PURPLE HOUR

cinema from a queer lens and canted angle

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Looking for a Role to Play: Gender Performativity in Andrius Blaževičius’ 'How to Divorce During the War'
SUNDANCE 2026: Marija and Vytas navigate their uncomfortable divorce as the Russian invasion of Ukraine rages on, setting loose a disruption of binary and performative roles amidst these chaotic events.
'La belle année' by Angelica Ruffier
The Fluidity of Desire: 'La belle année' (2026) by Angelica Ruffier
ROTTERDAM 2026: This graceful documentary self-investigation uncovers all that remains in the home of her late father, including her now 20-year-old desire for her childhood teacher.
Cooper Hoffmann and Olivia Wilde in Gregg Araki's 'I Want Your Sex'
Be Careful What You Wish For: 'I Want Your Sex' (2026) by Gregg Araki
SUNDANCE 2026: Gregg Araki is back with this fun but surprisingly tame BDSM dramedy set between the riotous art world and the fantasies of the boy-next-door turned upside down.

REVIEWS

'La belle année' by Angelica Ruffier
The Fluidity of Desire: 'La belle année' (2026) by Angelica Ruffier
Cooper Hoffmann and Olivia Wilde in Gregg Araki's 'I Want Your Sex'
Be Careful What You Wish For: 'I Want Your Sex' (2026) by Gregg Araki
Still from Moshe Rosenthal's 'Tell Me Everything'
Scent Memories: 'Tell Me Everything' (2026) by Moshe Rosenthal
Nadia Melliti in Hafsia Herzi's 'The Little Sister'
Sapphic Origami: 'The Little Sister' (2025) by Hafsia Herzi
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Resorting to Tenderness – A Temporal Implant: 'Before/After' (2025) by Manoël Dupont
Still from 'Queens of Drama' by Alexis Langlois
All You Need is Love and Queerpop: 'Queens of Drama' (2024) by Alexis Langlois
Still from Rohan Parashuram Kanawade's 'Cactus Pears'
Beneath the Shade of Your Leaves, I Grow: 'Cactus Pears' (2025) by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade
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Inside These Walls, I’ll Carry You: 'The Crowd' (2025) by Sahand Kabiri

INTERVIEWS

carly beath inside out executive director
‘I hope people start to feel that queer film is for everyone’: Carly Beath, executive director of Inside Out
Brydie O'Connor, director of 'Barbara Forever'
‘How do I experience my queerness in time?’: Brydie O’Connor on ‘Barbara Forever’
Jamie Kiernan O'Brien, writer-director of 'Gender Studies'
‘Many movies I love are not explicitly queer in content, but more in tone’: Jamie Kiernan O’Brien on ‘Gender Studies’
John Nein, Sundance senior programmer and director of strategic initiatives
'Queer cinema is inseparable from independent storytelling': John Nein, senior programmer at Sundance Film Festival
Marcelo Caetano, director of 'Baby'
‘I was trying to understand who I was by looking to another generation’: Marcelo Caetano on ‘Baby’
Kukla at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival
‘We are just mediums for ideas and visions and sparks’: Kukla on ‘Fantasy’
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‘Our radical futures must be made of joy’: Yaya Xi-lin Wang on ‘Into the Next Tide’
Annapurna Sriram at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
'This is feminist, this isn’t fantastical': Annapurna Sriram on 'Fucktoys'