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Cuckoo: Here’s the first teaser trailer for Hunter Schafer’s new horror film

The first teaser trailer for Hunter Schafer’s new film Cuckoo has finally arrived, and it’s terrifying. Poised as a follow-up to Tilman Singer’s 2018 acclaimed horror movie, Luz, the upcoming thriller follows 17-year-old Gretchen, who reluctantly leaves her home in America to stay with her father and his new wife in the German Alps.  The synopsis adds: “Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. König, her father’s boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen’s mute half-sister Alma. Something doesn’t seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise.…

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Lessons in tolerance: The Ukrainian film taking aim at homophobia

Ukrainian film director Arkadii Nepytaliuk knows what it means to be homophobic. When he was growing up in a small village in Ukraine’s Khmelnitskyi region during the Soviet era, being gay was a taboo subject, and Nepytaliuk said he felt afraid when he first met openly gay people as a student in the capital, Kyiv. But his homophobic beliefs melted away when he became friends with his gay room-mate and other LGBTQIA+ students, the 56-year-old film-maker told Openly. Now, he hopes his new film, “Lessons in Tolerance”, will have a…

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17 romantic films all queer men need to watch

        From Moonlight to Red, White & Royal Blue, here are 17 romantic dramas and comedies that are a must-watch for all queer men. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN ‘Dire’ is how we used to describe on-screen representation for people of the rainbow variety. For a long time (eons, really), stories about queerness often led to death and despair (hence the ‘Bury Your Gays trope) and, if a heterosexual series or movie featured a character of the LGBTQIA+ experience, they’d be the ‘sidekick’ whose…

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Here’s why Kristen Stewart is refusing to act in another movie

Kristen Stewart has threatened to quit acting until she can get her film, The Chronology of Water, off the ground.  Back in 2018, the Spencer star announced that she was writing and directing a film adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s 2011 memoir of the same way. “Lidia Yuknavitch is from Portland. I love her novels but her memories, it’s deeply personal to her. She’s in my blood, and I knew that before I met her,” she revealed in a statement, per Indie Wire.  “As soon as I met her it was like we…

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“The grandest gift”: Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo wrap up filming for Wicked

Attention Wicked fans! The highly anticipated two-part movie musical has finally wrapped filming. On 27 January, director John M Chu confirmed the exciting news with a heartwarming Instagram post. “Thank you to the massive crew and cast and @universalpictures pictures for supporting the most ambitious cinematic production I have ever been a part of or, frankly, ever witnessed,” he wrote, alongside black and white photos of the cast and crew. “We built real Munchkinland! A multi-level Shiz University Campus! I walked and shopped in a real Emerald City and met…

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17 of the most anticipated LGBTQ+ films of 2024

From Paul Mescal’s new romantic drama to Lady Gaga’s debut as Harley Quinn in the Joker sequel, here are our most anticipated queer (and queer-adjacent) films of 2024. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN For queers on film, 2023 was a pretty historic year. With Trace Lysette deservedly earning Oscar hype as a trans woman grappling with her mother’s dementia in Monica, a drag queen enacting revenge in the neo-noir thriller Femme and lesbian incels slash “untalented ugly gays” starting a feminist fight club in Bottoms, it was actually quite…

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5 LGBTQ+ queer movies you need to catch at Sundance

Here, GAY TIMES’ Contributing Editor Jamie Windust selects upcoming LGBTQIA+ Sundance movies that need to be on your radar. WORDS BY JAIMIE WINDUST  HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN With awards season in full swing, the past twelve months in cinema are being given their moment in the sun; with red carpet glamour only somewhat dampened by toe-curling monologues from unfunny male ‘comedians’.  So, as the stars sit down to sip champagne and attempt to avoid being caught gossiping on camera, Sundance Film Festival 2024 is preparing to show the next…

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Fear Street: R.L. Stine confirms a fourth film is in the works at Netflix

Fear Street fans rejoice! A new film is on the way.  Back in November, Netflix’s Head of Film surprised fans when he revealed that a new stand-alone film based on R.L. Stine’s hit book series was in the works.   “Obviously, there’s lots of books. There’s one stand-alone that we’re working on right now that we’re once again trying to get the script right, but I like it very much, and so does the team,” he revealed to Collider.  “So I feel like we can get the script right there would be…

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Fellow Travelers’ Jonathan Bailey wants to star in a film based on an ancient queer army

Jonathan Bailey has opened up about the next LGBTQIA+ project he hopes to make.  Since October, the Bridgerton star has made waves for his performance in the critically acclaimed Showtime series Fellow Travelers.  Based on Thomas Mallon’s novel of the same name, the show follows the volatile romance of two very different men who meet in the shadow of McCarthy-era Washington. Bailey plays Tim Laughlin, a “young man brimming with idealism and religious faith” who is optimistic about a post-WWII world. His life changes when he meets Matt Bomer’s character, Hawkins…

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All of Us Strangers director wanted the film to focus on an older “generation of queer people”

The director of All of Us Strangers has opened up about which generation he wanted to highlight in the film. In January 2024, the highly anticipated fantasy drama, written and directed by acclaimed creative Andrew Haigh, will finally hit cinemas in the UK. Based on the novel Strangers by Japanese novelist Taichi Yamada, the film follows screenwriter Adam (Scott), who navigates a new romance with his mysterious neighbour Harry (Mescal). However, things take a surprising turn when Adam comes across his dead parents (Jamie Bell and Claire Foy), who “appear…

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