LGBTQ
Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey burn up the screen in Plainclothes, although truly chaotic editing often snuffs their spark.
Sundance 2025: Twinless Review
SundanceAudience Award winner Twinless, starring James Sweeney and Dylan O'Brien, delivers double the fun, double the heart, and double the feels.
Sundance 2025: Hold Me Close
Hold Me Close is a wonderful documentary short that follows a Black queer couple living life on their own terms.
Challengers Review: The Grandest of Slams
Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist star in Luca Guadagnino's incredibly sexy tennis infidelity drama Challengers.
Sundance 2024: Desire Lines Review
Desire Lines is a captivating hybrid documentary, flowing freely through constraints and bursting boundaries both literal and figurative.
Sundance 2024: Sebastian Review
Sundance drama Sebastian, by Mikko Mäkelä, stars Ruaridh Mollica as an aspiring novelist who embarks on sex work as research for next story.
The Criterion Shelf: LGBTQ+ Favourites
Surveying the films in Criterion Channels collections Pride Favourites and Masc, devoted to a diverse selection of landmark LGBTQ+ cinema.
Queen of the Deuce Review
Queen of the Deuce builds a vivid portrait of the legendary pioneer of the 1970’s New York City porn industry.
Joyland Review: Joyous, Groundbreaking Cinema
Pakistani filmmaker Saim Sadiq's Oscar-shortlisted Joyland is a landmark for queer storytelling that gives its transgender lead a full life and agency.
Queens of the Qing Dynasty Review: We Flirtin’
Ashley McKenzie's latest feature Queens of the Qing Dynasty is an extraordinary study of neurodiversity and queer friendships.
Attachment Review: An Unapologetic Lesbian Love (and Horror) Story
Director Gabriel Bier Gislason's Attachment is an unapologetically mixed-culture, lesbian love (and horror) story that deserves your attention.
Of an Age Review: The Timelessness of Pining
Goran Stolevski crafts a timeless road movie romance in Of an Age with its story of love, longing, and passionate glances.
Spoiler Alert Review: Make the Yuletide Gay
Spoiler Alert is a heartfelt adaptation of Michael Ausiello's memoir that reminds us that, although gay people always die at the end, life happens between the credits.
Please Baby Please Review: A Colourful Journey to Self-Discovery
Amanda Kramer’s Please Baby Please follows a couple whose individual desires are awakened after an encounter with a dangerous greaser gang.
Tár Is the Most Manipulative Film of the Year
Some critics call Todd Field's Tár the year's true masterpiece, but is it the 2022's most manipulative film?