ISSUE XII: CINEMA

 

ISSUE XII: CINEMA

As queer cinema goes mainstream, can it hold onto its defiant roots?

For queercore cinema icon and self-described “reluctant pornographer” Bruce LaBruce, the fascination with transgression knows no bounds.

ARTICLES

Featured
The People’s Joker and Her Army of Queer Rebels

“How do you stay humble knowing you made Gay Citizen Kane?”

Artist Feature: Slava Mogutin’s Sexy Underground Hooliganism

Slava Mogutin fled Russia to the US as a political refugee, but his true home is wherever artistic freedom thrives.

Family Values, Gay Ghosts, and Taiwan’s Queer Blockbusters

For queer cinema in Taiwan, embracing modernity means embracing tradition too.

A Thousand Clouds of Peace and Rainbows: Mexico’s Queer Film Trailblazers

When it comes to Mexican films, the sexual is political.

The In-Between: Erotica and Porn

Bruce LaBruce has been told his work is too pornographic for the art world, and too artsy for the porn world.

The Censored Canvas: Queer Art in the Age of Online Censorship

As culture migrates to digital spaces, the two most dreaded words for queer artists are “community guidelines.”

My Body and Other Adventures: My Pregnancy in Movies

What Gattaca, Venom, Bridget Jones, and Mad Max taught me about my pregnancy.

The Cruising Grounds of Tsai Ming-liang’s Slow Cinema

Amid the neon wash of urbanscapes thrumming with erotic energy, Tsai Ming-liang reveals the queerness beneath the surface of all things.

Yentl, the Wonderfully Queer Yeshiva Boy

The unlikely tale of how a cross-dressing Jewish girl from the Old World inspired a Cuban-American lesbian in the New World.

Whiz Bam!: The Video Gays That Made Me

For a gay teen in the 90s St. Louis, this queer video store was a top pick.

INTERVIEW

 
Interviews
The Borderlands of Erotica

Semi-porn filmmaking is a labor of lust, and sometimes the director needs to lead by example.

 

Painted Stories

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Gabrielle's Story

She never set out to become a “trans actress”, but she’s saving lives being one.

Manuela's Story

Her odyssey of self-discovery took her from Sicily to Berlin, and from architecture to event organizing, to film.

Anna's Story

Where Cuban roots, the American dream, French avant-garde, and lesbian shindigs converge, that’s where Anna Margarita Albelo will be.

Business of Sex

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Laura Desiree

She turns the butterflies of real live sex scenes into fireworks.

Brontez Purnell

For Brontez Purnell, work has been one wild and sexy mixtape.

Lidia Ravviso

She makes real sex on screen feel comfortable, and fake sex on screen look real.

 
 
Diana Ramos