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Newfest Enters a Third Decade: This is What You Can Expect from LGBTQ Filmmakers

For 30 years, the NYC festival of films known as NewFest has acted as a barometer of LGBTQ culture. That era saw queer filmmakers grappling with the defining issues of HIV/AIDS,...

NewFest Opens with “1985” — An Intimate Look at AIDS Before the Cocktail, Before AZT; Before Hope

Writer/director Yen Tan dove into making 1985 intending to create an AIDS movie unlike any he’d ever seen. He succeeded. Tan’s film (which opened the 30th annual...

New York’s LGBTQ Film Festival Goes Virtual

This year marks the 32nd Annual New York LGBTQ Film Festival takes place October 16-27, 2020. Unlike previous years, one of the world’s premier gatherings of LGBTQ filmmakers...

This Is What Rita Moreno Really Thinks about Coming Out

You may be surprised to learn what Rita Moreno thinks about coming out. It’s an opinion she’s developed over nearly eighty years of working on stage and screen....

“Last Ferry”: This Fire Island Getaway Never Really Goes Anywhere

Spending 86 minutes watching Last Ferry, which just made its New York premiere at this year’s NewFest, is a noble exercise in multicultural casting that somehow derails itself...

“Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life”: This Is the Life of a Gay Porn Star

It’s regularly said that hurt people hurt people, but oftentimes it’s forgotten how those hurt the most by others venture down self-destructive paths that inflict...

Lady Bunny Takes You Behind the Scenes of HBO’s New Doc, “Wig”

HBO is premiering a new doc about the resurrection of Wigstock tonight at 10 pm, just in time for WorldPride next week. In it, you’ll not only see the beginnings of...

John Cameron Mitchell Revives a Gay Classic: “Entertaining Mr. Sloane”

John Cameron Mitchell will host a rare screening of the Joe Orton 1970 cult classic — Entertaining Mr. Sloane. The film will screen only once, Tuesday night at the Quad Cinema....

10 Outrageous Things Said on Alright Mary.

A lively chat on Drag Race, Coco Peru, SAGE, John Waters and Senator Lindsay Graham’s appearance at a Bushwick queer party. Metrosource editor, and one of Google’s...

“I Hate New York” is a Devastating Love Letter to the Underground.

In Gustavo Sánchez’s “I Hate New York,” which premiered last night at NewFest in NYC, 10 years of transition are masterfully documented in the lives of some of...

Social Sleuths: Trixie Mattel, Katya, Shawn Mendes, Matt Bomer and More!

What might you have missed on Instagram and Twitter this week? Our social sleuths have dug up the dirt to keep your thirst quenched! Check out some of the highlights we’re...

“Hooked” Shines a Cinematic Light on LGBTQ Homeless Youth

“It’s a call to action.” That’s how filmmaker Max Emerson described his latest project, Hooked. It’s a dramedy, he’ll say. But one with a...

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