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LGBTQ films

A Trans Lens, a Cinema of Defiance

Chase Joynt, director of the new Sarah McBride documentary State of Firsts, considers how to define the category of “trans cinema.”

June 26, 2026

Transgender / Transcendence

Writer-director Ash Mayfair on the very personal backstory to her new film Skin of Youth, the first Vietnamese fiction film starring a trans person.

June 25, 2026

Everything is Ending, Everything is Ending

Filmmaker Avalon Fast, whose latest girl horror movie CAMP opens on June 26, shares some moments from their journey.

June 24, 2026

Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That: Goran Stolevski

The prodigiously talented filmmaker behind You Won't Be Alone, Of An Age and Housekeeping for Beginners tells it like it is.

Standing Room Only

Drew Denny, director of the new documentary Second Nature, on a transformative decade spent telling a story that truly matters.

April 13, 2026

The Music of Plainclothes

Writer-director Carmen Emmi on the songs and artists that shaped him and his award-winning debut feature, which is out now on digital.

November 21, 2025

Lesbian Space Anxiety

The directors of Lesbian Space Princess on how their new animated movie was shaped by real-life therapy sessions and experience with anxiety.

The Secret Soundtrack to My Debut Feature

Writer-director-actor Max Talisman shares a definitive mixtape of the love songs that shaped his film Things Like This, which opens today.

May 16, 2025

The Little Things in Big Boys

Writer-director Corey Sherman on the very specific details that made his crowdpleasing debut feature come fully to life.

August 14, 2024

How I Get Unstuck

Karla Murthy, whose latest documentary, Love, Jamie, is now streaming on PBS American Masters, on where she finds creative inspiration.

July 23, 2024

a poem is a city asking a clock why

Writer-director Jac Cron, whose new movie, Chestnut, is in theaters from tomorrow, on how she has evolved creatively through poetry.

June 20, 2024

Can a Friendship Survive the Making of a Buddy Comedy?

Writer-director Fernando Andrés on the real-life story behind his new movie Rent Free, which premieres at Tribeca tomorrow.

June 6, 2024