Category: LGBTQ+ Films

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Netflix announces documentary examining the history of LGBTQ stand-up comedy

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Netflix has announced Stand Out: The Documentary, which will explore the history of LGBTQ stand-up comedy. Written, directed and executively produced by Page Hurwitz, Stand Out: The Documentary will debut later this year and is set to accompany Netflix’s recent comedy special Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration.  The documentary combines original performances, interviews, archival footage and backstage footage to explore an array of themes such as comedy as activism, diversity in stand-up, new queer cultures and bringing mainstream in the alternative. The film will aim to look at LGBTQ+ comedians…

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Exclusive: Benediction director Terence Davies reveals challenges of Siegfried Sassoon biopic

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Terrence Davies says it was “hard to write” his Siegfried Sassoon biopic, Benediction, because “there was so much material”. The biographical drama, which stars Jack Lowden as Sassoon, tells of the story of the famed British poet whose anti-war stance notoriously culminated in his admission to a military psychiatric hospital. Benediction also explores the soldier’s gay love affairs with Ivor Novello (Jeremy Irvine), Stephen Tennant (Calam Lynch) and Glen Byam Shaw (Tom Blyth), as well as his conversion to Catholicism. Davies, one of the most critically-acclaimed British filmmakers of all…

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Exclusive: Margaret Cho says Fire Island “lets everybody in on the secret that being gay is better”

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Fire Island is full of “gorgeous queer joy”, says star Margaret Cho.  The Emmy-nominated trailblazer, whose iconic credits include All American Girl, Drop Dead Diva and 30 Rock, stars in the upcoming gay rom-com as Erin; the “gay elder” and “mom” to the gang who annually hosts them at her Fire Island condo.  Although Erin was originally written as a man, Cho reached out and requested a part in the film, which resulted in writer and star Joel Kim Booster revamping the character and their background. “They were trying to…

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Exclusive: Conrad Ricamora says we’re in “need” of more LGBTQ+ films like Fire Island

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Fire Island star Conrad Ricamora says the upcoming comedy “does a great job” of capturing queer joy. Directed by Spa Night’s Andrew Ahn and written by comedian Joel Kim Booster, who also stars in the lead role of Noah, the Pride and Prejudice-inspired rom-com follows the character and his queer circle on a week-long vacation to New York’s iconic gay mecca. Fire Island is destined to earn cult classic status due to its hilarious script and performances, as well as its refreshing rejection of queer trauma. Instead, the film –…

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Valkyrie stans unite! The brand new Thor: Love and Thunder trailer is here

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Marvel Studios has unveiled the first full-length trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder. Directed by Taika Waititi, the fourth Thor adventure sees the return of Chris Hemsworth as the title character, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Jaimie Alexander as Sif, Waititi as Korg, Jeff Goldblum as the Grandmaster and Natalie Portman as Jane Foster / Mighty Thor. The trailer introduces Christian Bale’s menacing, stone-faced villain, Gorr the God Butcher, who can be heard saying: “The only ones who gods care about is themselves. So this is my vow: all gods will…

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Harry Styles says filming sex scenes felt “like giving a part of myself away”

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Harry Styles has revealed what it was like to film sex scenes for his upcoming films My Policeman and Don’t Worry Darling. The two movies are scheduled for release this year, with the former being a period drama about a married policeman who has an affair with another man during the 1950s, and the latter being about a utopian community in America that is hiding a dark secret. The former One Direction star has stated that My Policeman’s sex scenes are more intense than Don’t Worry Darling’s and that filming…

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Exclusive: Billy Eichner “had so much to say” about gay community in Bros

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Bros star Billy Eichner says it was important for him to “reflect” his experiences as a “sexual, complicated gay man” in the historic new rom-com.  Written by the Parks and Recreation alum with Nick Stoller (Neighbors), with the latter also directing the film, Bros has been billed as the first gay rom-com to be produced by a major Hollywood studio.  This week finally saw the release of the first trailer, which sees Billy’s character Bobby Leiber discuss writing a gay Hollywood romantic comedy (so meta!) while teasing a gay love…

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Joel Kim Booster on celebrating the Asian LGBTQ+ experience in Fire Island: ‘We’re more than the token friend’

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“I really wanted to show people that there is joy in the experience of being gay,” says Joel Kim Booster, star and writer of Fire Island. The Andrew Ahn-directed Hulu comedy, which launches 3 June in the UK on Disney Plus, is destined to become a queer classic due to its unwavering commitment to authentically representing the queer experience, and for capturing the unequivocal joy that comes with being a member of the “rainbow mafia”.  In his cover interview for GAY TIMES, alongside Ahn and cast members Bowen Yang, Conrad…

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Articles Culture Drag Queen Femme Films George MacKay LGBTQ+ Films LGBTQ+ News Nathan Stewart-Jarrett News

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay to star in gay drag queen revenge thriller

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Production is set to get underway for Femme, an upcoming gay revenge thriller, which stars 1917’s George MacKay and Candyman’s Nathan Stewart-Jarret. Set in London, the film explores the story of drag queen Jules (Stewart-Jarrett), whose life changes after a humiliating homophobic attack. After spotting one of his attackers, Preston (MacKay), in a gay sex sauna, his plan for revenge gets underway. “Realising Preston doesn’t recognize him in his boy form, Jules begins to insinuate himself into Preston’s life and, in doing so, discovers power in a new kind of…

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Marvel’s Doctor Strange 2 banned in Saudi Arabia for openly queer superhero

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Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has been banned in Saudi Arabia for LGBTQ+ content. Over the last few months, Marvel enthusiasts have eagerly been waiting for the arrival of the superhero film. While movie-goers are looking forward to the continued exploration of the franchise’s expansive multiverse, queer fans are particularly excited for the inclusion of Marvel’s latest LGBTQ+ superhero America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez). In the comics, America notably made history as Marvel’s first Latin-American LGBTQ+ character. However, the film and its diverse cast will not be available…

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