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A Haunting in Venice
(2023)
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Rachel Shatto
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A Haunting in Venice proves that Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit style never goes, well, out of style.
Posted Jul 20, 2025
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Black As U R
(2022)
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Rachel Shatto
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It's a powerful piece of filmmaking that centers on the pain and beauty of Black queer life, allowing those who know firsthand the complexity of their intersectionality to tell their stories.
Posted Jul 20, 2025
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Grease
(1978)
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Jan Stuart
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The result was so peacock-bright and frenetic that it's easy to ignore the fact that as musical filmmaking, it's a washout.
Posted Jan 31, 2024
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Nothing Compares
(2022)
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Rachel Shatto
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The film ends abruptly without delving into the subsequent years for the artist... But with such a compelling subject at its heart, it's a noteworthy omission in an otherwise deeply intimate portrait.
Posted Dec 15, 2022
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Bound
(1996)
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Tristan Taormino
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Tilly slips into the role of Violet with the elegance and prowess of a woman who has worn stilettos every day of her life.
Posted Jun 07, 2022
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A Very Brady Sequel
(1996)
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Alan Frutkin
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Still steeped in '70s kitsch, this surprisingly successful comedy continues to mine the cliched characteristics of each and every one of the Bradys -- traits that even non-Brady fans have come to know through the years.
Posted Jun 07, 2022
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Basquiat
(1996)
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Michael Musto
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Despite all the loving care, there's a slight lack of power in the presentation, which is surprisingly straightforward, except for some heavy-handed attempts at lyricism.
Posted Jun 07, 2022
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All Over Me
(1996)
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Mark J. Huisman
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Despite some pacing problems, Sichel draws first-rate performances from her cast. Credit must also go to screenwriter Sylvia Sichel, Alex's sister, for creating such interesting characters.
Posted Jun 07, 2022
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Boys Life 2
(1997)
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Mark J. Huisman
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The four accomplished films of Boys Life 2 demonstrate that gay shorts have matured right alongside their full-length counterparts.
Posted Jun 07, 2022
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Nowhere
(1997)
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Bob Satuloff
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Viewers who can tune their mental dials to [Araki's] wavelength are likely to marvel at his ability to pile on the excess with hair-raising exuberance, then extract from the rubble images of startling beauty and nuggets of genuine feeling.
Posted Jun 06, 2022
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Hollow Reed
(1996)
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Bob Satuloff
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For all its fireworks, Hollow Reed keeps the viewer at an emotional distance.
Posted Jun 06, 2022
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The Delta
(1996)
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Bob Satuloff
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Nonprofessionals Gray and Chan are adequate in their roles, and Memphis makes an intriguing location. But with its sparse narrative, humorless style, and deadly pace, The Delta is more excruciating than illuminating.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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In the Company of Men
(1997)
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Bob Satuloff
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Some viewers may be appalled by its heartlessness, but others will find it a cinematic acid bath that lays bare the awful truth.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Fire
(1996)
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Guinevere Turner
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Funny, poignant, and sensual, Fire is a beautiful, painful experience.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
(1996)
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Geoff Gordon
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Unfortunately, what works for the Kids on TV doesn't work as well in their first feature film.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Diabolique
(1996)
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Fred Goss
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[An] unconvincing, uninvolving rehash.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Listen
(1996)
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Guinevere Turner
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Listen serves up all the homophobia of Basic Instinct with none of the wit, leaving you embarrassed for everyone involved.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Love and Other Catastrophes
(1996)
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Guinevere Turner
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Love and Other Catastrophes exudes talent. It's gorgeously shot, carefully directed, thoughtfully written, and loaded with complex and convincing performances.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Licensed to Kill
(1997)
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Mark J. Huisman
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[Director Arthur Dong's] simple focus on our killers gives the film undeniable power.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
(1989)
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Guinevere Turner
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Oranges is a classic film, true to the poetry of the book it is based on -- and not to be missed.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Born in Flames
(1983)
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Guinevere Turner
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That's why Born in Flames is inspiring: A film from the past that takes place in the future, it speaks volumes about the present.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Rough Magic
(1995)
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Bob Satuloff
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[It] aspires to be It Happened One Night-meets- Carlos Castaneda. Thanks to the stylish writing and direction, exotic locations, gorgeous visuals, the spirited work of Bridget Fonda as a gifted magician, and Russell Crowe as her romantic foil, it is.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Star Maps
(1997)
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Bob Satuloff
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Written and directed by Miguel Arteta, the film is well-shot, colorfully acted, and thoroughly entertaining.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Alive and Kicking
(1996)
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Bob Satuloff
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A celebration of gay spirit and strength, the film approaches its subject with narrative sophistication, wit, energy, and clear-eyed humanism.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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AKA
(2002)
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Dave White
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Ambitious but messy.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Borstal Boy
(2000)
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Jan Stuart
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The result is as entertaining and manipulative as such a formula might promise, helped immeasurably by engaging performances from the two male leads.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Storytelling
(2001)
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Jan Stuart
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[A] ribald and welcome work of social commentary.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Drift
(2001)
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Michael Giltz
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Instead of clever spins on the possibility of love, the three roads that Drift explores seem like random variations, none of them more likely or more interesting than the next.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Igby Goes Down
(2002)
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Jan Stuart
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Igby Goes Down exudes more pain than any screwball comedy should be asked to.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Gattaca
(1997)
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Jan Stuart
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You have to admire Niccol's humanizing agenda in movie terrain usually crowded with numbing technology and digital stereo explosions. But jeez, what a downer.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Lilies
(1996)
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Jan Stuart
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When a high-concept soap opera works overtime to be high art, you get something like Lilies.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Never Met Picasso
(1996)
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Bob Satuloff
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Sharply written and directed, Never Met Picasso boasts a handsome production and smart performances by Arquette, Kidder, McKellar, and theater legend Alvin Epstein.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Slaves to the Underground
(1997)
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Cathay Che
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Despite its setting in the Seattle music scene and its righteous send-ups of riot-grrrl civil disobedience, Slaves feels forced and contrived from start to finish.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Mrs. Dalloway
(1997)
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Jan Stuart
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It's a complicated strategy -- the film manages to jump three time frames and locales before the end of the opening credits -- but it works.
Posted Jun 01, 2022
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Swimming Pool
(2003)
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Stephen Rebello
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Swimming Pool is a perfectly good summer movie -- but here's hoping for something even bolder and more decisive from Ozon next time.
Posted May 27, 2022
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Tying the Knot
(2004)
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Dave White
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Traditional in form, peppered with commentary from academics, lawmakers, and religious conservatives, Knot makes up in sincerity what it lacks in style.
Posted May 27, 2022
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Bear Cub
(2004)
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Stephen Rebello
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Whenever anything truly smart or sexy intervenes... it feels like an interruption in the bland predictability of something on NBC Thursday nights.
Posted May 27, 2022
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Yes Nurse! No Nurse!
(2002)
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Stephen Rebello
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An amiable, gumdrop- colored, frenetically campy -- if ultimately exhausting -- musical fantasy.
Posted May 27, 2022
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Callas Forever
(2002)
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Stephen Rebello
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Callas deserves, at the very least, a film the equal of Amadeus. This isn't it.
Posted May 27, 2022
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Girl Play
(2004)
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Anne Stockwell
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It's especially satisfying to report that Girl Play is charming -- and that its creators mesh so well as a team.
Posted May 27, 2022
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The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
(2005)
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Anne Stockwell
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It's a rich entertainment comprising Busch's on-camera comments; interviews with friends, family, and collaborators; and hilarious footage both old and new.
Posted May 27, 2022
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Duck Season
(2004)
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Lawrence Ferber
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There's a winning truth to this portrayal of emerging adolescent queemess -- as a confusing, awkward, yet compelling urge that's nonetheless easily set aside when a cool video game or fresh pizza is around.
Posted May 27, 2022
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Mr. Wrong
(1996)
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Anne Stockwell
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It's all very competent. But there's DeGeneres at the center of things, guarded and self-effacing and determined not to let us in.
Posted May 27, 2022
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The Killing of Sister George
(1968)
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Barbara Grier
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The Killing of Sister George... has almost as much relationship to the life of the ordinary Lesbian, as Donald Duck has to the ordinary man.
Posted May 24, 2022
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Mama Bears
(2022)
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Rachel Shatto
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It’s a powerful film, full of humanity and heart, but sadly many of the people who need to see it most won’t. Those who do are in for a powerful and beautiful experience.
Posted May 24, 2022
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Still Working 9 to 5
(2022)
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Rachel Shatto
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Seeing an exploitative boss trussed up and paying for his crimes through corporal punishment is a timelessly cathartic image. The only thing better may be listening to Tomlin, Parton, and Fonda reminisce about its creation.
Posted May 24, 2022
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About Adam
(2000)
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Howard Feinstein
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Writer-director Gerard Stembridge, who acknowledges Robert Altman's Short Cuts as his inspiration, adroitly shifts back and forth among the four and their very different perceptions of Adam.
Posted May 24, 2022
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Guys and Balls
(2004)
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Alonso Duralde
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Guys and Balls is so insanely predictable -- and its gay sensibility is such a throwback to at least 20 years ago -- that it's mostly a cringe-worthy experience. I call foul.
Posted May 24, 2022
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Lady Vengeance
(2005)
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Howard Feinstein
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Lady Vengeance is an electrifying South Korean thriller with a strong female protagonist, a bold color palette, and a healthy dose of dark humor.
Posted May 24, 2022
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The Closet
(2001)
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Howard Feinstein
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This witty film courageously takes on the corporate world in all its greed and prejudice. And wins.
Posted May 24, 2022
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