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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.

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

‘Poppy Field’ Explores the Dangerous Impact of Homophobia and the Closet [Inside/Out Review]

June 6, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

Director Eugen Jebeleanu’s Romanian film is equal parts frustrating and enthralling. 

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Filed Under: Inside/Out Film Festival Tagged With: Eugen Jebeleanu, inside out 2021, Inside Out LGBT Film Festival, Ioana Moraru, queer, romanian

‘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.

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

The 411 on me

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

Words:
> Bloody Disgusting
> /Film
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> Grim Journal
> That Shelf

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

Recent Posts

  • ‘Materialists’ Interrogates The Cost of Love [Review]
  • Serial Killer Meets Sharks in Sean Byrne’s ‘Dangerous Animals’ [Review]
  • 4K Review: ‘What Lies Beneath’ (2000)

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