Tag: film

Our list of nine feature-length LGBTQ sports documentaries that provide behind-the-scenes glimpses of heroism and homophobia in athletics was such a hit, we’re following up with a look at feature-length narrative LGBTQ sports films. These movies examine queerness and sports through historic and fictional lenses. We only chose films where sports play a major role and LGBTQ issues are shown explicitly, leaving out films like “Beautiful Thing” and “A League of Their Own” where sports plays a background role and...

Earlier this month, award-winning documentary filmmakers Jac Nunns and Angie West launched their LGBTQ-only streaming service for short films, dedicated to entertain and educate viewers on the richness of queer culture. Queer Bee’s aim is to showcase LGBTQ stories that would otherwise go underrepresented. Yes, we’ve been treated to Oscar nominated dramas over the past decade such as Call Me By Your Name, Moonlight and Carol, but there’s still a significant lack of mainstream movies that represent the entire community. “QueerBee...

Directed by Tom Hooper – who also helmed Oscar winning musical drama Les Misérables – Cats follows a tribe of felines called the Jellicles who must decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a new life. The film features an ensemble cast, including stars such as: Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden, Rebel Wilson, Jason Derulo, Ray Winstone, Idris Elba, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Robert Fairchild and Laurie Davidson. The sensational first trailer for the...

Harry Styles is in early negotiations to star as Prince Eric in Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid. The former One Direction star is currently a favourite to take on the role and is in discussions with the studio. If cast, Harry will star alongside Halle Berry, who will portray Ariel, and Melissa McCarthy, who is rumoured to step into Ursula’s shoes. Jacob Tremblay (Room, Wonder) and Awkwafina (Ocean’s 8, Crazy Rich Asians) will also have roles in the...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of documents relating to hush-money payments by Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen to two women who said they had sexual encounters years ago with the U.S. president, declaring the matter of “national importance.” U.S. District Judge William Pauley in Manhattan ordered that the documents, used by federal prosecutors to obtain a search warrant for Cohen’s home and office last year, must be unsealed by 11...

Scarlett Johansson has clarified her recent controversial comments about casting in the movie industry. Last week, the actress – who has played Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2010 – spoke about political correctness with As If following her casting in Rub & Tug, in which she was set to portray a transgender man. She also received backlash for her role in the film adaptation of Japanese anime series, Ghost in the Shell, which fans argued should’ve gone to...

Just ahead of its UK release, GSN has shared a steamy clip from the LGBTQ horror film Kinfe+Heart. The film is also already available to rent via Amazon Prime. According to the movie’s description, here’s what you’re in for: In one scene early on in the film, a trio of male actors dance and kiss for the cameras. We’ll have to assume the masked madman hasn’t yet shown his concealed face: Knife+Heart is directed by auteur Yann Gonzalez. Félix Maritaud is part of the cast,...

Andrew Lipovsky/NBCWe adore Melissa McCarthy as much as the next gay, but the news that she’s circling the part of Ursula in Disney’s upcoming live-action Little Mermaid makes us feel like “Poor Unfortunate Souls” since we live in a world where Lizzo exists. After McCarthy’s potential involvement made headlines, the “Juice” singer-slash-rapper-slash-flautist retweeted a video from when she started campaigning for the role — fully dressed in character — way back in November. “I’M URSULA. PERIOD,” she wrote at the...

Viola Davis will bring her Oscar-winning acting chops to a film adaptation of the August Wilson play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, dramatizing a moment in the life of the queer blues singer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming Netflix film follows Rainey “as she makes a record in a studio in 1920s Chicago, where tensions boil over between her, her white agent and producer and the bandmates.” Actor and playwright Ruben Santiago-Hudson, who previously directed an Off-Broadway production of the...

When it comes to music biopics, director Dexter Fletcher already has a few successful ones under his belt. In addition to Rocketman, which chronicles the life of gay pop-rock legend Elton John, he also took over directing responsibilities after Bryan Singer was fired from last year’s Bohemian Rhapsody, which told the story of Freddie Mercury of Queen. When asked by Gay Star News recently if he would consider directing a third music biopic, possibly about a female rocker like, say, Cher or, better yet, Madonna, Fletcher was totally on...

After seeing the crazy success of Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, MGM has announced it’s jumping on the musical biopic bandwagon. Deadline reports that the studio is developing a movie about Culture Club frontman Boy George. Since bursting onto the music scene in the 1980s, Boy George has sold over 100 million singles and 50 million albums. He has also written two bestselling autobiographies. Sacha Gervasi, who directed the 2012 Alfred Hitchcock biopic Hitchcock, is slotted to write and direct the film, with George serving...

Filmmaker Xavier Dolan is over people labeling his work “gay” just because he identifies as gay and his films often portray LGBTQ characters. During a press conference for his new film Mathias & Maxime, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this week, the 30-year-old said he objects to people labeling the project a “gay film.” “This film is not ‘gay,’” he said. “It’s life.” Dolan continued: “We never talk about heterosexual films. ‘Oh, I saw this great heterosexual love story!’ For me, it’s...

Ka Bodyscapes has been making the rounds at film festivals in Italy, the US, and the UK. But one place it hasn’t been shown is India, which is a little odd, considering that’s where the film is set. Writer/director Jayan Cherian tells The Hindu that his film “deals with the struggles of Kerala’s youth to find a space for themselves and for individual freedom.” It tells the love story between two men, a painter named Haris and sportsman Vishnu who...

Deadpool 2 is officially coming out this weekend and reviews of the film are now dropping. One of the talking points about the film is the inclusion of LGTBQ superheroes. Not only do we have the bisexual character Shatterstar in the film, but it seems we also have a lesbian couple as well. The first Deadpool film introduced us to teenage X-man Negasonic Teenage Warhead (played by Brianna Hildebrand). Now, this sequel is introducing us to her girlfriend. Early in the...