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‘Sebastian’ Continues the Storied Tradition of Sex Work in Queer Cinema [Sundance Review]

January 25, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

A close-up of Max (Ruaridh Mollica)'s face

Sex work and queer cinema have a long and storied history.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Sundance Tagged With: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Jonathan Hyde, Leanne Best, LGBT, LGBTQ, Mikko Mäkelä, queer, Ruaridh Mollica

Showtime’s ‘Fellow Travelers’ Kicks Off Its Decades-Long Love Tragedy [Review w/ Gayly Dreadful]

October 27, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Each week Joe and Terry discuss the most recent episode of Showtime’s adaptation of Fellow Travelers, alternating between our respective sites. 

Spoilers follow for Episode 1 “You’re Wonderful”

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Fellow Travelers, Reviews w/ Gayly Dreadful Tagged With: Allison Williams, Chris Bauer, David Tomlinson, Jameson Kraemer, Jelani Alladin, Jonathan Bailey, Keara Graves, LGBT, LGBTQ, Linus Roache, Matt Bomer, Ron Nyswaner

‘Bad Things’ Is More Than Just a Homage to ‘The Shining’ [Tribeca Review]

June 9, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

A blonde woman in a yellow shirt

The last time Stewart Thorndike made a horror film, it was 2014’s Lyle, a lesbian take on Rosemary’s Baby. That’s a reductive description since the film is much more than an extended homage, but the log line certainly makes it an easy sell for genre fans. 

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Queer, Tribeca Tagged With: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Jared Abrahamson, LGBT, LGBTQ, Queer Horror, Rad Pereira, Stewart Thorndike

‘L’immensità’ Is A Quiet Coming of Age/Coming Out Story [Sundance Review]

January 28, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Penelope Cruz plays an idolized housewife contending with familial conflict in trans filmmaker Emanuele Crialese‘s L’immensità.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Queer Film Reviews, Sundance Tagged With: Emanuele Crialese, LGBT, LGBTQ, Luana Giuliani, penelope cruz, Sundance Film Festival, Vincenzo Amato

‘Someone Like Me’ Is A Muddled Look At The Queer Refugee Experience [Hot Docs Review]

May 8, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

‘Someone Like Me’ portrays a year in the life of a group of LGBTQIA Canadians as they sponsor and support a gay Ugandan refugee in Vancouver, Canada.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Hot Docs Tagged With: hot docs, LGBT, national film board, nfb, queer

‘Happiest Season’ Isn’t The Happy Queer Holiday Film We Need [Review w/ Gayly Dreadful]

November 25, 2020 by Joe Lipsett

A mixed race family poses in front of a Christmas tree

With the release of Clea DuVall’s queer holiday film, Terry Mesnard and I are offering spoiler-free and spoilery reviews. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Allison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Christmas, Clea DuVall, dan levy, Hulu, Jake McDorman, Kristen Stewart, LGBT, LGBTQ, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Holland, Mary Steenburgen, Victor Garber

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The 411 on me

I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

Words:
> Bloody Disgusting
> /Film
> Consequence
> The Spool
> Anatomy of a Scream
> Grim Journal
> That Shelf

Podcasts:
> Horror Queers
> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

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