Pasolini
Director Abel Ferrara wisely relied on one of his favorite actors, Willem Dafoe, to play the renowned and controversial Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in his last hours before his…
Little Richard: I Am Everything
His sexuality and the color of his skin made it easy for people to underestimate Little Richard throughout his career, but those two aspects of his life mattered a great…
Oz: Yellow Brick Road to Pain
Ernie Hudson, Eamonn Walker, Harold Perrineau and Terry Kinney. Photo: HBO Today, Oz is considered a seminal event in the history of American television. HBO’s first hour-long drama series, the…
Eric
In 1980s New York, successful puppeteer Vincent Anderson (Benedict Cumberbatch) tries to find his missing son, while dealing with a miserable marriage, alcoholism, his misanthropy and a huge, hairy puppet…
Femme
After getting assaulted, a drag performer (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) hangs up his wig and becomes a recluse… then one day, in a gay sauna, he spots the young guy (George MacKay)…
The Whale: Weight of a Lived Life
Brendan Fraser. Photo: A24 In 2006, Brendan Fraser was still at the beginning of his downfall as a movie star, a phase where he couldn’t find many good parts. There…
Silver Haze
Sacha Polak and Vicky Knight’s last film together, Dirty God (2019), was certainly a personal project, but this one may be even more so, as Knight plays a version of…
Crossing
When her sister dies, a retired teacher (Mzia Arabuli) in Georgia goes to Istanbul together with a young guide (Lucas Kankava) to try to find her niece, a trans girl…
All of Us Strangers: Trapped in Childhood
Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal. Photo: Searchlight Pictures All of Us Strangers freezes the portrait of one’s parents in a specific time period. The background is steeped in tragedy. On…
Rustin
In 1963, veteran activist Bayard Rustin (Colman Domingo) tries to organize a march on Washington, in spite of friction with the NAACP and the fact that his homosexuality might be…