LGBTQ films
New York City in the ’70s was a Wonderland
From the Talkhouse Reader, documentary filmmaker Greta Schiller charts her lengthy personal history with NYC.
How Watching The Real Housewives Made Me a Better Filmmaker
Writer-director Noah Schamus on the unlikely way Bravo’s reality TV franchise shaped their debut feature, Summer Solstice.
Pursuing Pasolini
Filmmaker and historian of LGBTQ cinema Jenni Olson on her unusual relationship with the late Italian auteur, who this year celebrates his centenary.
Make the Yuletide Gay
Actor-writer-director Ryan Spahn on how Christmas movies have shaped his holiday season, and the revolutionary new film Single All the Way.
Finding My Voice as a Gay Asian Immigrant Filmmaker – and Giving Voice to Others
Devin Fei-Fan Tau on the long life journey that brought him to making his new, George Takei-narrated documentary, Who's on Top?
Cinema of the Interior
For Isabel Sandoval — an Independent Spirit Award nominee for Lingua Franca — cinema, like all art, is an emotional experience.
Don’t Look Now, or My Struggles with Autobiographical Filmmaking
Dramarama writer-director Jonathan Wysocki on the perils and pitfalls of making work that draws from one’s own life.
Remembering Artie
An appreciation of pioneering gay filmmaker Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. by Emmy Award-winning director Greta Schiller.
The Power of Being Seen
As Pride Month ends, writer-director Morgan Jon Fox shares his feelings on representation and intersectionality in LGBTQ film.
I Know the Ghosts: Employing Grandmother Wisdom in My Debut Feature
First-time filmmaker Bo McGuire on how he used “skillful will” to make his Tribeca-winning docudrama Socks on Fire.
Maybe It’s Time to Give Up
The hard road James Sweeney traveled to make his debut feature Straight Up is not necessarily one that everyone will survive.
How Portrait of a Lady on Fire Radically Reimagines the Past
Filmmaker Cosmo Collins Salovaara on Céline Sciamma's revolutionary lesbian period piece, which presents a very contemporary take on the 18th century.











