Out On Film: ‘After What Happened at the Library’ Is Far From Being a Distant History Lesson
A drag queen sits alone in her home, out of drag, in the dark during some of Syra McCarthy timely...
Out On Film: ‘Skin On Skin’ Finds a Spark In the Darkest of Places
Your sense of smell and touch heighten throughout Simon Schneckenburger's Skin on Skin, a desperately sexy and tragic short centering...
‘Boots’ Review: Becoming One of the Few and Proud While Hiding Who You Are
I can't be the only person who grew up in the '90s who vividly remembers the television commercials for the...
New ‘Hamnet’ Trailer: “Keep Your Heart Open”
One Battle After Another may be dominating the Oscar conversation right now, but Chloé Zhao's Hamnet is waiting in the...
Out On Film: ‘A Little Bit of Glitter’ Goes a Long Way
There is a shimmery quality to Siddharth Menon's A Little Bit of Glitter, a short about how our community can...
Does ‘Good Boy’ Fetch Good Reactions? [VIDEO]
This week, the two dog owners of Contending at the Water Cooler talk about what they love about Ben Leonberg's...
PC Williams On How Clothes Evolve As Battle Lines Are Drawn in ‘The Roses’
We express our identity so much with the clothes we wear. Sometimes we don't even know we are doing it,...
Out On Film: ‘Witness’ Highlights the Fight for Understanding Begins from Within
There is a shot of a copy of the Qur'an closed on a desk late in Saif Jaan and Radha...
Middleburg Film Festival Announces Additional Films & Honorees
Middleburg, VA, October 2, 2025 - The Middleburg Film Festival announced additional programming today for its 13th edition which will run...
Not Just a ‘Good Boy’ But The Bestest Boy
Some of us joke that when a beloved pet stares intensely into space that they are seeing something that our...
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