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Christos Tsirbas

Christos Tsirbas

Christos Tsirbas lives in Toronto and writes about movies, music, comics books and technology. His writing has appeared in The Hollywood Reporter, Xtra, Instinct, fab, CBR, CBC Radio and the Lambda Award-nominated anthology Charmed Lives: Gay Spirit. He is a two-time finalist in the National Film Board of Canada’s Tremplin competition for emerging francophone filmmakers, a grand-prize winner at the Toronto Urban Film Fest and a photographer whose work has been featured in the Contact Photography Festival, Canadian Cinematographer and Playback.

Dying with dignity is a right, not a privilege, in Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’
TV & Film

Dying with dignity is a right, not a privilege, in Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’

REVIEW: In his first English feature, the storied director delivers a poignant mediation on end-of-life

January 14, 2025
Brendan Healy on the loneliness of being gay, finding connection in theatre and bringing ‘The Inheritance’ to Toronto
Theatre

Brendan Healy on the loneliness of being gay, finding connection in theatre and bringing ‘The Inheritance’ to Toronto

The Canadian Stage artistic director brings Matthew López’s two-part masterpiece to the stage 

April 2, 2024
‘Out in the Ring’ documentary unmasks the queer history of professional wrestling
TV & Film

‘Out in the Ring’ documentary unmasks the queer history of professional wrestling

Ry Levey’s debut feature celebrates today’s out performers who are transforming the sport while unearthing its hidden past

November 14, 2023
Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Strange Way of Life’ answers a question ‘Brokeback Mountain’ asked 18 years ago
TV & Film

Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Strange Way of Life’ answers a question ‘Brokeback Mountain’ asked 18 years ago

REVIEW: With restrained performances and über design, Almodóvar’s new short film finally lets two gay cowboys ride off into a Technicolor sunset

October 11, 2023
Top 10 films at TIFF 2023
TV & Film

Top 10 films at TIFF 2023

We preview the buzziest queer and trans films at this year’s festival

August 29, 2023
Playwright Brad Fraser and actor Stephen Jackman-Torkoff are queering Shakespeare and sexing up the Stratford Festival
Theatre

Playwright Brad Fraser and actor Stephen Jackman-Torkoff are queering Shakespeare and sexing up the Stratford Festival

Fraser’s revolutionary adaptation of “Richard II” and Jackman-Torkoff’s energetic performance are bringing the Bard to new audiences

June 16, 2023
‘The Inspection’ is a stylish military drama that delivers a powerful message about redemption
TV & Film

‘The Inspection’ is a stylish military drama that delivers a powerful message about redemption

Elegance Bratton’s TIFF standout is a deep exploration of Black gay identity

December 7, 2022
Inside ‘The People’s Joker,’ the TIFF sensation that got pulled after one screening
TV & Film

Inside ‘The People’s Joker,’ the TIFF sensation that got pulled after one screening

Vera Drew’s trans superhero masterpiece made headlines for copyright problems. We spoke to Drew about the creatively triumphant film

September 19, 2022
Bertrand Mandico’s new film is just the latest chapter of the director’s pansexual, xenogender vision
TV & Film

Bertrand Mandico’s new film is just the latest chapter of the director’s pansexual, xenogender vision

“After Blue (Dirty Paradise)” is set on a planet of women (and one male sex robot)

June 2, 2022
In Edmund White’s latest novel, Edmund White is dead but remembered by the lover who broke his heart
Books

In Edmund White’s latest novel, Edmund White is dead but remembered by the lover who broke his heart

In a very meta work of fiction, the gay icon turns a recent breakup into a meditation on aging and lost love

February 16, 2022
Alan Cumming unpacks years of ‘Baggage’ in a fast-paced memoir
Books

Alan Cumming unpacks years of ‘Baggage’ in a fast-paced memoir

The Broadway star reflects on abuse, authenticity and why NYC is home to misfits like him 

December 6, 2021
Music duo Crown Lands bends time, space and gender
Music

Music duo Crown Lands bends time, space and gender

Anthemic prog rockers unite Indigenous resilience with snarling guitars and lots of hair

December 1, 2021
Irish filmmaker Kate Dolan harnessed family trauma and mental illness to make a genuinely scary horror film
TV & Film

Irish filmmaker Kate Dolan harnessed family trauma and mental illness to make a genuinely scary horror film

“You Are Not My Mother,” which debuted this week at TIFF, uses ancient folklore to reveal modern truths

September 13, 2021
Stonewall is not worth boycotting
Arts

Stonewall is not worth boycotting

Roland Emmerich’s film is even worse than anticipated

September 23, 2015
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