A striking feature about sex and intimacy among young Israelis, Hadas Ben Aroya’s All Eyes Off Me doesn’t start off on a particularly promising note. We've gotta admit, the first 10 minutes or so felt like this was going to be yet another film about disaffected twenty-somethings … [Read more...]
WOW’s Berlinale Diary #1
A whirlwind romance leads to an unexpectedly dark and destructive place in Anne Zohra Berrached’s Copilot, one of the stronger films in this year’s Panorama section. The early scenes play out like a typical (but immediately engaging) opposites attract / culture clash … [Read more...]
An Interview With the Creators of ‘Trans in Trumpland’
Later this week, Topic will premiere Trans in Trumpland, a new four-part docuseries directed by trans filmmaker Tony Zosherafatain, produced by Jamie DiNicola, and executive produced by Trace Lysette (Transparent, Hustlers), alongside trans activists and … [Read more...]
21 LGBTQI+ Films To Look Out For in 2021
Based on the book by Alexis Coe, director Jennifer Kent’s (The Babadook, The Nightingale) lesbian murder thriller Alice + Freda Forever tells the true story of two teenage girls in late 1800s Memphis whose unstable romance turns into a violently jealous obsession. If the … [Read more...]
Watch the Trailer for the New Docuseries ‘Trans in Trumpland’
On February 25, Topic will premiere Trans in Trumpland, a new four-part docu-series directed by trans filmmaker Tony Zosherafatain and executive produced by Trace Lysette (Transparent, Hustlers), alongside trans activists and influencers Major Griffin-Gracy and Chella Man. The … [Read more...]
‘Deep in Vogue’ Review – A Love Letter to Manchester’s Ballroom Scene
After a long and successful run on the festival circuit, Dennis Keighron-Foster and Amy Watson’s Deep In Vogue hits VOD today, and it’s a nice antidote to this depressing and club-free holiday season. The film, which originally premiered at BFI Flare in the UK and NewFest here in … [Read more...]
‘Ratched’ Review – An Unpleasant Origin Story Without a Heart
Last week, your girl Bianca del Rio tweeted about what 2020 feels like by comparing it to a Ryan Murphy show - the crux of the joke (with an emoji as the punchline) was that it started off ok and then quickly went to hell. This sums up Ratched, the new Netflix prequel to One Flew … [Read more...]
Fantasia Festival 2020: More Midnight Movie Madness
The virtual version of the Montreal-based Fantasia Film Festival wraps today and here’s a few more highlights from this year’s killer lineup: Come through, Satanic boomer horror! Canadian director Justin Dyck’s fabulously batshit crazy Anything For Jackson forgoes the … [Read more...]
The Best LGBTQI+ Books Coming Out in September
We’d hate to give away the reason Katharina Volckmer’s darkly hilarious debut The Appointment qualifies as a LGBTQI+ book - that’d really take all the fun out of it. From the confines of a Jewish doctor’s office in London, this quick 130-page read dives into the mind of a young … [Read more...]
Fantasia Festival 2020: Midnight Movie Madness
The Montreal-based Fantasia Film Festival, which kicked off last Thursday and concludes on September 2, was forced to go virtual this year - that didn’t stop them from pulling together … [Read more...]
