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TIFF 2024: A Queer and Trans Festival Recap

Thoughts and reviews on 41 movies from the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival — all the queer cinema and more!

Drew Burnett Gregory September 16, 2024 8 Comments
A collage of four stills from Dos Estaciones, The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, and Nothing Compares.
Movie Features

Having Some Film Festival FOMO? Here Are Six Queer Movies You Can Stream Right Now

My favorite film from last year’s Toronto International Film Festival is now streaming on Hulu! And my second favorite is streaming on Max!

Drew Burnett Gregory September 20, 2023 3 Comments
Maya Hawke as Flannery O'Connor reads a letter by a mailbox wearing a brown coat.; Devery Jacobs stares toward the camera mid push up.; Colman Domingo as Rustin walks in the National Mall with the Washington Monument behind him.;
Movie Features

TIFF 2023: A Queer Festival Recap

This year, I saw 38 features and, once again, most of my favorites were independent or not in English. There’s a vast world of cinema beyond Hollywood’s broken system!

Drew Burnett Gregory September 18, 2023 4 Comments
Photo 1: Close up of Chitarra playing herself. Her face is lit with orange light as she looks off camera. Photo 2: Railey and Seazynn Gilliland as Tegan and Sara Quinn lie against perpendicular ends of the same school building. Photo 3: Ali Junejo as Haider rides on the back of a moped driven by Alina Khan as Biba. Photo 4: Devery Jacobs as Kawenniióhstha looks at Priya Guns as Malai in soft pink and blue lighting with one hand touching her hair.
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TIFF 2022: A Queer and Trans Festival Recap

Over the past couple weeks, I’ve watched forty features and the first two episodes of a TV show. Yes, forty. Consider this list a reference, a collection of short reviews for the rest of the year’s buzzed about films and films that should be buzzed about.

Drew Burnett Gregory September 19, 2022 15 Comments

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