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Nick Nelson (Kit Connor) and Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) in "Heartstopper Forever."

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‘Heartstopper’ ends on a high note

By Michael Shirey

“Rosebush Pruning,” directed by Karim Aïnouz, opens July 24 at the Angelika Film Center.

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Gay filmmaker Karim Aïnouz on his new black comedy, ‘Rosebush Pruning’

By Gary M. Kramer

“Rhythm Is a Dancer,” directed by Lauren Caster, opens July 16 at the Roxy Cinema.

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Q&A: Actress Amy Aquino on playing co-star’s real-life lesbian mother in ‘Rhythm Is a Dancer’

By Gary M. Kramer

“Macho Dancer," directed by Lino Brocka, is running at IFC Center.

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‘Macho Dancer,’ a landmark of queer Asian cinema, returns to US

By Steve Erickson

Joan Chen stars in her new film, "Montreal, My Beautiful," as Feng Xia, a married, menopausal Chinese immigrant in Montreal who has an affair with Lisa (Charlotte Aubin), a 30-year-old she meets on a dating app.

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New York Asian Film Festival’s ‘Queer Unbound’ program showcases LGBTQ features

By Gary M. Kramer

“Mary Oliver: Saved By The Beauty Of The World," directed by Sasha Waters, opens at IFC Center July 3rd.

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‘Mary Oliver’ documentary tells the story of a lesbian poet through her aesthetic

By Steve Erickson

Robin Byrd.

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Q&A: Robin Byrd, ‘Bang My Box’ directors look back on her TV legacy in new documentary

By Gary M. Kramer

“Drunken Noodles," directed by Lucio Castro, opened June 25 at the IFC Center.

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Q&A with ‘Drunken Noodles’ director Lucio Castro

By Gary M. Kramer

Congressmember Sarah McBride.

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‘State of Firsts’ Q&A: Filmmaker Chase Joynt recalls capturing Sarah McBride’s historic rise to Congress

By Gary M. Kramer

“Camp," directed by Avalon Fast, opens June 26 at the IFC Center.

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Avalon Fast’s ‘Camp’ delivers on supernatural storylines, but struggles to convey queer joy and empowerment

By Gary M. Kramer

If “Leviticus” becomes a hit, one hopes that it might create space for further queer voices in horror.

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‘Leviticus’: Gay teenagers battle a monster created by homophobia

By Steve Erickson

“Maddie’s Secret,” directed by John Early, is running at IFC Center.

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Maddie’s Secret’: A campy yet sincere drag melodrama

By Steve Erickson

Myra Molloy as Sonya and Maya Da Costa as Coley in “Girls Like Girls."

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In ‘Girls Like Girls,’ Hayley Kiyoko turns from sapphic pop star to filmmaker, telling the same story

By Steve Erickson

“The Devil Queen,” directed by Antonio Carlos da Fontoura, opens June 19 at the Alamo Lower Manhattan.

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Colorful costumes, drag queens, and bloodletting: Brazilian gangster film ‘The Devil Queen’ gets 4k restoration

By Gary M. Kramer

“Something You Should Know About Me” is writer/director Andy Fidoten’s romcom about Al (EJ Marcus) a trans cartoonist with low self-esteem who heads out to a queer comics intensive (not “gay cartoon camp”) with his trans bestie, Jesse (Morgan Sullivan).

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16 queer films at this year’s Tribeca Festival

By Gary M. Kramer

“By Hook Or By Crook” opens at Anthology Film Archives June 12.

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‘By Hook or By Crook’: A trans breakthrough revived 25 years later

By Steve Erickson

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