Welcome to Chechnya
By David-Elijah Nahmod Now airing on HBO, David France’s Welcome to Chechnya is an emotionally devastating look at LGBT life inside the Russian Republic. As the film [...]
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Circus of Books: A moving, insightful documentary about an iconic gay bookstore and the straight couple who ran it
By David-Elijah Nahmod Rachel Mason’s Circus of Books, now streaming on Netflix, is an insightful documentary about her parents, a down to earth straight couple who [...]
The Second Life of Jamie P: Trans woman shares her journey in a recent documentary
By David-Elijah Nahmod Jamie Peebles lived for 63 years as a man. Happily married for thirty years and with two daughters, she came to realize that she had not been living as [...]
New documentary HomoSayWhat chronicles history of modern homophobia
By David-Elijah Nahmod Newly out on DVD and streaming on Amazon and Vimeo, Craig Bettendorf’s HomoSayWhat is at once an educational history lesson and a call to action. [...]
CW’s Supergirl breaks ground with first trans superhero on TV
By David-Elijah Nahmod, June 2020 Issue. The CW’s Supergirl has amassed quite a sizable following over the years. Most recently the super-heroine series has attracted some [...]
Brando is laid bare in William J. Mann’s new book
By David-Elijah Nahmod William J. Mann’s superb biography of Marlon Brando focuses on the details. In The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando, Mann gets into the [...]
Fully restored, 1968 documentary The Queen meets the digital age
By David-Elijah Nahmod Welcome to Queerly Digital, a regular column about LGBTQ cinema on DVD, Blu-ray, and streaming platforms. First released in 1968, Frank Simon’s [...]
Deep dive: binge-worthy TV shows
By David-Elijah Nahmod As shelter-in-place becomes the new normal across the world, many people are beginning to feel trapped in their homes. Never fear; plenty of fine [...]
Queerly Digital: Sorry Angel
By David-Elijah Nahmod At 132 minutes, Christophe Honore’s film Sorry Angel is a bit long. The slow-moving drama, while exceptionally well-acted and beautifully filmed, [...]
Jose: Gripping gay drama from Guatemala opens in Tempe
By David-Elijah Nahmod Li Cheng’s Jose is a gay drama like no other. Shot entirely in Guatemala, a country where poverty and violence are the norms and where it [...]
Queerly Digital: Papi Chulo
By David-Elijah Nahmod Openly gay actor Matt Bomer is wonderful in Papi Chulo, an independently produced low budget film now available on DVD. Bomer, a well-known actor who [...]
Queerly Digital: The Trigger
By David-Elijah Nahmod Christopher Bradley’s The Trigger is one of the darkest and bleakest films of the year. The movie, now streaming on Amazon Prime, is a portrait [...]
Queerly Digital: To A More Perfect Union
By David-Elijah Nahmod Welcome to Queerly Digital, a regular column about LGBT cinema on DVD and Blu Ray. Newly out on DVD, Donna Zaccaro’s documentary To a More [...]
Rocketman: Elton John Biopic Comes To DVD/Blu-ray
by David-Elijah Nahmod Actor Taron Egerton is transformed into gay rock star Elton John in the acclaimed biopic Rocketman, which comes to DVD/Blu-ray after a highly [...]
Queerly Digital: Before Stonewall: The Making Of A Gay And Lesbian Community
By David-Elijah Nahmod When Before Stonewall: The Making Of A Gay And Lesbian Community was first released in 1985, the Stonewall Riots were less than twenty years in the [...]
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