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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today on Patreon: @conrad-esq.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social return to our theme on HIV & Aids with a new sub theme on ‘Sad Goodbyes and Road Trips’ We kick things off with LONGTIME COMPANION (1989). Subscribe now for early access!

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Early Access: Longtime Companion (1989) | The Queer Gaze Patreon

Our HIV & Aids sub theme on 'Sad Goodbyes and Road Trips' kicks off with Longtime Companion (1989).

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tomorrow on Patreon: Now that @conrad-esq.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social are done with Gay Panic, we're moving on to a new sub theme. As part of our HIV and AIDS topic, we're discussing films with "Sad Goodbyes and Road Trips" starting with 1989's LONGTIME COMPANION.

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Conrad and Joe continue their 2026 TIFF coverage with Marine Atlan's 2.5 hour feature directorial debut, LA GRADIVA (2026). Centering on a French school group who travel to Naples, the film is a coming of age exploration of sex, sexuality, politics, and art.

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TIFF 2026: La Gradiva (2026)

Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · September 29 · Bonus · 10m

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The moment everyone remembers in The Crying Game is staged like a horror reveal. Our Patreon-exclusive bonus episode discusses this and more: www.patreon.com/thequeergaze #thecryinggame #queerfilm #podcasts

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@conrad-esq.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrap up our 'Gay Panic' theme with Neil Jordan's THE CRYING GAME (1992). The film notoriously features a "trans twist" which dominated pop culture discussions, leading to a flawed legacy

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The Crying Game (1992)

Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · September 24 · 19m

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tomorrow on the pod: @conrad-esq.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrap up our theme on ‘Gay Panic’ with a look at Neil Jordan’s THE CRYING GAME

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Crying Game was shot on a shoestring, but went on to become a classic. Our retrospective review is out on Patreon now: www.patreon.com/thequeergaze

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Our #TIFF26 coverage has begun! Joe and Conrad dig into the first episode of Oxygen Masks Will (Not) Drop Automatically, which tells the true story of a group of flight attendants who smuggle treatment drugs from America into the hands of patients with AIDS in 1980s Brazil.

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TIFF 2026: Oxygen Masks Will (Not) Drop Automatically (2026)

Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · September 11 · Bonus · 15m

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tomorrow on Patreon: our “Gay Panic” theme comes to a close with Neil Jordan’s sumptuous and complicated THE CRYING GAME. Subscribe via the link in our bio to get early access

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New from TIFF: Julián, an adaptation that's heavy on the queer coding. From acclaimed Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, Louise Bagnall's adaptation of Jessica Love’s Julián Is a Mermaid is a beautiful, vibrant, gentle animated film with low-stakes conflict

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TIFF 2026: Julián (2026)

Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · September 16 · Bonus · 12m

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Our TIFF coverage continues with writer/director Lukas Dhont's latest film, COWARD (2026). A love story set in the trenches of WWI, the film focuses on Belgian farmer Pierre and tailor's son Francis as they navigate their developing romance in a time when it's not acceptable to be queer.

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TIFF 2026: Coward (2026)

Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · September 15 · Bonus · 10m

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Our #TIFF2026 coverage continues with Bertil Nilsson's feature directorial debut MASC (2026) which explores the intersection of race, queerness, and neurodivergence. It's a challenging, but rewarding film, particularly how it employs dance/chroreography to recontextualize the main character.

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TIFF 2026: Masc (2026)

Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · September 14 · Bonus · 15m

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

'I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry' was at one point a Will Smith/Nic Cage project?! Our Patreon-exclusive bonus episode on the 2000s Gay Panic! classic is out now: www.patreon.com/cw/TheQueerG...

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Next out of #TIFF2026: David Turpin’s ANCESTORS, a "dreamy" 1980s AIDS drama about an Irishman searching for enigmatic musician across parallel timelines. This languid film aims at art cinema, but falters from a too long runtime and comparisons to other texts like LONGTIME COMPANION.

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Ancestors | Bonus spoiler-free review | TIFF 2026

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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TIFF 2026: Oxygen Masks Will (Not) Drop Automatically (2026)

Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · September 11 · Bonus · 15m

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@joelipsett.bsky.social and @conrad-esq.bsky.social hit the most popular of our 'Gay Panic' titles with I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY (2007). This is a film that thinks it’s funny because it's offensive to everyone, but really all of these actors should be put in jail.

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I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)

Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · September 10 · 23m

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Rob Schneider has a cameo as an Asian in 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry'. #yikes The latest episode in our 'Gay Panic!' theme is out now on Patreon, and everywhere good podcasts are found on Thursday: www.patreon.com/cw/TheQueerG...

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Queerty @queerty.com · 02/09/2026

WATCH: Chris Colfer battles mind-controlling prosthetics in handsy gothic horror The Restoration At Greyson Manor - buff.ly/60zQE1H

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Attitude Magazine @attitudemag.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Starring Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close, the story moves between 1932, 1937 and 2017, exploring LGBTQ+ identity across Spain’s history www.attitude.co.uk/culture/netf...

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Netflix releases teaser trailer for Spanish gay film La Bola Negra - WATCH HERE

Netflix has released the official teaser trailer for the Cannes Film Festival-acclaimed gay generational film La Bola Negra.

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Tomorrow on Patreon: subscribers get early access to the most well known title in our ‘Gay Panic’ theme: I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY

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Chuck & Larry: Hell, Yeah!

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

LA BOLA NEGRA is one of our most anticipated films out of TIFF and it just dropped a new teaser

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LA BOLA NEGRA | Official Teaser | Netflix

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We don't see Matthias & Maxime's first kiss, but the second is 🔥🥵 Our Patreon-exclusive, and infinitely thirstier, bonus episode on Xavier Dolan's queer drama is out now: www.patreon.com/cw/TheQueerG... #xavierdolan #queerfilm #podcasts

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Conrad and Joe continue our 'Gay Panic' theme with Xavier Dolan's MATTHIAS & MAXIME (2019). It's a return to his roots for Dolan, who explores the crisis of masculinity that follows a meaningful kiss. Plus: mocking the English language; more mommy issues; and a significant birthmark.

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Matthias & Maxime (2019)

Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · August 27 · 18m

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Attitude Magazine @attitudemag.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Attitude sat down with the 66-year-old director to discuss the sexual-dehydration epidemic of Gen Z, Olivia Wilde-Summer and collaborating with Charli XCX www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film...

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Director Gregg Araki on Gen Z, sex and why 'the highs and lows of it are kind of what life’s all about' (EXCLUSIVE)

Attitude sat down with Araki to discuss the sexual-dehydration epidemic of Gen Z, Olivia Wilde-Summer and collaborating with Charli XCX.

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#HarrisDickinson makes a surprise appearance in Xavier Dolan's Matthias & Maxime as a repellant dudebro! Our latest episode on 'Gay Panic!' films is out now for Patreons: www.patreon.com/cw/TheQueerG...

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Tomorrow on Patreon: try not to overreact but we’re discussing our second Xavier Dolan film, MATTHIAS AND MAXIME. Subscribe via the link in our bio for early access

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

There's a whole lot of Marvel connections to the bromance comedy 'I Love You, Man' Our bonus episode on this Gay Panic classic is out now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thequeergaze

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

@conrad-esq.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social continue our 'Gay Panic' theme with I LOVE YOU, MAN, which we struggled to connect with. Issues with the ending aside, there's only one joke that truly works (credit to Thomas Lennon). Mostly we just feel bad for Rashida Jones.

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I Love You, Man (2009)

Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · August 13 · 19m

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Tomorrow on the Main Feed: Conrad and Joe travel back to the bromance period of the 2000s with Paul Rudd and Jason Segel in I LOVE YOU, MAN

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I Love You, Man (2009) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Thomas Lennon has the funniest line in 'I Love You, Man'. The second episode in our Gay Panic theme is out now on www.patreon.com/thequeergaze

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Tomorrow on Patreon: @conrad-esq.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social continue our ‘Gay Panic’ theme with the 2009 title, I LOVE YOU, MAN Subscribe via the link in our bio to listen

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I Love You Man - Tuxedo Scene

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The basketball scene in Lynn Sheldon's #Humpday demonstrates the difference between a #queerfilm and a straight film! Our Patreon-exclusive bonus episode on this mumblecore classic is out now: www.patreon.com/cw/TheQueerG...

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Conrad and Joe kick off a new theme on 'Gay Panic' with a look at Lynn Shelton's HUMPDAY, wherein heterosexual friends drunkenly decide to make a sex tape as an art project. It's a sitcom-level premise executed to surprisingly good effect (thanks to great direction and excellent lead performances).

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Humpday (2009)

Podcast Episode · The Queer Gaze · July 30 · 23m

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The guys in Lynn Shelton's #Humpday get naked in a hotel before they back down... Our latest episode on the "gay panic" theme is out now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/cw/TheQueerG... #queerfilm

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Jennifer Garner is the patron saint of queer movies: discuss. Our Patreon-exclusive bonus episode on Dallas Buyers Club is out now! www.patreon.com/cw/TheQueerG...

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Today on the pod: @conrad-esq.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social tackle a 2nd Jean-Marc Vallée title with 2013's DALLAS BUYERS CLUB. Plus: Jennifer Garner as patron saint of queer films; bemoaning Jared Leto's depiction of a transwoman; and why the film's message about medicine is troubling.

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Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Dallas Buyers Club hints at an evil conspiracy between big pharma and the government. Our latest episode on AIDS dramas is out now! #DallasBuyersClub #queerfilm #podcast

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The Queer Gaze @thequeergaze.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Meryl Streep's reaction to seeing an angel is priceless... Our Patreon-exclusive bonus episode on the second half of #AngelsInAmerica is out now! www.patreon.com/TheQueerGaze

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