Culture

Chloe Sevigny’s Halloween by Drew Droege

By Sean Horlor

Arts

Tony Sheldon on Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Musical stage version of iconic tale starts Oct 12

By Rob Salerno

Arts

VIFF 2010: LA Zombie

Gay porn a last bastion of radicalism

By Allan MacInnis

Arts

Mutating queer collective Tomboyfriend drops first disc

Catch the band on Oct 14 at Stone’s Place

By Marcus McCann

Arts

Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical

Musical adaptation of drag classic set to make North American debut

By Matt Mills

Arts

James Franco out in Allen Ginsberg biopic

Howl opens this week in TO; watch our interview with the film’s director

By Matt Mills

Arts

First taste of Priscilla Queen of the Desert musical

North American debut set for Oct 12 in Toronto

By Xtra Staff

Music

Swoon: Actor-singer Jay Brannan tours Canada this fall

By Lina Harper

Arts

VIFF 2010: Stonewall Uprising

By Denise Sheppard

Power

‘He has a chauffeur!’: Rick Mercer’s epic Baird smackdown

By Brent Creelman

Arts

TIFF 2010: ! Women Art Revolution explores feminist art

Documentary follows four decades of women artists

By Xtra

Arts

TIFF 2010: Quebec’s Xavier Dolan addresses his critics

Filmmaker returns with second feature film, Heartbeats

By Xtra

Arts

Triple threat Amber Dawn lands in Ottawa for Transgress

Catch her and others on Friday, Oct 22 at the Mayfair Theatre

By Samantha Sarra

Arts

TIFF 2010: Bruce LaBruce on zombies, sex and the “dire” state of gay cinema

‘The last refuge of gay radicalism is pornography,’ say the LA Zombie filmmaker

By Xtra

Arts

L’Amour Fou: Inside Out 2011

In exploration of Yves Saint Laurent’s fashion empire

By Xtra

Activism

Feeling a little bit like Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls?

By Lina Harper

Arts

Watch: Cameron Bailey on what not to miss at TIFF 2010

Festival’s co-director on John Cameron Mitchell’s latest, as well as a new Yves Saint Laurent doc

By Xtra

Arts

Watch: Noah Cowan on ‘what’s good for the gays’ at TIFF 2010

Lightbox artistic director chats about films by Xavier Dolan, Gregg Araki and Bruce LaBruce

By Xtra