Exclusive Interview: the Pope of Trash John Waters revisits Hairspray & Desperate Living for new @criterion.bsky.social 4K restorations #JohnWaters 📸 @mettieostrowski.bsky.social for @thequeerreview.com thequeerreview.com/2026/06/30/i...

Exclusive Interview: the Pope of Trash John Waters revisits Hairspray & Desperate Living for new Criterion 4K restorations

In an inspired double bill, two John Waters classics, 1977’s delectably filthy Desperate Living and 1988’s surprisingly heartwarming Hairspray, have now been added to the Criterion Coll…

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This Friday April 24 at 7:30pm my new documentary BEHIND THE OPEN DOOR starring @hudsonncorey.bsky.social will have its US Premiere @anthologyfilm.bsky.social on 2nd Ave & 2nd St in NYC. I’ll be there for a Q&A. Tickets are selling fast so get yours now! www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screeni...

Exclusive Interview: filmmaking duo Filipe Matzembacher & Marcio Reolon on their erotic thriller Night Stage “queer sex scenes can be very political & provocative” opens in UK cinemas today from @peccadillopics.bsky.social #nightstage thequeerreview.com/2025/02/26/i...

Exclusive Interview: filmmaking duo Filipe Matzembacher & Marcio Reolon on their erotic thriller Night Stage “queer sex scenes can be very political & provocative”

Brazilian-Italian writer-director duo Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon made their feature debut in 2015 with the queer coming-of-age drama Seashore (Beira-Mar) which premiered at the Berlinale…

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MEMORABILIA plays TONIGHT in London at 10pm at The Arzner cinema. I’ll be doing a Q&A. Hope to see you there! Tickets & more info: thearzner.com/TheArzner.dl...

Memorabilia + Q&A | The Arzner - London's LGBTQ+ Cinema, Cafe & Cocktail Bar

Fri 27 Mar

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“I’m so proud to be an artist in the canon of LGBTQ music history” - @brightlightx2.bsky.social chats with @jameskleinmann.com about his new DUETS album & upcoming Cosmic Light North American tour with Grag Queen thequeerreview.com/2026/03/23/e...

Exclusive Interview: Bright Light Bright Light on his Duets album & Cosmic Light North American tour “I’m so proud to be an artist in the canon of LGBTQ music history”

New York City’s queer prince of indie electro pop, Bright Light Bright Light, aka Rod Thomas, is about to embark on the 17-date Cosmic Light North American tour with Queen of the Universe win…

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Tonight in London at The Arzner cinema at 10:15pm my new doc BEHIND THE OPEN DOOR featuring @hudsonncorey.bsky.social receives its U.K. premiere. I’ll be there for a Q&A after the film. For more info & tickets: thearzner.com/TheArzner.dl...

UK Premiere: Behind the Open Door + Q&A | The Arzner - London's LGBTQ+ Cinema, Cafe & Cocktail Bar

Fri 20 Mar

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“I wanted to upturn people’s expectations of what a BDSM film could be” - Harry Lighton speaks exclusively with The Queer Review’s editor @jameskleinmann.com at The Leather Man store as his stunning debut feature, PILLION, opens in NY & LA today from A24 thequeerreview.com/2026/02/06/i...

Exclusive Interview: Pillion filmmaker Harry Lighton – “I wanted to upturn people’s expectations of what a BDSM film could be”

Unless you’ve been living in a BDSM dungeon for the past few months (no judgements here), you will no doubt have seen dreamboat daddy Alexander Skarsgård dominating red carpets around the glo…

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Join @thequeerreview.com under the mistletoe tomorrow for a screening of Tim Burton’s BATMAN RETURNS. Introduced by James Kleinmann & electronic pop musician Bright Light Bright Light, with a special recorded intro from screenwriter Daniel Waters! ifccenter.com/films/batman...

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Gotham City! Come see BATMAN RETURNS on the big screen @ifccenter.bsky.social Tues Dec 23 9:15pm with inperson intro by me & @brightlightx2.bsky.social plus recorded intro by screenwriter Dan Waters. Use promo code “MEOW” for $3 off general admission tickets online www.ifccenter.com/films/batman...

IFC Center - Batman Returns

Presented by The Queer Review! Tuesday, December 23 at 9:15: In-person introduction by The Queer Review’s editor James Kleinmann with electronic pop musician Bright Light Bright Light Special recorded...

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The Queer Review presents Batman Returns @ifccenter.bsky.social NYC Tues Dec 23rd at 9:15pm with an in-person intro by electronic pop musician @brightlightx2.bsky.social & host @jameskleinmann.com & a special recorded intro by screenwriter Daniel Waters. Tickets: www.ifccenter.com/films/batman...

IFC Center - Batman Returns

Presented by The Queer Review! Tuesday, December 23 at 9:00: In-person introduction by The Queer Review’s editor James Kleinmann with electronic pop musician Bright Light Bright Light Special recorded...

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Now on the #Substack: thoughts on @toddverow.bsky.social's newest and most unflinching documentary BEHIND THE OPEN DOOR, which had it's world premiere at the 20th Pornfilm Festival Berlin 2025 ... #PornfilmFestivalBerlin #PFFB

Todd Verow’s Radical Act of Witness

At the 20th Pornfilm Festival Berlin, Todd Verow—one of America's most fascinating filmmakers—premiered BEHIND THE OPEN DOOR: an unflinching dive into cum dumping, filmed with radical respect.

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World premiere at PFFB TONIGHT in Berlin Weds Oct. 22 18:15 Moviemento & Sat Oct. 25 at 15:00 at Babylon Kreuzberg. SCREENING ADDED: Fri Oct. 24 23:45 Moviemento. In-person Q&As with filmmaker @toddverow.bsky.social Tickets: pornfilmfestivalberlin.de/film-2025/be... @hudsonncorey.bsky.social

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One of our midnight movies this weekend is QUERELLE, a staff pick chosen by @jameskleinmann.com. A daring adaptation of a novel by Jean Genet, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s final film is a deliriously stylized tale of hothouse lust and simmering violence. ⚓️ 🎟️ www.ifccenter.com/films/querel...

IFC Center - Querelle

Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s final film is a deliriously stylized tale of hothouse lust and simmering violence. Set amid an expressionistic soundstage vision of a French sea port, this daring a...

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TONIGHT @ifccenter.bsky.social 🎟️ www.ifccenter.com/films/breaki...

IFC Center - Breaking Glass

English girl rock singer breaks into show business and works her way to the top, becoming a superstar, but finds that it isn’t enough. Staff Pick by Todd Verow, Assistant Manager Screening as part of ...

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IFC Center@ifccenter.bsky.social · last yr.

Handpicked by queer filmmaking legend and longtime IFC Center manager @toddverow.bsky.social, this week’s midnight staff pick is a new 4K restoration of 80s punk musical BREAKING GLASS! See it tomorrow and Saturday night.

Tonight at 9pm @brattletheatre.bsky.social Boston @wickedqueer.boston opening night MEMORABILIA by @toddverow.bsky.social & Charles Lum. I’ll be there with Todd for a Q&A.

“Amanda Lear is my original trans archetype” - filmmaker Zackary Drucker speaks exclusively with @jameskleinmann.com about her poignant & compelling documentary ENIGMA following its premieres at Sundance & BFI Flare. It will debut HBO later this year thequeerreview.com/2025/04/01/i...

Exclusive Interview: Enigma filmmaker Zackary Drucker “Amanda Lear is my original trans archetype”

As an 18-year-old newly arrived in New York City, Emmy-nominated filmmaker Zackary Drucker encountered a photograph of European disco icon Amanda Lear and—like so many before her, including David B…

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Boston friends, come see my new feature with Charles Lum MEMORABILIA @brattletheatre.bsky.social Friday April 4th at 9pm @wickedqueer.boston I will be there doing a Q&A with narrator & producer @jameskleinmann.com More info & tickets: www.queer.film/wickedqueer/...

Boston friends come see MEMORABILIA @brattletheatre.bsky.social Friday April 4th at 9pm @wickedqueer.boston I will be there doing a Q&A with narrator & producer James Kleinmann www.queer.film/wickedqueer/...

A few last minute seats have opened up for TONIGHT’s BFI FLARE: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival UK Premiere of my new feature with Charles Lum, MEMORABILIA, I’ll be there for an intro & post-screening Q&A with narrator/producer/actor @jameskleinmann.com #BFIFlare whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online...

Memorabilia | BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2025

A lifetime of sexual encounters is celebrated in this art-porn odyssey, inspired by the late Charles Lum’s cruising diaries.

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A few last minute seats have opened up for TONIGHT’s BFI FLARE: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival UK Premiere of my new feature with Charles Lum, MEMORABILIA, I’ll be there for an intro & post-screening Q&A with narrator/producer/actor @jameskleinmann.com #BFIFlare whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online...

Memorabilia | BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2025

A lifetime of sexual encounters is celebrated in this art-porn odyssey, inspired by the late Charles Lum’s cruising diaries.

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My latest feature with Charles Lum, MEMORABILIA, receives its UK premiere at BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival in March #BFIFlare youtu.be/lV7NDNpByS0?...

MEMORABILIA trailer | BFI Flare 2025

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Todd Verow@toddverow.bsky.social · last yr.

My latest feature with Charles Lum, MEMORABILIA, receives its UK premiere at BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival in March #BFIFlare youtu.be/lV7NDNpByS0?...

"Dreams and memory are intertwined. With my own dreams, I travel through time" American director discusses his collaboration with the late Charles Lum, just as the film premieres at BFI Flare: dmovies.org/2025/03/18/o...

Our dirty questions to Todd Verow

American filmmaker discusses unreliable memories, little mementos, pornography and "real sex", making films "a little dirty, a little faded, a little scratched", working with non-professionals, and mu...

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Dying old man looks over his pornographic adventures in the hope of discovering meaning, while inviting audiences to join in From BFI Flare: dmovies.org/2025/03/17/m...

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Dying old man looks over his pornographic adventures in the hope of discovering meaning, while inviting audiences to join in - from BFI Flare

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De nada. As a queer ally, it is always wonderful to see gay cinema flourish!

Todd Verow@toddverow.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks to @dmovies.bsky.social for rating MEMORABILIA a “dirty gem” ahead of its U.K. premiere at #BFIFlare

Thanks to @dmovies.bsky.social for rating MEMORABILIA a “dirty gem” ahead of its U.K. premiere at #BFIFlare

Thanks to @dmovies.bsky.social for reviewing my new feature with Charles Lum, Memorabilia, ahead of its U.K. premiere at BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival & rating it as a “dirty gem”! See you in London. #BFIFlare

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Dying old man looks over his pornographic adventures in the hope of discovering meaning, while inviting audiences to join in From BFI Flare: dmovies.org/2025/03/17/m...

Rabbit Rabbit. Welcome to the March edition of The Queer Agenda, The Queer Review’s curated monthly guide to LGBTQ+ cultural happenings in New York City, Los Angeles, London & beyond. Stay queer & fierce out there. thequeerreview.com/2025/03/01/t...

The Queer Agenda: March 2025

Rabbit Rabbit. Welcome to the March (hare) edition of The Queer Agenda, The Queer Review’s curated monthly guide to LGBTQ+ cultural happenings in New York City, Los Angeles, London and beyond. Stay…

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