Mother Mary Comes to Me: The Sensuous Renaissance of ‘Little Trouble Girls’
BFI FLARE 2026: We take a look at one of the most intriguing films of 2025, Slovenian filmmaker Urška Djukić’s story of Catholicism-meets-sexuality, made unexpected.
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Voice Notes: On Rand Abou Fakher’s ‘Why Do I See You in Everything?’
ROTTERDAM 2026: In the trial run of our new article format, we chat about this Harbour title, which explores the friendship between two Syrian men juxtaposed with footage of the Syrian Revolution in a cinematic conversation about caretaking and breaking cycles of violence.
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.
Movement Beyond the Surface: Notes on Shatara Michelle Ford’s ‘Dreams in Nightmares’
INSIDE OUT 2025: The writer-director’s sophomore feature encourages us to think critically about their characters in space and through the liberatory act of movement.
San Francisco, I’m Coming Home: Heterotopia and Elena Oxman’s ‘Outerlands’
SFFILM 2025: The US writer-director makes her tenderly liminal feature debut with a story that’s just as much a reckoning with being stuck in limbo as it is a love letter to The City.
Deepa Mehta’s ‘Fire’ and the Lesbian Connotation of Saying No
Nearly three decades after its premiere in Toronto, the first film in Deepa Mehta’s acclaimed ‘Elements’ trilogy continues to offer a poignant yet scorching cinematic exemplar of lesbian refusal.
Horny, Frustrated, Joyous: Best of Queer Shorts at Anima 2025
ANIMA 2025: We take a look at three highlights from this Brussels festival for animated films, which have all been critically acclaimed to date—for good reason.
Entrusting a Legacy: The Politics of Remembrance in Cristina Costantini’s ‘Sally’
SXSW 2025: We explore how a new documentary about astronaut Sally Ride opens up a vital realm of questions around the remembrance of LGBTQIA+ individuals in the public consciousness after their passing.
The Act of Queerness: Notes on the 75th Berlinale
BERLINALE 2025: LGBTQIA+ films at the festival’s 75th edition showed a refreshing tendency toward celebrating the experience of queerness rather than solely the identity within.
No Shame, No Gain: Queer(ed) Shorts at Sundance 2025
SUNDANCE 2025: In this report, we highlight five interesting Sundance short films of different styles that we found memorable across the festival’s LGBTQIA+ offerings this year.