Out the Movies: Times I’ve Been Wrong
I’ve been publishing my thoughts on film and television since 2018 and it’s inevitable my perspectives have shifted.
‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’ Is a Rebuke to the Miyazaki AI Trend
Miyazaki’s film about a young witch shows exactly what AI art and all that it represents threatens to take from us.
Out the Movies: Is Gay Sex a Radical Act?
Bruce LaBruce aims to rewrite a classic Pasolini film, but has queer sex lost its bite in this new context?
The Greatest Women Filmmakers Are Mad for a Reason
In her gorgeous new book, Cinema Her Way, writer and film critic Marya E. Gates interviews 19 female filmmakers — including Cheryl Dunye, Karyn Kusama, and Isabel Sandoval — about their work, and their experiences in the film industry.
Out the Movies: ‘Castration Movie’ and the Fallacy of Group Shame
That monologue from The White Lotus, a Torrey Peters novella, and Louise Weard’s lo-fi epic reveal who gets to be trans.
New DIY Documentary Honors AIDS Media Activism, Love, Loss, and Queer Community
Shot on a mix of consumer-grade recording devices — iPhone, Zoom, VHS camcorder, and Super-8 film — the documentary is an homage to grassroots AIDS mediamaking across decades and its ability to capture intimate, honest communication about hope and loss.
Dykes Discuss Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’
Two dykes discuss Steven Soderbergh’s latest spy romance Black Bag, Cate Blanchett with dark hair, a new crush on Marisa Abela, the politics of spy movies, why Michael Fassbender shouldn’t get cast anymore, and the beauty of a 90 minute thriller.
Nico Carney Takes On the Role of a Lifetime: A Goofy Cis Boy
“It was just so sick to be around so many other queer and trans artists that are wanting to be scrappy and make this independent movie and doing it for us and for each other.”
Out the Movies: ‘Julia’ (1977) Wants Us To Do the Right Thing
A bisexual playwright, Nazi Germany, and two actresses who took a stand.
Why So Many Sex Workers Love David Lynch
In the outpour of heartbreak that flooded the internet after David Lynch’s passing, some of the most vocal mourners were sex workers.
Why Hasn’t There Been a Good Movie About the Stonewall Riots?
Thirty years after Stonewall (1995), there still hasn’t been a film that meaningfully captures this major LGBTQ+ historical event.
The True Accurate History of LGBTQ+ Performers Competing for Lead and Supporting Actress Oscars
There’s a lot of confusing information out there but this here is the real true history of LGBTQ+ nominees for Lead and Supporting Actress Oscars — a field in which queer roles are often rewarded, but out queer people very rarely are.
A Queendom Is Waiting
QUEENDOM is a documentary that follows Gena Marvin, a trans performance artist from a small town in the far east of Russia.
Oscars 2025: Two Queers Discuss the Straightest Academy Awards in Years
“I am so sorry I made a wish on a monkey’s paw for a trans lesbian musical to get an Oscar nomination and it resulted in us all having to suffer through Emilia Pérez.”
Over Half a Century Before ‘Emilia Pérez’, the Story of a Gender-Fluid Gangster Was Done Right
Influential, puzzling, and still effective, Performance — now available in a new restoration from The Criterion Collection — is a reminder that the struggle between gender fluidity and traditional gender performance isn’t new.
Quiz: Which 2025 Best Picture Nominee Are You?
We’re one week away from the 97th Academy Awards and it has been quite the awards season. But which of the Best Picture nominees is most like you?
How Do You Know If Your Desires Are Wrong?
Controversial French filmmaker Catherine Breillat has an oeuvre centered around the ways women are often betrayed by their own urges.
We Need More Movies Like ‘Jupiter Ascending’
On its 10th anniversary, the Wachowskis’ sci-fi cult favorite Jupiter Ascending shows a way forward for Hollywood.
Sundance 2025: A Gay and Trans Festival Recap
That’s a wrap on the 2025 Sundance Film Festival! Read about everything Drew Burnett Gregory saw, including the best of LGBTQ+ cinema and beyond.
Sundance 2025: New Documentary ‘GEN_’ Normalizes Fertility Care and Trans Healthcare
The best compliment I can give GEN_ is that it’s kind of boring.