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    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,…

    Ammonite Presents a Vigorous Lesbian Romance

    Ammonite Presents a Vigorous Lesbian Romance

    By Gary Kramer– Ammonite is the sophomore feature by out gay writer/director Francis Lee (God’s Own Country). This romantic drama is set in the 1840s in the British coastal town…

    Young Hunter Explores Gay Male Teen Sexuality with a Twist

    Young Hunter Explores Gay Male Teen Sexuality with a Twist

    By Gary Kramer– Out gay Argentine filmmaker Marco Berger applies his patented style—long, lingering, homoerotic shots of two guys, more silence than dialogue—to a kind of thriller narrative in his…

    French Miniseries Proud Is Worth Cheering

    French Miniseries Proud Is Worth Cheering

    By Gary Kramer– Now available on DVD is Proud, an engaging, three-part French mini-series from 2018 about fathers and sons, gay life in France, and the politics and social change…

    Films to Watch During Frameline’s Final Weekend

    Films to Watch During Frameline’s Final Weekend

    By Gary Kramer– Frameline 44 ends Sunday, but there are several films worth checking out this weekend. Here is a rundown (in chronological order) of what to watch. In director…

    Highlights of Frameline 44

    Highlights of Frameline 44

    By Gary Kramer– The 44th edition of the Frameline Film Festival will take place virtually September 17–27 this year. The festival opens with a screening of S–t and Champagne, about…

    Looking at A Different Story Decades Later

    Looking at A Different Story Decades Later

    By Gary Kramer– Now available on Blu-ray and DVD is the 1978 queer romantic comedy-drama A Different Story. The film received mixed reviews upon its original theatrical release—its sexual politics…