★★★★ Always on the lookout for an under-the-radar queer indie, Ponyboi first caught my attention when it premiered at 2024’s Sundance Film Festival. The presence of enthralling internet boyfriend Dylan O’Brien and You breakout star Victoria Pedretti promised a burst of starpower to go with it. Finally, just over a year after debuting to critical … Continue reading Film Review: Ponyboi
Tribeca 2025: Twinless
★★★★★ Upon its debut at the Sundance Film Festival, Twinless set the internet ablaze when fans recorded pivotal scenes and made it go viral. Subsequently, the film was yanked from the festival’s digital offering before further copyright infringement could occur. Finally getting a chance to experience this unique dark dramedy months removed from that aggravating … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: Twinless
Tribeca 2025: Queens of the Dead
★★★★ As an avid lover of all things drag-related, the very concept of a zombified drag queen queer horror set off multiple alarms for me. To call Queens of the Dead very much my cup of tea would be selling it a bit short—that's before even taking into account that RuPaul's Drag Race breakout Nina … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: Queens of the Dead
Film Review: Love Bites
★★★★ The queer coming-of-age romance continues to spread its comforting wings far and wide. In Love Bites, teenage love receives a nuanced examination through the lens of an instant-classic Halloween party setting. The French-language film from writer/director Laméo Flores suggests a layered take and riveting character study rather than an over-sexualized fairy tale. Subtle performances … Continue reading Film Review: Love Bites
Blu-Ray Film Review: Queer
★★★★★ A mesmerizing “Come as You Are” meetcute between Drew Starkey and Daniel Craig, Queer should have been a major awards contender at the most recent Academy Awards. Written by Justin Kuritzkes and directed by Luca Guadagnino—notably, the second 2024 title from that exact same team after the masterful Challengers—this unique drama takes inspiration from … Continue reading Blu-Ray Film Review: Queer
SFFILM 2025: The Last First Time
★★★★ Erotically charged and rippling with unspoken subtext, The Last First Time is one of the year's best queer festival surprises. Hailing from Mexican director Rafael Ruiz Espejo, Alejandro Quintana plays eighteen-year-old Eduardo in a rather unflinching character study. LGBT+ audiences will no doubt relate to the simplicity of this feature more than others. It … Continue reading SFFILM 2025: The Last First Time
Film Review: On Swift Horses
★★★★★ Jacob Elordi and Diego Calva starring in a gay film together was enough to set the internet ablaze. Would this decade-spanning drama be worth the wait? Thankfully, there is much more depth to On Swift Horses than just saucy screenshots. Director Daniel Minahan (Netflix's Hollywood, Showtime's Fellow Travelers) and screenwriter Bryce Kass (Lizzie) adapt … Continue reading Film Review: On Swift Horses
Film Review: The Parenting
★★★★ Meeting the parents can be truly killer for any relationship, let alone a gay one with all its unconventional intricacies. What happens when a haunted house and demonic possession are thrown into the mix? Enter: The Parenting, hatched from a delicious collaboration between director Craig Johnson (The Skeleton Twins, Alex Strangelove) and screenwriter Ken … Continue reading Film Review: The Parenting
Film Review: Pet Shop Days
★★★ Part coming-of-age queer romance, part baffling crime drama, Pet Shop Days premiered all the way back at 2023's Venice Film Festival. Since then, it has bounced around from festival to festival, evading me at every turn despite my voracious hunger to consume LGBT content. Finally, Olmo Schnabel's directorial debut has arrived in all its … Continue reading Film Review: Pet Shop Days
SXSW 2025: Fucktoys
★★★★ A depraved feminine-driven journey through a 16mm dreamscape, Fucktoys loudly announces the arrival of writer/director/lead actress Annapurna Sriram. Expect grimy aesthetics, hilarious cameos, and plenty of bodily fluids—for AP (Sriram), that is just another average day in Trashtown. The mesmerizing cinematography and vignette nature of the narrative structure are accompanied by gross-out humor and … Continue reading SXSW 2025: Fucktoys