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Wicked: For Good (2025) Pat Mullen If the first Wicked offered an exercise in holding space, then Wicked: For Good serves a lesson in claiming space.
Posted Nov 21, 2025  Edit critic review
Spark (2024) Pat Mullen Germaine and their co-stars deliver rich, fully lived-in performances by doing away with the exposition, coming out narratives, and affirmation stories that too frequently define queer characters.
Posted May 14, 2025  Edit critic review
The Wedding Banquet (2025) Rendy Jones Ahn’s Wedding Banquet is a cozy update made for the queer masses.
Posted Apr 17, 2025  Edit critic review
Really Happy Someday (2024) Pat Mullen Really Happy Someday offers a striking metaphor for what it means to find one’s voice anew.
Posted Sep 22, 2024  Edit critic review
The Queen of My Dreams (2023) Tariq Ra'ouf "Filled with heart, and gives us hope for what the future of storytelling looks like."
Posted Jul 09, 2024  Edit critic review
Monster (2023) Rendy Jones Kore-eda’s Monster is an astonishing, intimate tale; its dense plotting and subtle foreshadowing keep you in suspense until the shattering finale. It’s a profoundly poetic tale and one of the year’s best dramas.
Posted Nov 25, 2023  Edit critic review
Dicks: The Musical (2023) Barry Levitt Dicks: The Musical is the perfect crowd-pleasing movie for people who hate crowd-pleasing movies.
Posted Oct 25, 2023  Edit critic review
Soft (2022) Pat Mullen [As] the kids learn what it means to take ownership of a label that’s been used to beat them down, one could hardly expect to see a more empowering portrait of queerness.
Posted Oct 10, 2023  Edit critic review
Something You Said Last Night (2022) Pat Mullen It’s a portrait of sisterhood and family ties in which audiences, from any background, can probably see their own relationships reflected on screen.
Posted Oct 10, 2023  Edit critic review
Nimona (2023) Pat Mullen Nimona is set to be one of the great films of 2023 for queer representation and positivity. It’s refreshing to see a film that’s more concerned with getting it right than getting it done first.
Posted Oct 10, 2023  Edit critic review
Solo (2023) Pat Mullen While Solo situates Simon’s growth within a clearly defined chosen family, the film ultimately hinges on Pellerin’s performance. It’s a lively star-is-born turn in which one sees an actor fully come into his own.
Posted Oct 10, 2023  Edit critic review
You Can Live Forever (2022) Sara Clements You Can Live Forever is a powerful story of young love, religion and queerness. Emotionally stirring as it follows two teens experiencing all the longing, anxiety and joy of first love, but under the stifling grip of blind faith.
Posted May 20, 2023  Edit critic review
Moonage Daydream (2022) Rendy Jones A once-in-a-lifetime cinematic musical odyssey, unlike anything I’ve seen before.
Posted Feb 14, 2023  Edit critic review
Little Richard: I Am Everything (2023) Rendy Jones Cortés’s craftsmanship and Little Richard’s fascinating ability as a storyteller elevate the film as a mighty, affirming declaration that the culture of rock ’n’ roll would not be where it is today without him.
Posted Feb 14, 2023  Edit critic review
Please Baby Please (2022) Sara Clements The film is an engrossing tale of self-discovery that applauds the evolving nature of human beings—the title, Please Baby Please, acting as both a request for pleasure and a cry for freedom.
Posted Aug 24, 2022  Edit critic review
Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022) Sara Clements Huesera is a brilliant horror film that tears apart the expectations of domesticity and motherhood, ripping the traditional definition of “settling down” out of the dictionary and swallowing it whole.
Posted Aug 20, 2022  Edit critic review
Benedetta (2021) Sara Clements An absurdist story like this writes itself, but it takes a skilled writing team like Verhoeven and Elle writer David Birke to run with its kitsch and camp aesthetics to create a scathing critique of the Catholic Church.
Posted Dec 04, 2021  Edit critic review
Boys State (2020) Tre'vell Anderson This film is at once an accurately enraging revelation that makes me fearful for the future of our democracy, and an inspiringly galvanizing effort that unearths the glimmers of hope to which we can cling.
Posted Feb 10, 2020  Edit critic review
Bad Hair (2020) Tre'vell Anderson The horror-comedy from the creator of Dear White People, however, doesn't quite stick its landing.
Posted Feb 10, 2020  Edit critic review
Disclosure (2020) Tre'vell Anderson It's necessary viewing, for trans and cis folk alike-and not just because I'm in it, too!
Posted Feb 10, 2020  Edit critic review
Miss Juneteenth (2020) Tre'vell Anderson Nicole Beharie is a revelation, breathing a life and passion into Godfrey Peoples' history-rich script.
Posted Feb 10, 2020  Edit critic review
Crip Camp (2020) Tre'vell Anderson It's a powerful, moving tribute on the 30th anniversary of the Act that captures the enduring spirit of people who won in spite of the odds against them.
Posted Feb 10, 2020  Edit critic review
Save Yourselves! (2020) Tre'vell Anderson An intriguing sci-fi comedy led by the engaging performances of John Reynolds and Sunita Mani.
Posted Feb 10, 2020  Edit critic review
Zola (2020) Tre'vell Anderson With this film, slated for theatrical release this summer, [director Janizca] Bravo cements her reputation as a filmmaker to watch.
Posted Feb 10, 2020  Edit critic review
The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020) Tre'vell Anderson As an actress, [Radha] Blank jumps off the screen with relatability, and her chemistry with co-star Oswin Benjamin is palpable.
Posted Feb 10, 2020  Edit critic review
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