'Wicked' - An overwhelming musical adaptation boasts great performances

The long, long, long-awaited film adaptation of the stunningly successful Broadway musical "Wicked" is finally upon us. After years of delays and months of inescapable marketing, one can scarcely believe it.

'The Substance' - Demi Moore wows in body image horror satire

Demi Moore tackles the role of a lifetime in "The Substance," directed by French provocateur Coralie Fargeat. Moore faces this body horror satire head-on, giving everything she's got to portray what it feels like to age in a world that rejects anyone over

'Drive-Away Dolls' – queer comical road trip has drive

Written by Ethan Coen and his wife Tricia Cooke, "Drive-Away Dolls" is reminiscent of the gonzo "Raising Arizona" or "The Hudsucker Proxy," with an unabashedly queer sentiment.

'Rotting in the Sun' - a hedonistic, nihilistic gay comedy

Chilean director Sebastián Silva's latest film has some fun moments, extremely homosexual situations, but is overlong and obvious where it should be fleet and snappy.

'Passages' – Ira Sachs' intense drama

Director Ira Sachs returns with another incisive character piece with "Passages," though this one is far meaner than usual, like a particularly nasty French New Wave film, but one with a gay relationship at the center.

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