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    Gripping Gay Romanian Drama to Screen at SF International Film Festival

    Gripping Gay Romanian Drama to Screen at SF International Film Festival

    By Gary M. Kramer– The2021 San Francisco International Film Festival, April 9–18, offers dozens of features, shorts, and documentaries both online ( https://sffilm.org/ ), and outdoors at the Fort Mason…

    Two Lesbian Dramas Available for Streaming This Month

    Two Lesbian Dramas Available for Streaming This Month

    By Gary Kramer– Two lesbian dramas set in the past—one stirring, the other enervating—are available on demand this month. The World to Come is a beguiling film set in upstate…

    Gripping Documentary Chronicles LGBT Lives at Risk in Chechnya

    Gripping Documentary Chronicles LGBT Lives at Risk in Chechnya

    By Gary Kramer– Shortlisted in both the Best Documentary Feature Oscar as well as in the Visual Effects category, the urgent, cogent film, Welcome to Chechnya, is now available on…

    A Film to Make You Melt for Valentine’s Day

    A Film to Make You Melt for Valentine’s Day

    By Gary Kramer– The passionate Chilean romance The Strong Ones, now out on demand and DVD, is cozy Valentine’s Day viewing. Writer/director Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo expands his terrific 2015 short,…

    Four Queer Films to Stream in February

    Four Queer Films to Stream in February

    By Gary Kramer– Four films with queer content will become available for streaming over the next few weeks. Here is a rundown of what to watch and when. Of local…

    Out Argentine Director’s Latest Is His First Gay Film

    Out Argentine Director’s Latest Is His First Gay Film

    By Gary Kramer– A Skeleton in the Closet, out January 12 on DVD, is out gay Argentine filmmaker Nicolás Teté’s poignant drama about Manuel (Facundo Gambandé), a gay man who…

    A Look Back on the Year 2020 in Queer Cinema

    A Look Back on the Year 2020 in Queer Cinema

    By Gary Kramer– 2020 was unlike any other year for moviegoing as most of it was done at home. But that doesn’t mean there were not great films. Looking back…

    Lesbian Filmmaker Talks About Her First and Latest Movies

    Lesbian Filmmaker Talks About Her First and Latest Movies

    By Gary Kramer– Out lesbian filmmaker Jamie Babbit’s first feature, But I’m a Cheerleader, is being reissued in a Digital 4K Ultra HD Director’s Cut on December 8. The campy,…

    Closeted Teens Fake Date in Queer Irish Comedy

    Closeted Teens Fake Date in Queer Irish Comedy

    By Gary Kramer– Out gaywriter/director David Freyne’s charming sophomore feature Dating Amber, now available on demand, is, the filmmaker said in a recent Zoom interview, “as autobiographical as I’m going…

    Docs That Rock!

    Docs That Rock!

    By Jan Wahl– Some of my favorite movies are fascinating documentaries. They educate, inspire, entertain. I can be taken to a new realm of knowledge, history can be opened up,…