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A Private Life (2025) Steve Erickson Ultimately, its balance falls in the right place, but as a thriller, it barely functions.
Posted Jan 12, 2026  Edit critic review
Dead Man's Wire (2025) Steve Erickson Dead Man’s Wire is meat-and-potatoes cinema.
Posted Jan 05, 2026  Edit critic review
The Plague (2025) Gary M. Kramer Polinger makes an auspicious feature debut with his potent psychological thriller,
Posted Dec 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) Steve Erickson Wake Up Dead Man is a big step up from “Glass Onion,” the second installment in director Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” trilogy.
Posted Dec 12, 2025  Edit critic review
Night in West Texas (2025) Gary M. Kramer Reyos’ story is a shameful travesty of justice. Unfortunately, Esquenazi’s film is an oddly underwhelming feature. It could have been more potent as a documentary short.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Peaches Goes Bananas (2024) Steve Erickson Although it takes in these unglamorous parts of the artistic life, it presents the singer as a three-dimensional person, far beyond her outrageous persona.
Posted Dec 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Little Trouble Girls (2025) Gary M. Kramer There is something hypnotic about "Little Trouble Girls." Just as 16-year-old Lucia (Jara Sofija Ostan) quietly observes things, viewers, too, are pulled into her orbit, scrutinizing every look, every sound, and every gesture.
Posted Dec 03, 2025  Edit critic review
100 Nights of Hero (2025) Steve Erickson Well-intentioned to a fault but unwilling to take real chances, “100 Nights of Hero” is queer cinema at its tamest.
Posted Dec 02, 2025  Edit critic review
Peter Hujar's Day (2025) Steve Erickson Even in just 73 minutes, watching the film also feels like spending a day in his presence.
Posted Nov 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Bunny (2025) Steve Erickson The film’s prevailing mood is a stoned silliness that takes the edge off its more anxiety-inducing elements.
Posted Nov 07, 2025  Edit critic review
Lesbian Space Princess (2025) Steve Erickson It comes with a message about the importance of loving oneself rather than caring too much about others’ opinions.
Posted Nov 03, 2025  Edit critic review
Blue Moon (2025) Gary M. Kramer Hawke makes his character’s vulnerability palpable here, and he engenders pity like a despondent and drunk gay uncle.... [He] commits fully, recklessly, and relentlessly to Hart’s doomed hopefulness.
Posted Oct 18, 2025  Edit critic review
After the Hunt (2025) Steve Erickson To be as kind as possible to “After the Hunt,” its characters behave confusingly because they don’t understand or won’t admit their own motivations.
Posted Oct 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025) Steve Erickson The film celebrates two people society pressures to hate each other coming to do the opposite. Tonatiuh’s performance dodges the stereotypes it might have fallen into, and he and Luna have great chemistry together.
Posted Oct 06, 2025  Edit critic review
Bone Lake (2024) Steve Erickson Without calling attention to itself, it avoids the male gaze behind vintage erotic thrillers. It respects the style without trying to elevate it.
Posted Sep 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Dreams (2024) Steve Erickson Even the spaces where “Dreams (Sex Love)” remains elusive are carefully calculated. Style plays backup to the film’s illustration of its themes, although Haugerud lays them out cleverly.
Posted Sep 11, 2025  Edit critic review
Modern Whore (2025) Gary M. Kramer An informative and entertaining Canadian documentary about Andrea Werhun, who wants to normalize sex work.
Posted Sep 11, 2025  Edit critic review
The History of Sound (2025) Steve Erickson Instead of expressing a lifetime of longing dominating David’s existence, the ending merely traps him. “The History of Sound” is no less stiff than its hero.
Posted Sep 09, 2025  Edit critic review
Honey Don't! (2025) Steve Erickson The plot brings together too many elements to do justice to them all, quickly spreading itself thin. An intriguing film could be made around these people, but “Honey Don’t!” isn’t it.
Posted Aug 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965) Gary M. Kramer This dramatic thriller about sexual perversity, directed by Joseph Cates, is astonishing in so many ways that it has to be seen to be believed.
Posted Aug 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Taxi to the Toilet (1980) Steve Erickson It’s an unusual blend, combining a comic look at romance between two men with a confrontational attitude that puts explicit sex at the forefront.
Posted Jul 31, 2025  Edit critic review
Daughter's Daughter (2024) Gary M. Kramer Beautifully filmed if leisurely paced, Daughter’s Daughter is a tender and absorbing mama-drama.
Posted Jul 11, 2025  Edit critic review
I'm Not Everything I Want to Be (2024) Steve Erickson Does an exciting job of translating Jarcovjáková’s work into a different medium while remaining true to its essence. As a diary film, it successfully crosses two artists’ perspectives.
Posted Jul 11, 2025  Edit critic review
Sex (2024) Steve Erickson The theme of constant change, even within long-term relationships, is impossible to miss.
Posted Jun 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Love (2024) Steve Erickson The concept of two gay men from different generations discussing their differences, particularly around AIDS, is a bit overdone, but “Love” pulls it off beautifully. This scene is the film’s heart.
Posted May 15, 2025  Edit critic review
2.5/4
The Wedding Banquet (2025) Tom Meek As far as screwball comedies go, Ahn’s “Wedding Banquet” comes off a bit too sitcomlike for its own good, but there are some well-earned moments of heartfelt poignance as bridges are broached and characters bare their souls.
Posted Apr 21, 2025  Edit critic review
The Wedding Banquet (2025) Pauline Park I think queer APIs will especially appreciate the subtle humor of the movie’s articulation of the fault lines in Chinese and Korean culture and their intersection with contemporary queer culture and identity.
Posted Apr 21, 2025  Edit critic review
Queens of Drama (2024) Steve Erickson As harsh and aggressive as “Queens of Drama” can get, its ultimate goal is finding a place of peace where queer women can take refuge from the outside world’s hostility.
Posted Apr 15, 2025  Edit critic review
Viet and Nam (2024) Gary M. Kramer “Viet and Nam” may be a long, slow burn, but it delivers an affecting payoff.
Posted Mar 27, 2025  Edit critic review
Pet Shop Days (2023) Gary M. Kramer A wonderfully lurid little film.... Bernal serves up insouciance with sex appeal in every scene, and his cocky performance is riveting.
Posted Mar 14, 2025  Edit critic review
Young Hearts (2024) Gary M. Kramer {The] emotional authenticity that will resonate with viewers young and old.
Posted Mar 13, 2025  Edit critic review
Being Maria (2024) Steve Erickson It’s unfortunate that “Being Maria” can’t find a more imaginative way to depict Schneider’s life than an arc of trauma, tragedy, and return.
Posted Mar 11, 2025  Edit critic review
Stockade (2023) Steve Erickson While the precariousness of an immigrant’s life is part of the story, it never feels truly inhabited.
Posted Feb 25, 2025  Edit critic review
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (2024) Steve Erickson By its end, the film comes to feel like an in-house corporate production.
Posted Jan 22, 2025  Edit critic review
Eat the Night (2024) Steve Erickson Poggi and Vinel synthesize Jane Schoenbrun and Bertrand Bonello’s interest in chronically online lives, with bigger hearts.
Posted Jan 08, 2025  Edit critic review
Babygirl (2024) Steve Erickson Even so, it doesn’t do enough to distinguish itself from earlier films about similar relationships, while it suffers from a surplus of good intentions and reluctance to take chances.
Posted Dec 24, 2024  Edit critic review
Endless Summer Syndrome (2024) Steve Erickson “Endless Summer Syndrome” is a provocation with a rare respect for the spectator’s own moral compass.
Posted Dec 13, 2024  Edit critic review
The End (2024) Steve Erickson However, “The End” is so off-putting that it denies any emotional charge.
Posted Dec 05, 2024  Edit critic review
Queer (2024) Steve Erickson When it lets go of the comfort of a straightforward story, the film can’t find anything as meaningful with which to replace it.
Posted Dec 03, 2024  Edit critic review
Sabbath Queen (2024) Steve Erickson “Sabbath Queen” reflects the two different interpretations of Judaism represented by Amichai and his brother through its editing.
Posted Nov 21, 2024  Edit critic review
Let's Get Lost (1988) Steve Erickson “Let’s Get Lost” still feels fresh because it avoids the clichés of music documentaries and biopics.
Posted Nov 06, 2024  Edit critic review
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara (2024) Steve Erickson “Fanatical” avoids the worst excesses of these genre. If anything, its style is tasteful, but stodgy.
Posted Oct 17, 2024  Edit critic review
Will & Harper (2024) Steve Erickson “Will & Harper” may be meant as a lesson for its spectators, offering Ferrell as a role model for middle-aged cis men... but it’s also a very touching depiction of a friendship.
Posted Oct 01, 2024  Edit critic review
Mosquita y Mari (2011) Gary M. Kramer Guerrero brings an authenticity to her characters and their location that informs the film’s drama.
Posted Sep 23, 2024  Edit critic review
The Critic (2023) Gary M. Kramer The amorality would be fun if the film had any energy or suspense, but Anand Tucker draws things out so slowly that none of the scenes have much impact except as a sleep aid.
Posted Sep 12, 2024  Edit critic review
My Old Ass (2024) Steve Erickson Unexpectedly, “My Old Ass” feels rather old-fashioned.
Posted Sep 11, 2024  Edit critic review
Torched - The Story of the Austin Torch (2024) Gary M. Kramer This documentary may be best appreciated by those who attend Torch games, which the players admit, can consist of little more than friends, family members, and sponsors.
Posted Aug 21, 2024  Edit critic review
Red Island (2023) Gary M. Kramer As visually textured as the lives of the characters presented.... “Red Island” is a masterful film.
Posted Aug 16, 2024  Edit critic review
Close to You (2023) Steve Erickson The best aspect of “Close to You” is its centering of a trans man who refuses to take other people’s b.s., even when it’s stated politely. Page’s work here embodies this much better than the film built around him.
Posted Aug 13, 2024  Edit critic review
Cuckoo (2024) Steve Erickson The pleasure of “Cuckoo” isn’t solving a mystery, just seeing where the film will take us next.
Posted Aug 12, 2024  Edit critic review
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