Tag: LGBTQ+ Film
Parental pressure, sexual perplexity and small-town bigotry are the simmering undercurrents of Kiwi filmmaker Welby Ings’ beautifully shot feature debut featuring Oscar Nominee Tim Roth. Punch premiered at last year’s NZ International Film Festival.
Seventeen-year-old boxer Jim carries the hopes and dreams of his father on his shoulders, but his...
The number of LGBTQ+ characters and their time on screen has been dropping, according to a new report released by the LGBTQ+ media advocacy organisation GLAAD.
GLAAD, which recently released its tenth annual Studio Responsibility Index, mapped the quantity, quality, and diversity of LGBTQ+ characters in films released by the...
Every Monday in December, Rialto Channel is shining a spotlight on award-winning, heartfelt LGBTQI+ films from around the world. Here are some of express’ top picks!
BENEDETTA
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Visionary Director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Showgirls, Total Recall) presents a lesbian love story set in late 17th-Century Tuscany. A hallucinating nun experiencing visions...
The ground-breaking kiwi-made LGBTQ+ series Rurangi has been awarded the Best Short Form Series at the International Emmy Awards in New York.
Rurangi, which is both a television series and a feature film, tells the story of a trans-guy who returns to his remote rural New Zealand hometown after his urban...
LGBTQ+ icon Leslie Jordan has reportedly passed away at the age of 67.
The Comedian-actor, best known for appearing in Will & Grace and American Horror Story, reportedly passed away while driving in Hollywood.
Jordan, who suffered a medical emergency, crashed his BMW into the side of a building, according to...
After much anticipation from fans, the official trailer for My Policeman, an LGBTQ+ romance drama starring Harry Styles, has been released.
Based on the novel of the same name by Bethan Roberts, My Policeman follows the life of a police officer who gets married to a schoolteacher, all while already...
Kiwi director Taika Waititi has opened up about the importance of LGBTQ+ representation in his films, saying “we’re all queer” and describing sexuality as a spectrum.
Waitiki, who Described his new film as “super gay”, at the director claimed at a screening of Thor: Love and Thunder in London, was...
A new gay indie film titled “Mysterious Ways” telling the story of a vicar who decides to have a forbidden Anglican wedding with his Samoan boyfriend is set to be filmed in Auckland this May.
Mysterious Ways is a timely exploration of issues around faith for gay people both here...
