Cannes 2026: ‘Flesh and Fuel,’ Pierre Le Gall’s Strangely Sweet Gay Trucker Film
Pierre Le Gall’s entrancing, strangely sweet debut feature Flesh and Fuel centers on Etienne (Alexis Manenti) a lonely gay, French truck driver who, during ...
Pierre Le Gall’s entrancing, strangely sweet debut feature Flesh and Fuel centers on Etienne (Alexis Manenti) a lonely gay, French truck driver who, during ...
Blue Film, a bold and provocative queer-themed indie by first-time writer-director Elliot Tuttle boasts two beguiling performances by Kieron Moore ...
Daniel Nolasco’s second feature, Only Good Things (Apenas Coisas Boas) is a mindfuck of a tricky flick. Set in Catalão, ...
BOOTS is Netflix’s new gay-themed dramedy, inspired by Greg Cope White’s memoir The Pink Marine, that dives head-on into the ...
For theatre aficionados, Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon is a rich cornucopia of backstage gossip and Easter egg name dropping galore—including ...
This year’s NYFF offers a plethora of queer stories plunging into areas of LGBTQ life that aren’t often explored, certainly ...
Photographer Peter Hujar was one of many gifted artists this world lost to AIDS. He died in 1987 at the ...
“I thought I was doing everything right. Love them. Treat them well. Make them laugh. But somehow they all left. ...
Paolo Strippoli’s dark, disquieting new film, La valle dei sorrisi, has been given the English title, The Holy Boy. The ...
Ivona’ Juka’s second narrative feature, Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day is set amidst the turbulent backdrop of 1950’s communist Yugoslavia when ...
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