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Aussie Kodi Smit-McPhee wins Golden Globe for gay Netflix drama
Australian actor Kodi Smit-McPhee has won a Golden Globe for his role in Jane Campion’s psychological drama The Power of the Dog on Netflix. Smit-McPhee took home Best Supporting Actor at the unusual Golden Globes ceremony on Monday, Australian time. The Power of the Dog also took out Best Director, for New Zealand director Jane Campion, …
Queer Aussie feature ‘Teenage Kicks’ kicking it on Netflix
Acclaimed indie feature Teenage Kicks just dropped on Netflix. The queer Aussie film stars Miles Szanto as a young man journeying through the minefield of adolescence. Teenage Kicks comes from filmmaking team, writer/director Craig Boreham and producer Annmaree J Bell. Miklos Varga is played by young up and coming actor Miles Szanto. In the film, …
Boldly Go: great storytelling in just five and a half minutes
Five minutes and thirty-three seconds doesn’t seem much time in which to tell a story. However, Christopher Cosgrove shows how to pack a lot into a few minutes in his short film Boldly Go. Boldly Go showed earlier this year at the 21st Brisbane Queer Film Festival after a screening at the 72nd Festival de …
WATCH: True story that inspired new gay drama ‘Uncle Frank’
Director Alan Ball and actor Paul Bettany reimagine their own family histories in new movie Uncle Frank, about a closeted gay man coming out in the 1970s. True Blood and Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball, who is gay, wrote and directed the new film, which takes place in 1973. Teenager Beth leaves her rural …
Watch “We’re All In This Together” for IDAHOBIT 2020
In We’re All In This Together director Logan Mucha turns his camera on Melbourne’s queer history in an award-winning short film. Released to mark IDAHOBIT 2020, the film retells five stories from Melbourne’s queer community. Scroll down for the movie We’re All In This Together is a verbatim hybrid-documentary that explores historical accounts of queer …
Sex and murder in gay Netflix thriller ‘Last Ferry’
A young gay man’s trip to the legendary Fire Island goes awry in new queer thriller Last Ferry, out on Netflix today. The film takes place in New York state’s iconic Fire Island Pines, the beach destination and vacation hotspot that’s on the wishlist for many gay travelers. Written by Ramon O. Torres and directed …
Pixar’s ‘Onward’ banned in Middle East for lesbian parents
Four countries in the Middle East have banned Pixar’s latest animation ‘Onward’ for promoting a lesbian cop and her girlfriend. ‘Onward’ centres around two elven brothers (Chris Pratt and Tom Holland) who embark on a quest to resurrect their dead father. But the criticism here comes from a scene in which a woman speaks about …
The Birds of Prey soundtrack is queer AF!
Birds of Prey, the new Harley Quinn film, was released this week, but most surprising was the soundtrack. It’s gay AF! It’s got voices from all different generations. From Barry White to Pat Benatar, to Halsey and Marilyn Monroe. What more could we ask for? My friend first told me about the BOPS earlier this …
Kristen Stewart is filming a lesbian rom-com and people are excited
Actress Kristen Stewart is currently filming a lesbian romantic comedy, and the Christmas movie is set to a star-studded affair. The festive film, titled Happiest Season, follows Stewart’s character as she plans a surprise marriage proposal to her girlfriend (played by Mackenzie Davis) while they go home for Christmas. However, she soon discovers that her …
Judge orders Netflix to remove ‘gay Jesus’ from screens
A judge has ruled a film portraying Jesus as gay must be taken down from streaming service Netflix in Brazil. The First Temptation of Christ caused chaos in the country, infuriating local Christians. Vigilantes even fire-bombed the production company with Molotov cocktails back in December. A petition to axe the film was created late last …