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Synopsis: Realizing that they share common foes in Margaret Thatcher, the police and the conservative press, London-based gays and lesbians lend [More]
Starring: Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine
Directed By: Matthew Warchus
Synopsis: A look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of this on American culture.
The film is distributed by A24 and released in cinemas in the UK in late November, with a US release to follow.
On Swift Horses tells parallel stories of queer desire in post-war America.
In a breakout performance Magnus Juhl Andersen plays Copenhagen-living, out gay man Johan who, as any out gay man does, engages in casual anonymous sex at the local sauna, where he also works as a receptionist. The 12-episode anime follows Yoshiki, a young and morose teen living in a rural and close-minded Japanese village, as he discovers his best friend Hikaru died six months ago.
Synopsis: Teenage Alike (Adepero Oduye) lives in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood with her parents (Charles Parnell, Kim Wayans) and younger sister [More]
Starring: Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis, Charles Parnell
Directed By: Dee Rees
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Critics Consensus: Dark, stylish, and captivating, Heavenly Creatures signals both the auspicious debut of Kate Winslet and the arrival of Peter Jackson as more than just a cult director.
Francis Lawrence’s adaptation of Stephen King’s brutal novel approaches its dystopian death march with a kaleidoscopic sensitivity that’s attuned to the private fears, bonds, and longings of the young men facing extermination. [More]
Starring: Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire, Enrique Murciano
Directed By: Alice Wu
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Critics Consensus: Sensitively written and beautifully acted, Girl Picture captures the whirlwind of teenage emotions without sacrificing narrative maturity and depth.
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Critics Consensus: An illuminating and urgent call to action, Welcome to Chechnya portrays the horrors of the mass persecution of the LGBTQ+ community in the Chechen Republic with tenacity and tenderness.
—WC
Created by Rebecca Cutter, “The Hunting Wives” was engineered to provoke in every political direction.
Synopsis: Set in the iconic Pines, Andrew Ahn's "Fire Island" is an unapologetic, modern-day rom-com showcasing a diverse, multicultural examination of [More]
Starring: Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, Margaret Cho, Conrad Ricamora
Directed By: Andrew Ahn
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Critics Consensus: Affectionate without sacrificing honesty, Behind the Candelabra couples award-worthy performances from Michael Douglas and Matt Damon with some typically sharp direction from Steven Soderbergh.
—AF
There’ve been a lot of homoerotic thrillers in recent memory about men ingratiating themselves into the life of someone more beautiful and fortunate than they are: see the recent “Saltburn” for the most famous example. The director of “Stranger by the Lake” and “Staying Vertical” reunites with cinematographer Claire Mathon (“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”) for a bleakly funny tragicomedy about the unavoidability of our desires and their destructive power.
Queer stories continued to thrive where risk and imagination are valued, from indie films that brilliantly explored queerness as both an identity and lived culture, to TV series that embedded LGBTQ characters into smart ensemble storytelling without apology. The Gavaskars are [More]
Starring: Karan Soni, Jonathan Groff, Sunita Mani, Zarna Garg
Directed By: Roshan Sethi
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Critics Consensus:All of Us Strangers examines profound grief and love through a fantastical lens that is always grounded on human emotion.
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This masterful new film isn’t quite the shock “Stranger by the Lake” was for many — with unsimulated sex scenes and a marrying of queer love to criminality — but there’s something cozy about “Misericordia” that, even in its most profane moments, leaves you with a knowing grin shared by the movie itself. —RL
A total vibe, “Peter Hujar’s Day” is both a fascinating historical document and a tribute to the pastime of shooting the shit with the smartest gay guy you know.
What emerges from the recreation, ably portrayed by Rebecca Hall and Ben Whishaw, is an ambling, loose conversation that stretches into the night, as they gossip, talk trash about acquaintances, and ruminate on the banality of day-to-day life.
Synopsis: In 1972, Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) and his then-lover Scott Smith leave New York for San Francisco, with Milk determined [More]
Starring: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna
Directed By: Gus Van Sant
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Critics Consensus: Held aloft by remarkable performances from John Lithgow and Alfred Molina, Love Is Strange serves as a graceful tribute to the beauty of commitment in the face of adversity.
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Written by “Letterkenny” creator Jacob Tierney, the show takes a cheesy premise — a decade-long love affair between two superstar hockey players — and makes it compelling, offering a look at the sacrifices queer people must make to survive in the sports world’s closet that’s neither cloying nor dismissive.