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Cinematic Views and Reviews for Gay and Gay-Friendly Movie Fans
2024-03-08 12:00
Illustration by Olly Gibbs, ollygibbs.comHollywood’s biggest night this year will be this Sunday, March 10th, when
the 96th annual Academy Awards are scheduled to be bestowed upon the… Read More
2024-02-26 16:30
ALL OF US STRANGERS Film of the Year, LGBTQ Film of the Year and LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year: Andrew HaighBARBIEDirector of the Year: Greta Gerwig and Film Music of the YearKILLERS OF… Read More
2024-02-09 15:58
Out actor Guillermo Diaz will be commanding movie screens this month as the star of You Can’t Stay Here. Directed by longtime, underground filmmaker Todd Verow (Frisk, Tumbledown, Good… Read More
2024-02-07 15:17
The LGBTQ+ mecca that is Fire Island, located off the coast of New York's Long Island, has served as the setting of numerous movies (Longtime Companion, the aptly-titled Fire Island), plays… Read More
2024-02-06 16:04
With a leading nine nominations, Andrew Haigh's All of Us Strangers dominated the just announced nominations for the 15th Annual Dorian Film Awards. In addition to Film of the Year and LGBT… Read More
2024-01-30 16:21
The winners of the 2nd Annual Golden Scythe Horror Awards, whose voters included our own Chris Carpenter, were recently announced. Ari Aster’s Beau is Afraid earned the most awar… Read More
2024-01-02 18:18
Last year presented unusual challenges for Hollywood and the global film industry. Strikes by both writers and actors halted production for months and delayed the release of some movies. New… Read More
2023-12-18 15:52
Suppose you suddenly feel inspired to visit your childhood home, as we sometimes do as adults. Once there, you greet your loving parents and hang out with them a while. There’s just on… Read More
2023-12-12 16:52
Plenty of people travel to visit family and friends during this festive time of year. While I don't anticipate getting on a plane, I've recently been able to travel around the world thanks… Read More
2023-11-20 12:00
The world is one big hot mess right now. Wars, pandemics, government dysfunction, natural disasters and increased animosity toward the LGBTQ+ community are taking a toll. We could use a hero… Read More
2023-10-11 14:47
October brings not only Fall décor, cooler temperatures, and tricks (ahem) as well as treats to Southern California but also two major Southern California film festivals. Tales repres… Read More
2023-09-24 11:00
It's probably needless to say, but Steven Spielberg's breakout, 1975 movie Jaws became the template of the modern movie blockbuster. Adapted from Peter Benchley's novel about a massive Grea… Read More
2023-09-08 11:00
Many of us have been captivated this past month by season 2 of Heartstopper, the acclaimed Netflix series about a group of nice, largely well-behaved LGBTQ teens. Well, get ready for Bottoms… Read More
2023-09-01 11:00
Summer may be winding down but it will hardly mark the end of big LGBTQ events. FilmOut San Diego’s 23rd Annual LGBTQ Film Festival is just around the corner. It will take place from S… Read More
2023-06-27 14:37
BEST TV DRAMA:
⭐ Succession
BEST TV COMEDY:
⭐ Abbott Elementary
BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW:
⭐ The Other Two
BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES:
⭐ Fire Island
BEST UNSUNG SHOW:… Read More
2023-06-23 14:05
Coming of age as a gay teenager and young adult during the 1980's was downright terrifying. Not only was society less accepting of LGBTQ+ people, the life-threatening specter of AIDS hovere… Read More
2023-06-16 11:00
Many of us are conditioned to believe that size and/or length matters when it comes to certain things. But when it comes to short films, five minutes of celluloid or digital storytelling can… Read More
2023-06-15 15:57
With 32 nods, more than double any other network/service this year, HBO dominated the just announced Dorian TV Award nominations, presented by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Crit… Read More
2023-06-03 02:16
It was a very brief NYC theater awards season for Reverend and the other charter members of our new GALECA Dorian Awards Theater Wing, but we did it! We announced our formation in April of t… Read More
2023-05-12 11:00
What would you do if you were gay, a global pandemic was raging, and you were freaking out over the future of humanity? Well, you probably don’t have to think too hard since that was o… Read More
2023-04-03 15:41
Sports and gay-themed movies have rarely gone hand in hand. This seems especially true when it comes to boxing. That’s about to change, though, with the release of Punch. Currently pla… Read More
2023-03-10 15:38
Borrowing a page from Siskel and Ebert from back in the day, we here at Movie Dearest are once again presenting our own version of "If We Picked the Oscars"! These aren't predictions, but w… Read More
2023-03-03 15:51
Released way back in 1997 (when Reverend was a hot young Roman Catholic priest, lol), Disney's animated feature Hercules followed a string of more serious tales from the newly-resurgent stud… Read More
2023-03-03 15:28
For the 18th year, ShortsTV presents this year's Academy Award nominated animated, live action and documentary short films where they should be seen, at a theater near you (watch the trailer… Read More
2023-02-24 18:17
And the 2022 Dorian Film Awards Go To...Everything Everywhere All At Once Film of the YearDirector of the Year: Daniel Kwan & Daniel ScheinertScreenplay of the Year: Daniel Kwan &am&hell…Read More
2023-02-20 12:00
For the 18th year, ShortsTV presents this year's Academy Award nominated animated, live action and documentary short films where they should be seen, at a theater near you (watch the trailer… Read More
2023-02-13 12:00
For the 18th year, ShortsTV presents this year's Academy Award nominated animated, live action and documentary short films where they should be seen, at a theater near you, beginning Februar… Read More
2023-02-02 12:00
Out director Goran Stolevski might not be a household name yet, but just give him a little more time. The 37-year old filmmaker made a big splash internationally last year with his first fea… Read More
2023-01-14 19:08
The wacky mind-bender Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the nominations for the 14th annual Dorian Film Awards, honoring the best cinematic achievements of 2022 as chosen by GALECA, Th… Read More
2023-01-05 12:00
The new year is bringing an intriguing new LGBTQ film to Southern California that is stirring up controversy, even though it hasn’t even been released theatrically or on streaming.1946… Read More
2023-01-02 20:36
Here at the beginning of 2023, let’s review what this critic considered the greatest and least cinematic offerings of 2022.It could be positively considered “the year of the woma… Read More
2022-11-28 12:00
Ah, the sights and sounds of the holiday season are upon us: Christmas trees, eggnog, traditional carols, Santa Claus, terminal illness. Wait, terminal illness? Yes, it strikes me that many… Read More
2022-10-10 11:00
If you’ve visited Chicago any time during the last 40 years, you may have put in an appearance at the city’s premiere gay bar, Sidetrack. I stopped by each summer between 1999 an… Read More
2022-09-14 14:14
Who would have thought that the first Marvel Cinematic Hero to make it to a fourth solo flick would be Thor? The hunky hammer-wielder has evolved (devolved?) from a bleached-eyebrowed him… Read More
2022-09-07 11:00
San Diego and Long Beach aren’t exactly sister cities, since they are separated geographically by 110 miles, but their LGBTQ communities may grow closer this September 8th-11th via the… Read More
2022-08-18 15:24
And the winners of this year's Dorian TV Awards are... BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOWSquid Game (Netflix)BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES:The White Lotus (HBO) BEST TV DRAMAYe… Read More
2022-08-09 00:37
The Toy Story spin-off Lightyear bills itself as "Andy's favorite movie" from 1995 (the year the original Toy Story came out), although, let's be real here, no big budget Hollywood wannabe-b… Read More
2022-07-14 11:00
40 years ago, during the summer of 1982, I was between my freshman and sophomore years of high school. Ronald Reagan was president (ugh) and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial became the biggest mov… Read More
2022-07-14 00:55
The whole 'upstairs/downstairs' crew of Downton Abbey have returned for A New Era... of withering snobbery, apparently. When last we reveled in the period ecstasy of The Crawleys and Co… Read More
2022-06-26 00:41
With a combined tally of 37, HBO and its streaming brand HBO Max lead in the recently announced nominations for the 14th Dorian TV Awards. Presented by GALECA, the Society of LGBTQ Entertain… Read More
2022-06-19 11:00
Happy Pride, my dear online congregants! I've been amusing myself these past couple of weeks thinking about what early-19th century novelist Jane Austen might think of Fire Island (now stre… Read More
2022-06-04 22:12
Way back in 1999, LGBTQ audiences around the world were introduced to Stuart, Vince and Nathan, three young gay men in Manchester, England. The British TV series featuring this charismatic t… Read More
2022-05-22 20:00
Broadway is back in full swing, and Reverend was delighted to attend several of this season's most ballyhooed productions the weekend before Tony Award nominations were announced on May 9th… Read More
2022-05-10 16:05
Good communication is key to the success of any long-term relationship – gay, straight or otherwise. Without honesty and openness, there is little chance for growth. Don’t just t… Read More
2022-04-06 11:00
There have been many media portrayals of pirates during the last century. Some have been fearsome, some not so much. From big-screen Errol Flynn classics like Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk… Read More
2022-03-24 11:00
Borrowing a page from Siskel and Ebert from back in the day, we here at Movie Dearest are once again presenting our own version of "If We Picked the Oscars"! These aren't predictions, but wh… Read More
2022-03-22 11:00
For the 17th year, ShortsTV presents this year's Academy Award nominated animated, live action and documentary short films at a theater near you (watch the trailer here). In the last of thr… Read More
2022-03-18 15:26
And the 2021 Dorian Film Awards Go To...THE POWER OF THE DOGBest FilmBest Director: Jane CampionBest Screenplay: Jane Campion FLEEBest LGBT Film Best DocumentaryBest LGBT DocumentaryBes… Read More
2022-03-15 21:56
For the 17th year, ShortsTV presents this year's Academy Award nominated animated, live action and documentary short films at a theater near you (watch the trailer here). These special prog… Read More
2022-03-09 03:12
For the 17th year, ShortsTV presents this year's Academy Award nominated animated, live action and documentary short films at a theater near you (watch the trailer here). These special prog… Read More
2022-03-05 20:33
Many have never heard his name but our community owes a debt to artist J.C. Leyendecker. Born in 1874, Joseph Christian Leyendecker was a German-American illustrator considered one of the pr… Read More
2022-02-27 12:00
Better late than never... Movie Dearest's ten favorite films of the past year.1. West Side Story: Stephen Spielberg achieved that rarest of feats, remaking a classic that both honors the ori… Read More
2022-02-24 17:20
From New York to Norway, Montana to Hiroshima, the nominations for the 13th Annual Dorian Awards span the globe, honoring the best films of 2021.The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion's lyrical… Read More
2022-01-03 12:00
Movie going returned to some degree of normalcy last year after coming to a COVID-related halt for most of 2020. However, confusion often reigned supreme. Has my favorite theater re-opened?… Read More
2021-12-02 12:00
The Hallmark Channel, Lifetime and other networks are awash in holiday-themed movies this month, pretty much running them 24/7. Too many of them share boringly similar storylines with nary… Read More
2021-11-11 15:19
Leave it to Marvel to take a group of obscure comic book characters and build a whole big budget sub-franchise around them. But what worked for the Guardians of the Galaxy does not for Ete… Read More
2021-11-06 11:00
With proof of COVID-19 vaccination and photo ID in hand, Reverend recently made his first trip back to NYC and Broadway since December 2019. Ah, how I longed for those carefree days when one… Read More
2021-10-14 11:00
We might all have cooler temperatures, pumpkin lattes and Halloween celebrations on our mind, but there are still major film festivals happening in Southern California this autumn. And there… Read More
2021-09-27 11:00
I expect I’ll always remember Cloris Leachman best as Frau Blucher, the sinister yet hilariously lascivious castlekeeper in Mel Brooks’ classic Young Frankenstein. Others will fo… Read More
2021-09-07 11:00
The LGBTQ Film Festival known as FilmOut San Diego celebrate its 21st anniversary this year from September 9th–12th. 47 movies will be screened during the mostly in-person, four-day f… Read More
2021-08-30 11:00
Disney+'s wickedly wacky WandaVision leads this year's Dorian TV Awards with three wins, including two for Kathryn Hahn as the Marvel mini-series' over-the-top antagonist Agatha Harkne… Read More
2021-08-24 00:08
In the constantly rebooting morass that is DC Comics' attempts at their own "cinematic universe", James Gunn's The Suicide Squad falls right in step with its predecessors, this despite its c… Read More
2021-07-21 11:00
Growing up as an LGBTQ teenager is not without its traumatic moments. Most of us weather them but, sadly, some have endured so much bullying that suicide is the only option they can see to… Read More
2021-07-12 01:03
After a much too long (in more ways than one) journey to her own solo adventure, the first lady of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Natasha Romanoff, is finally front and center in Black Wid… Read More
2021-07-06 11:00
Another Pride month has come and gone. Thankfully, this was a more in-person celebratory Pride than last year's Pandemic Pride nightmare. It also allowed for some of the LGBTQ and other fi… Read More
2021-06-22 11:00
Take Pixar's tried and true (and maybe a little tired) buddy movie formula, add a dash of The Little Mermaid's interspecies envy along with a heaping helping of Italian "that's-a spicy mea… Read More
2021-06-22 00:45
Before Hamilton catapulted him into the zeitgeist, Lin-Manuel Miranda was the Broadway wunderkind behind In the Heights, his 2008 Tony Award winning musical about those who live and love i… Read More
2021-06-19 15:03
With six nominations, the final season of FX's Pose sashays into the lead at the 2nd Annual Dorian TV Awards, presented by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics. The Marvel Cine… Read More
2021-06-07 11:00
Steven Spielberg, Chloe Zhao, Kelly Reichardt and Martin Scorsese. These are four of my picks of the top five filmmakers living and working today. The fifth is writer-director Eytan Fox… Read More
2021-05-31 11:00
As the titular Disney villainess of Cruella, Emma Stone never lights up a cigarette (so as not to send the kiddy-darlings into nicotine fits, right?) yet she does face off against Emma Thomp… Read More
2021-05-21 11:00
When I was coming of gay age back in the 1980's, there were two prominent gay-themed movies I was obsessed with seeing: Making Love and Querelle. Unfortunately, both films were rated R and… Read More
2021-05-19 11:00
If you are in need of a Kool-Aid colored splash of escapist nonsense (and who doesn't these days?) then Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar is just the frothy flick for you. From the insane… Read More
2021-05-17 11:00
I wouldn't say we are living in the most enlightened of ages, but we are making progress in at least one way. People with physical disabilities, long excluded from leading roles in the ente… Read More
2021-04-23 11:00
Borrowing a page from Siskel and Ebert from back in the day, we here at Movie Dearest are once again presenting our own version of "If We Picked the Oscars"! These aren't predictions, but wh… Read More
2021-04-19 11:00
NOMADLANDBest FilmBest Director: Chloé ZhaoMost Visually Striking FilmPROMISING YOUNG WOMANBest Film Performance - Actress: Carey MulliganBest Screenplay: Emerald Fennell MA RAIN… Read More
2021-04-16 11:00
For the 16th year, ShortsTV presents this year's Academy Award nominated animated, live action and documentary short films now playing in select theaters as well as digitally (watch the trai… Read More
2021-04-12 23:46
From Disney to Roberto Benigni, Shrek to pornography ("It's not his nose that grows"), Carlo Collodi's no-strings marionette Pinocchio has made his fair share of film appearances. But non… Read More
2021-04-09 14:50
For the 16th year, ShortsTV presents this year's Academy Award nominated animated, live action and documentary short films, now playing in select theaters as well as digitally (watch the tra… Read More
2021-04-07 11:00
Plenty of artists have been the subjects of movies over the years. Vincent van Gogh, Michelangelo, Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock, Caravaggio, Diane Arbus and Jean-Michel Basquiat are but a w… Read More
2021-04-02 11:00
For the 16th year, ShortsTV presents this year's Academy Award nominated animated, live action and documentary short films in select theaters and digital platforms starting today (watch the… Read More
2021-03-20 14:31
As a hidden dragon freed by a crouching tiger of a heroine to help save their ancient land from a scary (and strikingly topical) plague in Disney's latest animated ethno-epic Raya and the… Read More
2021-03-05 16:11
Readers of a certain age, like me, will surely remember the delightful Schoolhouse Rocks cartoons. One of their more memorable toons/songs was "Three is a Magic Number." It was actually th… Read More
2021-03-03 21:04
It is striking how mesmerizing Andra Day's transformation into the iconic Billie Holiday is compared to the rest of Lee Daniels' The United States vs Billie Holiday. While Day (in basical… Read More
2021-02-12 16:11
MinariGALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has announced the nominations for their 12th Annual Dorian Awards, honoring the best in film for 2020 (plus the first two months of 2… Read More
2021-02-03 19:45
I've been recommending the movie Supernova to friends for the last couple months now. When I first mentioned it, virtually all of them have thought of the lame 2000 sci-fi/horror flick that… Read More
2021-01-30 12:00
No doubt about it, 2020 was a long, trying, heartbreaking, infuriating, bewildering year. Yet amid all the social, political and cultural turmoil, I found comfort in "escaping to the movies"… Read More
2021-01-26 01:40
The most recent screen versions of the oft-adapted literary classics The Personal History of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens and Emma by Jane Austen have much in common, and not just… Read More
2021-01-11 03:15
The Trial of the Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin's dramatization of the infamous court case from the late 60s, is even more timelier than ever following the appalling acts of domestic terrorism se… Read More
2021-01-11 03:09
I'm Thinking of Ending Things is perhaps the most "Charlie Kaufman" of all Charlie Kaufman films. Where else would you find an agonizingly long, snow-swept road trip peppered with interna… Read More
2021-01-04 12:00
At the risk of sounding redundant, 2020 was a terrible year. Too many people got sick and died, theaters and other businesses closed and many jobs were lost. Movie studio revenues plummete… Read More
2021-01-04 03:49
Justin Simien (of Dear White People fame) must have the goods on Vanessa Williams (in low-gear Wilhelmina Slater mode) and the rest of his oddly star-studded cast in his horror-comedy Bad… Read More
2021-01-04 03:22
Director Heidi Ewing's Spanish-language romance I Carry You with Me suffers a bit from an odd final act switch from narrative drama to immigrant rights documentary. Regardless, it ultimat… Read More
2020-12-29 04:18
Ace animator Glen Keane's feature film directorial debut Over the Moon looks and sounds great (expect the heroine's "I want" song "Rocket to the Moon" to be an Oscar contender). Yet, despit… Read More
2020-12-15 05:10
Two misfits seeking their fortune in the Oregon Territory stumble upon a money-making scheme involving absconded milk from the area's premiere bovine in First Cow. Director Kelly Reichardt g… Read More
2020-12-15 05:06
Who knew that in the same year we got Butt Boy, an oddity about a (straight) guy obsessed with sticking random objects in his ass, we also get Swallow, a low-key thriller about a young woman… Read More
2020-12-15 05:04
On the outset, The Mole Agent (Chile's official Oscar submission for International Film as well as a Documentary Feature contender) is a quirky, octogenarian spy caper set in a nursing home… Read More
2020-12-11 15:44
This perfectly horrible year is slithering to a close, thank God! Of course, the question on most children's minds this month is "Have you been naughty or nice?" We can ask the same questi… Read More
2020-12-04 14:00
Guys, rent your tux. Ladies, buy your dress. Or vice versa! The Prom is coming to Netflix this month, and everyone is invited!This inclusive, visually dazzling adaptation of the Ton… Read More
2020-11-06 17:24
Ah, November has arrived. The month of cooler temperatures, roasted turkeys and pumpkin pies is here! Unfortunately, traditional Thanksgiving gatherings will be impacted by the ongoing COV… Read More
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