer films that premiered there over the years, this week we'll revisit a landmark lesbian drama that put a beloved '80s icon back in the spotlight, and kickstarted the career of one of the most representative filmmakers of the New Queer Cinema wave.

In a small Australian town, two queer kids-Naim (Joe Bird) and Ryan (Stacy Clausen)-share furtive glances and intense kisses in an abandoned mill. Oftentimes, violence, like the rough play fighting they often engage in, incites their sexual passions, which they must conceal in their fiercely religious town. Their adolescent passion turns deadly, however, when Naim discovers Ryan cheating on him with the preacher's son; so naturally the jilted teenager spitefully reports his lover's tryst.

Two graveyard shift nurses pray their patients pass overnight simply to cure their boredom. A crazed therapist tries to convince a victim that the perfect coping mechanism is matricide. The government rounds up and ships off the infected to a quarantined archipelago named Hell Gay Land. Forty years on from its release, the first notable feature-length film to tackle the AIDS crisis-dark German comedy A Virus Knows No Morals -undoubtedly remains the most provocative.

It appears that the Golden Globes are as obsessed with Heated Rivalry as the rest of the world. Despite Hollywood's Beverly Hilton hotel brimming with the type of blue-chip talent that could, say, win a Golden Globe - we're talking Leonardo DiCaprio, Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet - it was newcomers Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams who stole the show at last night's glitzy awards ceremony. And that's before the pair had even got inside the venue.

In a world that so often feels as though it's stacked against us, queer folk find solace in escapism. Sometimes, that looks like a wild night out in the crevices of some underground queer bar, spilling drinks while watching drag queens lip sync for their lives. Other times, that might be laying at home under the covers, getting lost in the horrors of another world, watching someone bashing brains out in movies, or slay monsters in video games.

"When Tina Romero set out to make a zombie movie, she knew she'd follow some of her father's rules for the undead. First, the zombies would be slow and shuffling, unlike the running ghouls of "28 Days Later" or the fast-moving hordes of "World War Z." Second, to kill them, you'd have to kill their brain. Third, a single bite from a zombie would turn you into one."

This is my dream. This has been my dream since I was a kid. To get to premiere my first feature that I wrote and I directed at this festival is the biggest honor of my life.

Michael Koresky has already had a busy year. In April, the filmmaker and movie critic was promoted to senior curator of film at the Museum of the Moving Image, the prestigious institution in Queens, New York; he was previously the museum's editorial director. He still teaches college and works with the Criterion Collection, the much-beloved video label that restores and distributes important films from both the past and present.

"The Clan's Heir is a Transwoman (2013) plays like a lo-fi passion project, but it's also a surprising, queer-centered take on the yakuza genre."

LaBruce’s films blend shock value and explicit sex with a camp aesthetic, challenging the status quo and affirming that provocative art transcends age.

Dysfunctional parents, a pining girlfriend, falling for a straight guy - the overcrowded gay coming-out genre often feels repetitive and stale.

The character dynamics in Another Simple Favor delve into profound psychological themes, challenging norms around familial ties with a blend of dark humor and intriguing storytelling.