NewFest 2019
By Kyle Mustain October 25, 2019
Screening more than 160 works from 30 countries, the 31st annual New Fest, New York City’s LGBTQ+ film festival, highlights new voices in cinema and a wide range of genres and experiences.
Screening more than 160 works from 30 countries, the 31st annual New Fest, New York City’s LGBTQ+ film festival, highlights new voices in cinema and a wide range of genres and experiences.
The dancers at Johnsons strip club know how to put on a proper striptease, and they sure give those polls a workout.
If it cannot quite convey the emotional and intellectual excitement of a forbidden love affair, Chanya Button’s film attractively showcases it.
Debut director Lucio Castro captures the deliberate rhythms of a life lived in the moment.
An openly gay Mexican wrestler’s life in the ring confronts a ticking clock.
Take a look into the world that gave rise to Pose and RuPaul’s Drag Race.
The restored documentary takes viewers back to the early 20th century before the pivotal riots in the summer of 1969.
This much-needed history lesson gives an eye-opening look at a little-known period of discrimination.
Among the entries are films focusing on the nation’s LGBTQ community; in particular, the recent attacks on their rights. How they choose to respond is the point of one especially compelling documentary.