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Orville Peck Talks ‘Street Fighter’ Villain Vega, His Butt and the Raw Sobriety Songs on ‘Mule’
Orville Peck would like you to look at his butt. For the art.“I told the director from the start, ‘I think we really should show off the butt,’” says Peck, who [...]Read more about Orville Peck Talks ‘Street Fighter’ Villain Vega, His Butt and the Raw Sobriety Songs on ‘Mule’
Liz Eden, the Trans Woman Behind 'Dog Day Afternoon,' Finally Tells Her Own Story
Elizabeth Debbie Eden died in 1987 and is buried in a grave with no headstone. But through some serendipitous confluence of thought, interest in her life story [...]Read more about Liz Eden, the Trans Woman Behind 'Dog Day Afternoon,' Finally Tells Her Own Story
Kal Penn Has Never Paid for a Drink at a Lesbian Bar
We know him as Kumar in the “Harold & Kumar” movies, but Kal Penn has spent the past two decades happily refusing to stay in one lane. He left acting for a [...]Read more about Kal Penn Has Never Paid for a Drink at a Lesbian Bar
Heaven Is a Place on Earth: How Chris ‘Inpaq’ Sutton Honors a Lost LGBTQ+ Legacy — And His Mother
When filmmaker Chris “Inpaq” Sutton walked into LGBT Detroit in 2011, he found what many young queer creatives search for — a space that saw him beyond surface [...]Read more about Heaven Is a Place on Earth: How Chris ‘Inpaq’ Sutton Honors a Lost LGBTQ+ Legacy — And His Mother
Sundance Rejected It. Audiences Didn't. Kieron Moore on Why ‘Blue Film’ Is Finding Its Own Way.
For queer audiences who know what it means to feel unseen, British actor Kieron Moore’s performance in “Blue Film” offers a rare kind of recognition: a [...]Read more about Sundance Rejected It. Audiences Didn't. Kieron Moore on Why ‘Blue Film’ Is Finding Its Own Way.
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Avant-Garde and Proud: Ann Arbor Film Festival Celebrates 25 Years of Out Night
Long before queer stories found a home on streaming platforms, the Ann Arbor Film Festival was screening them. Its 64th edition runs March 24-29, and this year [...]Read more about Avant-Garde and Proud: Ann Arbor Film Festival Celebrates 25 Years of Out Night
‘These Bitches Just Go For It’: Amanda Seyfried on Camp, Chaos and Queer Energy in ‘The Housemaid’
Chaos, camp and unrestrained power crash through every melodramatic note — and every broken dish — in “The Housemaid." In the film, out Dec. 19, Amanda [...]Read more about ‘These Bitches Just Go For It’: Amanda Seyfried on Camp, Chaos and Queer Energy in ‘The Housemaid’
Katy O’Brian Is the Queer Action Star We’ve Been Waiting For
Katy O’Brian has tackled lesbian neo-noir and gone full-throttle action, sharing the screen with Tom Cruise in “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” [...]Read more about Katy O’Brian Is the Queer Action Star We’ve Been Waiting For
John Waters Doesn't Want Your Approval — and That's Why We Still Need Him
John Waters doesn’t just embrace contradiction — he lives in it. A filmmaker, writer, visual artist and cultural icon, Waters has spent over half a century [...]Read more about John Waters Doesn't Want Your Approval — and That's Why We Still Need Him
Russell Tovey on 'Plainclothes' as a Political Wake-Up Call and the Urgency for Queer Visibility in Film
Russell Tovey has always possessed a low-key magnetism in his work — one that goes beyond his appearance — whether starring in the queer HBO series “Looking” or [...]Read more about Russell Tovey on 'Plainclothes' as a Political Wake-Up Call and the Urgency for Queer Visibility in Film
'Twinless' Stars Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney on Queer Grief — and That Leaked Sex Scene
By the time my conversation with Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney wrapped, I was still trying to figure out how to categorize “Twinless” — and whether I even [...]Read more about 'Twinless' Stars Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney on Queer Grief — and That Leaked Sex Scene
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'Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-Shero' Set to Premiere at Lansing's Capital City Film Fest
"Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-Shero," the world's first animated feature centered on a drag queen superhero, will make its Michigan premiere April 9 [...]Read more about 'Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-Shero' Set to Premiere at Lansing's Capital City Film Fest
40 Years After His AIDS Diagnosis, Filmmaker Tom E. Brown Reflects on Bringing His Life and Work to Detroit
When Tom E. Brown was just 18, he was told his days were numbered. Over the phone, in a conversation as abrupt as it was devastating, his doctor informed him [...]Read more about 40 Years After His AIDS Diagnosis, Filmmaker Tom E. Brown Reflects on Bringing His Life and Work to Detroit
How This Detroit Short Queer Film Series Strays Far From Identity-Based 'Boxes'
Even as short films are often the easiest to make — a truth that holds special weight for marginalized artists — they often encounter roadblocks to finding an [...]Read more about How This Detroit Short Queer Film Series Strays Far From Identity-Based 'Boxes'
The Michigan-Made Film Revealing Hidden Layers of LGBTQ+ Relationships Censored From 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
Classic stories often compel us to tell and retell them from multiple perspectives. Just ask Barbara Neri, who has been discovering new complexities in [...]Read more about The Michigan-Made Film Revealing Hidden Layers of LGBTQ+ Relationships Censored From 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
2024 Oscar Nominations: Queer Characters and Actors Made an Impact, But Was It As Much As Expected?
John Paul King | Washington Blade, Courtesy of the National LGBT Media Association2023 was a very queer year at the movies, but you might not be able to tell [...]Read more about 2024 Oscar Nominations: Queer Characters and Actors Made an Impact, But Was It As Much As Expected?
Your Guide to a Very Queer Sundance 2024
Katy O'Brian and Kristen Stewart in "Love Lies Bleeding." Photo courtesy of Sundance Film Festival
This Bisexual Filmmaker From Michigan Wasn't Seeing Herself in Christmas Movies. So She Made One Herself.
You might be saying “I do” to a new queer holiday film shot right here in Michigan. Not only does the movie feature heartwarming coziness, “A Holiday I Do,” [...]Read more about This Bisexual Filmmaker From Michigan Wasn't Seeing Herself in Christmas Movies. So She Made One Herself.
Screen Queen: The Johns
Polyester John Waters staged a live chicken decapitation for his 1969 debut feature "Mondo Trasho." In the following year's "Multiple Maniacs," he made anal [...]Read more about Screen Queen: The Johns
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Can't Stop the Music "Three Men and a Baby" actor Steve Guttenberg is on roller skates, and that's just the beginning of "Can't Stop the Music," the [...]Read more about Screen Queen
Screen Queen: Oscars at Home
Unforgettable Moments from Academy Award-Winning Gay Faves, Yours Forever to Stream Call Me By Your Name Oliver (Armie Hammer) is facedown on the bed, fully [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Oscars at Home
Screen Queen: Yes, That's Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman) in HBO's 'Mosaic'
Tap that Grindr cuddle buddy of yours – winter is officially here, and brr, it's time for some Netflix and chill. Or HBO and chill. Or Blu-ray and chill. [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Yes, That's Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman) in HBO's 'Mosaic'
Screen Queen: Lady Gaga Is One of Us in New Netflix Doc, Plus 'Looking' Co-Creator's '45 Years'
Lady Gaga: Five Foot Two Laga Gaga at Walmart is my new favorite thing, thanks to a humanizing Netflix doc that shows the continuing transformation of the [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Lady Gaga Is One of Us in New Netflix Doc, Plus 'Looking' Co-Creator's '45 Years'
Screen Queen: Best Picture Winner 'Moonlight' & John Waters' 'Multiple Maniacs'
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Perhaps you stumbled onto the acclaimed, queer mind of Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar via his latest work, 2016's [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Best Picture Winner 'Moonlight' & John Waters' 'Multiple Maniacs'
Screen Queen: Century-Old Landmark Film 'A Taste of Honey' Is 'Start of Gay Pride'
A Taste of Honey Remember 1961? The world was straighter then. There was no Will, no Grace. No Ellen, either. So, it's no surprise films from this era had [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Century-Old Landmark Film 'A Taste of Honey' Is 'Start of Gay Pride'
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Death Becomes Her Character development, be damned. The archetypes in the Robert Zemeckis-directed commentary on showbiz superficiality and the general [...]Read more about Screen Queen
Screen Queen: Grandma, The Wiz Live!
Grandma Cool if we just let Lily Tomlin play every spunky lesbian grandma? Yeah? Thought so. The iconic comedian-actress is such a fire hose of sass and [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Grandma, The Wiz Live!
Screen Queen: My Own Private Idaho, Magic Mike 2
My Own Private Idaho Two years before a drug overdose ended River Phoenix's life in 1993, the dreamboat poeticized a tortured gay street hustler with gutting [...]Read more about Screen Queen: My Own Private Idaho, Magic Mike 2
Screen Queen: The Comeback, It Follows, The Nanny
The Comeback When HBO gave their beloved mockumentary "The Comeback" the dreaded cut after its 13-episode run in 2005, it was a sad, sad time for us gays. [...]Read more about Screen Queen: The Comeback, It Follows, The Nanny
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Into the Woods Throughout her longstanding career as Acting God, Meryl Streep has used her cinematic superpowers to, on occasion, expertly polish turds, [...]Read more about Screen Queen
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Pride "Pride," you ain't foolin' nobody. So fine, strip all traces of gayness from your box art, but no closet can hide the fact that you, by title alone, [...]Read more about Screen Queen
Screen Queen: The Gift Guide
FOR THE NOSTALGIA Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Complete Series For queers of every kind, Pee-wee's Playhouse was a place to hang without feeling weird about [...]Read more about Screen Queen: The Gift Guide
Screen Queen: 2014's Oscar-Celebrated Films
Frozen Starring "the one and only" Adele Dazeem, better known to anyone who's not John Travolta as Idina Menzel, "Frozen" is a flamboyant rush of grandiosity [...]Read more about Screen Queen: 2014's Oscar-Celebrated Films
Screen Queen: Pink, Elm Street Legacy, Blue Is the Warmest Color
Pink: The Truth About Love Tour: Live from Melbourne There she goes, that Pink, raising the bar all the way up to the ceiling of a sports arena. "The Truth [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Pink, Elm Street Legacy, Blue Is the Warmest Color
Screen Queen: The Butler, Prisoners, Don Jon, Sound Of Music Live!
Lee Daniels' The Butler When "The Butler" – excuse me, "Lee Daniels' The Butler" – was released last year, it seemed Oscar bound. It had social issues. It [...]Read more about Screen Queen: The Butler, Prisoners, Don Jon, Sound Of Music Live!
Screen Queen: The Gift Guide
COMEDY QUEENS The Heat As a disorderly Boston police detective with a mouth dirtier than the bottom of a garbage truck, Melissa McCarthy plays a seemingly [...]Read more about Screen Queen: The Gift Guide
Screen Queen: Halloween Edition
Chucky: The Complete Collection Dolls used to be disposable. Toss 'em, sell 'em, give 'em to Goodwill. Not Chucky. The little ginger shit just won't go away. [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Halloween Edition
Screen Queen: Behind the Candelabra, Tales of the City, more
Behind the Candelabra Looking beyond the razzle-dazzle - though plenty of sequins shake out in this Emmy-loved HBO telepic - director Steven Soderbergh [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Behind the Candelabra, Tales of the City, more
Screen Queen: Spring Breakers, 42
Spring Breakers The intention of Harmony Korine's unsettling spring break dramatization – as discussed during the disc's interview with the director – was to [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Spring Breakers, 42
Screen Queen: Oz, Cloud Atlas, Identity Thief
Oz The Great and Powerful We're off to see the wizard (but not Dorothy) as filmmaker Sam Raimi gives top billing to the great man behind the smoke screen, a [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Oz, Cloud Atlas, Identity Thief
Screen Queen: The Guilt Trip, Funny Girl
The Guilt Trip Playing down the divadom, Barbra Streisand masticates a mammoth steak and wears mom jeans for her first leading-actress role since 1996's "The [...]Read more about Screen Queen: The Guilt Trip, Funny Girl
Screen Queen: Oscar Winners 2013
Les Miserables Wins: Actress in a Supporting Role (Anne Hathaway), Sound Mixing, Makeup and Hairstyling Boasting of its eight Academy Award nominations, [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Oscar Winners 2013
Screen Queen: Holy Motors, Top Gun
Screen Queen Holy Motors A hypnotic fever dream of wildly intoxicating weirdness, the twisted premise of director Leos Carax's cinematically self-aware [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Holy Motors, Top Gun
Screen Queen: Perks of Being a Wallflower, Cabaret
The Perks of Being a Wallflower First-time director Stephen Chbosky sensitively explores high school self-discovery and outsider hardships in his big-hearted [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Perks of Being a Wallflower, Cabaret
Screen Queen: For a Good Time, Call... , Game Change
For a Good Time, Call … "For a Good Time, Call …" keeps the dirty-girl trend going with a sweet/sexy story of two college foes – they hate each other because [...]Read more about Screen Queen: For a Good Time, Call... , Game Change
Screen Queen: Girls, Pitch Perfect
Girls: The Complete First Season Did "Sex and the City" make you feel bad about your own life? Who's got the money for a Louis Vuitton bag, anyway? Not [...]Read more about Screen Queen: Girls, Pitch Perfect
Screen Queen: The Gift Guide
FOR FANS OF CHANNING TATUM Magic Mike It's the season of giving – and director Steven Soderbergh is very generous with the amount of men he unwraps in his [...]Read more about Screen Queen: The Gift Guide
