James Kleinmann
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Founder & Editor TheQueerReview.com @thequeerreview.com (GLAAD Award-nominated x 2) / Actor / Producer / Member Dorian Awards (he/him) 📍NYC 🏳️🌈 Virgo ♍️ vegan 🌱 Insta: https://www.instagram.com/jameskleinmann?igsh=amVjOHZhNzg1aW13&utm_source=qr
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Exclusive Interview: @hughsheehan.bsky.social on his award-winning BBC Sounds podcast Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7 – “we must never forget these queer histories” #LGBTQ thequeerreview.com/2026/01/04/i...
Exclusive Interview: Hugh Sheehan on his award-winning podcast Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7 – “we must never forget these queer histories”
In this politically regressive era in the United States and beyond, it is especially vital that LGBTQ+ history be recorded and shared, enabling us to find context, empowerment and guidance in the n…
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January 6, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Exclusive Interview: @hughsheehan.bsky.social on his award-winning BBC Sounds podcast Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7 – “we must never forget these queer histories” #LGBTQ thequeerreview.com/2026/01/04/i...
The @tcmtv.bsky.social In Memoriam tributes are always works of art youtu.be/qF8_YcxZp6U?...
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December 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The @tcmtv.bsky.social In Memoriam tributes are always works of art youtu.be/qF8_YcxZp6U?...
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I shared my hardcore film crush in The Queer Review's 2025 LGBTQ+ highlights of the year. (If you've seen it... you know!!!)
Thanks so much @thequeerreview.com @jameskleinmann.com
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Thanks so much @thequeerreview.com @jameskleinmann.com
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The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year
As 2025 draws to a close, we invite some friends of The Queer Review, including prominent creators, performers, and activists to share the LGBTQ+ culture that has sustained, stimulated, moved, insp…
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December 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I shared my hardcore film crush in The Queer Review's 2025 LGBTQ+ highlights of the year. (If you've seen it... you know!!!)
Thanks so much @thequeerreview.com @jameskleinmann.com
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Thanks so much @thequeerreview.com @jameskleinmann.com
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Thrilled to be asked to give my pick again this year! So many great suggestions included here!
Assembling this annual #LGBTQ+ highlights of the year is in fact always a highlight of my year! Love all the recommendations & the thought that goes into these contributions. Hope you discover something new here too! #TheQueerReview2025 #TheQueerReview thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year
As 2025 draws to a close, we invite some friends of The Queer Review, including prominent creators, performers, and activists to share the LGBTQ+ culture that has sustained, stimulated, moved, insp…
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December 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Thrilled to be asked to give my pick again this year! So many great suggestions included here!
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The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year #TheQueerReview2025 #TheQueerReview thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year
As 2025 draws to a close, we invite some friends of The Queer Review, including prominent creators, performers, and activists to share the LGBTQ+ culture that has sustained, stimulated, moved, insp…
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December 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year #TheQueerReview2025 #TheQueerReview thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
Assembling this annual #LGBTQ+ highlights of the year is in fact always a highlight of my year! Love all the recommendations & the thought that goes into these contributions. Hope you discover something new here too! #TheQueerReview2025 #TheQueerReview thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
The Queer Review 2025 – LGBTQ+ highlights of the year
As 2025 draws to a close, we invite some friends of The Queer Review, including prominent creators, performers, and activists to share the LGBTQ+ culture that has sustained, stimulated, moved, insp…
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December 25, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Assembling this annual #LGBTQ+ highlights of the year is in fact always a highlight of my year! Love all the recommendations & the thought that goes into these contributions. Hope you discover something new here too! #TheQueerReview2025 #TheQueerReview thequeerreview.com/2025/12/24/t...
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Come to @ifccenter.bsky.social tonight for a 9.15pm screening of Batman Returns where I’ll be introducing the film along with @thequeerreview.com and I cannot wait!!!
December 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Come to @ifccenter.bsky.social tonight for a 9.15pm screening of Batman Returns where I’ll be introducing the film along with @thequeerreview.com and I cannot wait!!!
TONIGHT!
Gotham City! Come see BATMAN RETURNS on the big screen @ifccenter.bsky.social Tues Dec 23 9:15pm with inperson intro by me & @brightlightx2.bsky.social plus recorded intro by screenwriter Dan Waters. Use promo code “MEOW” for $3 off general admission tickets online www.ifccenter.com/films/batman...
IFC Center - Batman Returns
Presented by The Queer Review! Tuesday, December 23 at 9:15: In-person introduction by The Queer Review’s editor James Kleinmann with electronic pop musician Bright Light Bright Light Special recorded...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
TONIGHT!
Gotham City! Come see BATMAN RETURNS on the big screen @ifccenter.bsky.social Tues Dec 23 9:15pm with inperson intro by me & @brightlightx2.bsky.social plus recorded intro by screenwriter Dan Waters. Use promo code “MEOW” for $3 off general admission tickets online www.ifccenter.com/films/batman...
IFC Center - Batman Returns
Presented by The Queer Review! Tuesday, December 23 at 9:15: In-person introduction by The Queer Review’s editor James Kleinmann with electronic pop musician Bright Light Bright Light Special recorded...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Gotham City! Come see BATMAN RETURNS on the big screen @ifccenter.bsky.social Tues Dec 23 9:15pm with inperson intro by me & @brightlightx2.bsky.social plus recorded intro by screenwriter Dan Waters. Use promo code “MEOW” for $3 off general admission tickets online www.ifccenter.com/films/batman...
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Join @thequeerreview.com under the mistletoe tomorrow for a screening of Tim Burton’s BATMAN RETURNS.
Introduced by James Kleinmann & electronic pop musician Bright Light Bright Light, with a special recorded intro from screenwriter Daniel Waters!
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Introduced by James Kleinmann & electronic pop musician Bright Light Bright Light, with a special recorded intro from screenwriter Daniel Waters!
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December 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Join @thequeerreview.com under the mistletoe tomorrow for a screening of Tim Burton’s BATMAN RETURNS.
Introduced by James Kleinmann & electronic pop musician Bright Light Bright Light, with a special recorded intro from screenwriter Daniel Waters!
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Introduced by James Kleinmann & electronic pop musician Bright Light Bright Light, with a special recorded intro from screenwriter Daniel Waters!
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40th anniversary screening of Buddies @ifccenter.bsky.social in NYC TONIGGT Mon Dec 15th at 7pm programmed by Liz Purchell with an introduction & post-screening Q&A with @jenniolsonsf.bsky.social, Bressan Project co-founder Roe Bressan, & star David Schachter thequeerreview.com/2019/12/07/e...
Exclusive Interview: David Schachter on starring in Arthur J. Bressan Jr.’s 1985 AIDS film Buddies – “it’s political, but it’s also a love story”
Arthur “Artie” J. Bressan Jr.’s Buddies, written, shot and released in 1985, was the first narrative feature film to deal with AIDS. It follows a volunteer ‘buddy’ Dav…
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December 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
40th anniversary screening of Buddies @ifccenter.bsky.social in NYC TONIGGT Mon Dec 15th at 7pm programmed by Liz Purchell with an introduction & post-screening Q&A with @jenniolsonsf.bsky.social, Bressan Project co-founder Roe Bressan, & star David Schachter thequeerreview.com/2019/12/07/e...
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“I’m a queer icon, who knew?!” – screenwriter Daniel Waters talks Batman Returns & Heathers youtu.be/6hcfJk1xwDE?...
"I'm a queer icon, who knew?!" - screenwriter Daniel Waters talks Batman Returns & Heathers
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December 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“I’m a queer icon, who knew?!” – screenwriter Daniel Waters talks Batman Returns & Heathers youtu.be/6hcfJk1xwDE?...
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Exclusive Interview: Daniel Waters on writing “dark, f****d up Christmas movie” Batman Returns thequeerreview.com/2025/12/13/e...
Exclusive Interview: Daniel Waters on writing “dark, f****d up Christmas movie” Batman Returns
“I’m a queer icon, who knew?!” Jokes screenwriter Daniel Waters as he discusses the strong queer following for Batman Returns and Heathers. Waters is also known for the 2032-set s…
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December 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Exclusive Interview: Daniel Waters on writing “dark, f****d up Christmas movie” Batman Returns thequeerreview.com/2025/12/13/e...
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December 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We NonTrad XMas Gays finally getting respect 🤭
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This is not a gay drill! Meow!! The fabulous @jameskleinmann.com of @thequeerreview.com is presenting a special holiday screening of the ultimate Christmas movie, BATMAN RETURNS, at IFC, Tues. Dec. 23!! With intro by @brightlightx2.bsky.social, even!!
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December 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is not a gay drill! Meow!! The fabulous @jameskleinmann.com of @thequeerreview.com is presenting a special holiday screening of the ultimate Christmas movie, BATMAN RETURNS, at IFC, Tues. Dec. 23!! With intro by @brightlightx2.bsky.social, even!!
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The Queer Review presents Batman Returns @ifccenter.bsky.social NYC Tues Dec 23rd at 9:15pm with an in-person intro by electronic pop musician @brightlightx2.bsky.social & host @jameskleinmann.com & a special recorded intro by screenwriter Daniel Waters. Tickets: www.ifccenter.com/films/batman...
IFC Center - Batman Returns
Presented by The Queer Review! Tuesday, December 23 at 9:00: In-person introduction by The Queer Review’s editor James Kleinmann with electronic pop musician Bright Light Bright Light Special recorded...
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December 6, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The Queer Review presents Batman Returns @ifccenter.bsky.social NYC Tues Dec 23rd at 9:15pm with an in-person intro by electronic pop musician @brightlightx2.bsky.social & host @jameskleinmann.com & a special recorded intro by screenwriter Daniel Waters. Tickets: www.ifccenter.com/films/batman...
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“I became much freer as an actor once I came out & accepted who I was” - Elsbeth star @danielkisaac.bsky.social speaks with @jameskleinmann.com about getting started in his career & reuniting with his Billions co-star Asia Kate Dillon in queer indie film Outerlands thequeerreview.com/2025/11/26/i...
Exclusive Interview: Billions & Elsbeth star Daniel K. Isaac – “I became much freer as an actor once I came out & accepted who I was”
Actor and writer Daniel K. Isaac is known for giving smart, nuanced, and playful performances and has a quietly commanding presence on stage and screen that draws the viewer in. Let’s face it…
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November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“I became much freer as an actor once I came out & accepted who I was” - Elsbeth star @danielkisaac.bsky.social speaks with @jameskleinmann.com about getting started in his career & reuniting with his Billions co-star Asia Kate Dillon in queer indie film Outerlands thequeerreview.com/2025/11/26/i...
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“It’s all about being too poor for presents, too atheist for Jesus & too naughty for Santa” - cabaret star @kimdavidsmith.bsky.social tells @jameskleinmann.com about his fabulously queer annual holiday show A Wery Weimar Christmas returning to Club Cumming 12/14 thequeerreview.com/2025/11/25/i...
Exclusive Interview: Kim David Smith on A Wery Weimar Christmas – “it’s all about being too poor for presents, too atheist for Jesus & too naughty for Santa”
Award-winning cabaret star and actor Kim David Smith returns to New York’s Club Cumming on Sunday, December 14th for his fabulously queer annual holiday celebration, A Wery Weimar Christmas, …
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November 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
“It’s all about being too poor for presents, too atheist for Jesus & too naughty for Santa” - cabaret star @kimdavidsmith.bsky.social tells @jameskleinmann.com about his fabulously queer annual holiday show A Wery Weimar Christmas returning to Club Cumming 12/14 thequeerreview.com/2025/11/25/i...
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Theatre Review: Richard II (Astor Place Theatre, Off-Broadway) ★★★★ thequeerreview.com/2025/11/23/t...
Theatre Review: Richard II (Astor Place Theatre, Off-Broadway) ★★★★
Director Craig Baldwin’s thrilling new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Richard II for Red Bull Theater boldly transposes the play’s setting from late 14th-century England to a…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Theatre Review: Richard II (Astor Place Theatre, Off-Broadway) ★★★★ thequeerreview.com/2025/11/23/t...
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Exclusive Interview: Charles Moriarty on his latest photography book BROCK – “it’s about chasing your dreams & finding your space in the world” thequeerreview.com/2025/11/18/i...
Exclusive Interview: Charles Moriarty on his latest photography book BROCK – “it’s about chasing your dreams & finding your space in the world”
Featuring more than 110 stunning images taken over four years, photographer Charles Moriarty’s latest book, the limited-edition BROCK, is an intimate portrait of actor and bodybuilder, Brock …
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November 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Exclusive Interview: Charles Moriarty on his latest photography book BROCK – “it’s about chasing your dreams & finding your space in the world” thequeerreview.com/2025/11/18/i...
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Exclusive Interview: filmmaker Ira Sachs on Peter Hujar’s Day – “it’s a love story about a friendship” - opens in theaters on Friday, November 7th including @filmforumnyc.bsky.social & Film at Lincoln Center in New York thequeerreview.com/2025/11/06/i...
Exclusive Interview: filmmaker Ira Sachs on Peter Hujar’s Day – “it’s a love story about a friendship”
With a career spanning more than three decades, Ira Sachs is one of the most acclaimed American independent filmmakers of his generation with work in the permanent collections of the Museum of Mode…
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November 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Exclusive Interview: filmmaker Ira Sachs on Peter Hujar’s Day – “it’s a love story about a friendship” - opens in theaters on Friday, November 7th including @filmforumnyc.bsky.social & Film at Lincoln Center in New York thequeerreview.com/2025/11/06/i...
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“Biting & hilarious in equal measure, the show plays out like Rope meets Boys In the Band in modern-day Manhattan” - @jameskleinmann.com reviews @drewdroege.bsky.social’s Messy White Gays now playing Off-Broadway thequeerreview.com/2025/11/02/t...
Theatre Review: Messy White Gays (The Duke on 42nd Street, Off-Broadway) ★★★★
When Drew Droege, most widely known for his inspired viral Chloë Sevigny parody videos, spoke with The Queer Review in March 2020 about his one-man show Happy Birthday Doug, he mused, “I think we’r…
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November 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
“Biting & hilarious in equal measure, the show plays out like Rope meets Boys In the Band in modern-day Manhattan” - @jameskleinmann.com reviews @drewdroege.bsky.social’s Messy White Gays now playing Off-Broadway thequeerreview.com/2025/11/02/t...
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The Queer Agenda: November 2025 - The Queer Review’s curated guide to LGBTQ+ cultural happenings in New York City & beyond thequeerreview.com/2025/11/01/t...
The Queer Agenda: November 2025
Welcome to the November edition of The Queer Agenda, The Queer Review’s curated monthly guide to LGBTQ+ cultural happenings in New York City and beyond. Unidentified photographer, Gladys Bentley (1…
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November 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The Queer Agenda: November 2025 - The Queer Review’s curated guide to LGBTQ+ cultural happenings in New York City & beyond thequeerreview.com/2025/11/01/t...
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Prince F*ggot star Mihir Kumar on Off-Broadway’s most talked about play of the year – “I’ve never felt such a strong personal attachment to something I was in” - Interview by @jameskleinmann.com with exclusive photography for The Queer Review by Steven Menendez thequeerreview.com/2025/10/19/i...
Exclusive Interview: Prince Faggot star Mihir Kumar on Off-Broadway’s most talked about play of the year – “I’ve never felt such a strong personal attachment to something I was in”
Mihir Kumar is currently starring in one of New York’s most talked about plays of the year—Jordan Tannahill’s Prince Faggot directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury—in an extended run at Stud…
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October 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Prince F*ggot star Mihir Kumar on Off-Broadway’s most talked about play of the year – “I’ve never felt such a strong personal attachment to something I was in” - Interview by @jameskleinmann.com with exclusive photography for The Queer Review by Steven Menendez thequeerreview.com/2025/10/19/i...
“I’ve never felt such a strong personal attachment to something I was in” - loved chatting with Prince F*ggot star Mihir Kumar about Off-Broadway’s most talked about play of the year thequeerreview.com/2025/10/19/i...
Exclusive Interview: Prince Faggot star Mihir Kumar on Off-Broadway’s most talked about play of the year – “I’ve never felt such a strong personal attachment to something I was in”
Mihir Kumar is currently starring in one of New York’s most talked about plays of the year—Jordan Tannahill’s Prince Faggot directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury—in an extended run at Stud…
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October 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“I’ve never felt such a strong personal attachment to something I was in” - loved chatting with Prince F*ggot star Mihir Kumar about Off-Broadway’s most talked about play of the year thequeerreview.com/2025/10/19/i...