This year’s Toronto International Film Fest rich with good gay movies
The 14th annual Toronto International Film Festival I(TIFF) drew major stars, press, paparazzi and audiences to their cosmopolitan Canadian city for the first two weeks of September. TIFF has become the premiere showcase for...
LGBTQ film festivals across New England respond to COVID-19
Some cancel, some postpone, others wait and see. LGBTQ film festivals in New England are responding to social distancing requirements brought on by COVID-19 like all major gatherings across the country, and...
Providence LGBTQ Film Festival to showcase stories about identity
For 26 years, the Providence LGBTQ Film Festival has been an essential component of Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), one of New England’s largest and most prestigious festivals presenting features...
Newly released Stephen King film sequel portrays ‘painful true chapter of LGBTQ history in...
The Bangor Daily News reported this week that Maine resident Stephen King believes it was important to include an LGBTQ hate crime included in his book that inspired both a TV miniseries, a big...
Provincetown film fest selections focus on foundations of marriage-equality movement
As the landmark U.S. Supreme Count ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide reverberated, the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF), which ended the week prior to the ruling, showed prescience in showcasing a documentary about the early...
When Worlds Collide: Shot on Cape Cod, Boston Lyric Opera’s ‘Svadba’ debuts in January
Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) is known for its adventurous interpretations of both classical and contemporary opera. When the 2020 COVID shutdown demanded that performance organizations devise new...
LGBT themes light up Rhode Island Film Fest, Aug. 8–13
Nearly 20 shorts and three features make up this year’s LGBTQ sidebar of FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival, celebrating its 21st year, August 8–13 at various venues in Providence, Rhode Island.
The three features...
LGBTQ films light up screen at Boston Jewish Film Festival, Nov. 7–19
The Boston Jewish Film Festival (BJFF) reaches a major milestone this year, as it celebrates its 30th anniversary, making it one of the region’s most enduring and reliably solid film events.
Running November 7–19 at...
Gay-themed silent classic to screen with live music at Dorchester’s Strand
A rare opportunity to see a silent classic movie with a gay theme—and live piano accompaniment by Provincetown favorite Billy Hough—hits a Boston-area big screen on Thursday, Dec. 5 at the historic Strand Theatre...
Let’s go to the movies: In-person screenings and a stellar lineup mark the return...
After two years of virtual screenings due to theater closures during the pandemic, Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBT Film Festival is back—or at least partly back. The long-running and much-beloved festival will...
