Believer
By Hans Pedersen, July 2018 Issue. With suicide among Utah’s LGBTQ teenagers climbing at an alarming rate, Believer follows Imagine Dragons lead singer Dan Reynolds as he [...]
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You Racist, Sexist Bigot
By Hans Pedersen, May 2018 Issue. Nobody knows what it’s like to walk in the shoes of a person of a different cultural, racial, ethnic, sexual, gender and religious [...]
The Fiercest Films of the Fest
By Hans Pedersen, March 2018 Issue. Every year the Sundance Film Festival viewers get to explore films that will hit the distribution pipeline in the coming months. From [...]
Saturday Church
By Hans Pedersen, February 2018 Issue. Saturday Church is an inventive, masterfully made film that will likely leave you in tears while feeling exhilarated. Director and [...]
Heart, Baby!
By Hans Pedersen, February 2018 Issue. A boxing movie set in prison in the 1980s may not seem your typical LGBTQ fare. But diverse audiences are likely to appreciate this [...]
At The Box Office | September 2017
By Hans Pedersen, September 2017 Issue. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power In theaters | PG | 98 minutes | Documentary When it comes to LGBTQ folks finding common ground [...]
At The Box Office | August 2017
By Hans Pedersen, July 2017 Issue. The Little Hours In theaters | 90 minutes | R | Comedy, Romance Foul-mouthed, sexually repressed nuns break out of their monastic habits [...]
Film Hawk
By Hans Pedersen, July 2017 Issue. Based on the life of producer and film consultant Robert Hawk, the new documentary Film Hawk is now available on tribecashortlist.com. Hawk [...]
At The Box Office | July 2017
By Hans Pedersen, July 2017 Issue. Laerte-se Now available on Netflix | 100 minutes | Documentary Tracing the life of Brazilian cartoonist Laerte Coutinho, who came out as a [...]
At The Box Office | May 2017
By Hans Pedersen, May 2017 Issue. Power Rangers Now playing in theaters | PG-13 | 124 minutes | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi From Beauty and the Beast to Star Trek, LGBTQ [...]
Kiki
By Hans Pedersen, April 2017 Issue. Kiki is fierce, dazzling and sassy all at once. In this documentary Swedish director Sara Jordenö explores the lives queer youth of color [...]
At The Box Office | April 2017
By Hans Pedersen, April 2017 Issue. Almost Adults Now playing on iTunes | 90 minutes | Comedy, Drama Best friends – Cassie, who’s straight, and Mackenzie, who’s gay [...]
Departure
By Hans Pedersen, April 2017 Issue. From the imagination of writer and director Andrew Steggall comes the thought-provoking and cathartic feature that’s centered around the [...]
At The Box Office | March 2017
By Hans Pedersen, March 2017 Issue. The Watermelon Woman Now playing on iTunes | Unrated | 90 Minutes This 1996 indie, written and directed by Cheryl Dunye, is a rare gem [...]
The Highlight Reel
By Hans Pedersen, February 2017 Issue. The eighth annual Desperado LGBT Film Festival, Arizona’s biggest showcase of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and [...]
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