REVIEW: In his first English feature, the storied director delivers a poignant mediation on end-of-life
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.
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
‘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
Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Strange Way of Life’ answers a question ‘Brokeback Mountain’ asked 18 years ago
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Top 10 films at TIFF 2023
We preview the buzziest queer and trans films at this year’s festival
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
‘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
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
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)
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
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
Music duo Crown Lands bends time, space and gender
Anthemic prog rockers unite Indigenous resilience with snarling guitars and lots of hair
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
Stonewall is not worth boycotting
Roland Emmerich’s film is even worse than anticipated