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: 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...
Loved chatting with Bryson Battle, J Harrison Ghee & B Noel Thomas for @thequeerreview.com about starring in the exhilarating new musical Saturday Church running Off-Broadway at NYTW through Oct 24 thequeerreview.com/2025/09/30/i...
Exclusive Interview: Bryson Battle, B Noel Thomas & J. Harrison Ghee on Off-Broadway’s exhilarating new musical Saturday Church – “it’s today’s queer liberation story”
Three decades ago, Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking Rent was birthed Off-Broadway in Manhattan’s East Village at the storied New York Theatre Workshop. Now an equally timely, poignant, …
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October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Loved chatting with Bryson Battle, J Harrison Ghee & B Noel Thomas for @thequeerreview.com about starring in the exhilarating new musical Saturday Church running Off-Broadway at NYTW through Oct 24 thequeerreview.com/2025/09/30/i...
A delight chatting with creator-star Mae Martin for @thequeerreview.com about their compelling new @netflix.com series #Wayward alongside their co-stars Toni Collette & Sarah Gadon youtu.be/IELHVYI_hck?... #lgbtq
Creator-star Mae Martin with co-stars Toni Collette & Sarah Gadon on Netflix's Wayward #netflix
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September 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A delight chatting with creator-star Mae Martin for @thequeerreview.com about their compelling new @netflix.com series #Wayward alongside their co-stars Toni Collette & Sarah Gadon youtu.be/IELHVYI_hck?... #lgbtq
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Tom Blyth & Russell Tovey on starring opposite each other in Sundance Award-winning queer drama Plainclothes youtu.be/Isd7T6pOLyk?...
Tom Blyth & Russell Tovey on starring opposite each other in queer drama Plainclothes #lgbtq
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September 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Tom Blyth & Russell Tovey on starring opposite each other in Sundance Award-winning queer drama Plainclothes youtu.be/Isd7T6pOLyk?...
New York City! Come watch @sundance.org Award-winning queer film #Plainclothes this Saturday September 20th at 7:05pm @ifccenter.bsky.social followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Carmen Emmi & star Russell Tovey moderated by me. Tickets: www.ifccenter.com/films/plainc... #LGBTQ
IFC Center - Plainclothes
Wednesday, September 17 and Thursday, September 18 at 7:00: Sneak Previews + Q&As with director Carmen Emmi and stars Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey after the screenings Friday, September 19 and Saturday...
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September 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
New York City! Come watch @sundance.org Award-winning queer film #Plainclothes this Saturday September 20th at 7:05pm @ifccenter.bsky.social followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Carmen Emmi & star Russell Tovey moderated by me. Tickets: www.ifccenter.com/films/plainc... #LGBTQ
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“Exhilarating” “This show really took me to church!” - read @jameskleinmann.com’s full ★★★★ review of Saturday Church running at NYTW through October 19th #SaturdayChurchMusical thequeerreview.com/2025/09/19/t...
Theatre Review: Saturday Church (New York Theatre Workshop, Off-Broadway) ★★★★
Adapted from Damon Cardasis’ 2017 film of the same name, that starred Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (a creative consultant and producer on the show), this exhilarating new musical at New York Theatr…
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September 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
“Exhilarating” “This show really took me to church!” - read @jameskleinmann.com’s full ★★★★ review of Saturday Church running at NYTW through October 19th #SaturdayChurchMusical thequeerreview.com/2025/09/19/t...
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“A riveting chamber piece powered by an impeccable, tour-de-force lead performance” read @jameskleinmann.com’s full review of Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon starring Ethan Hawke - which just played #TIFF50 & will open NewFest thequeerreview.com/2025/09/11/t...
TIFF 2025 Film Review: Blue Moon ★★★★★
The review is in…and it’s a rave! Set over one evening in a single location and unfurling in real time, Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon is a riveting chamber piece powered by an imp…
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September 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“A riveting chamber piece powered by an impeccable, tour-de-force lead performance” read @jameskleinmann.com’s full review of Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon starring Ethan Hawke - which just played #TIFF50 & will open NewFest thequeerreview.com/2025/09/11/t...
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“Jonsson electrifies in an Oscar-worthy performance” “gripping & emotionally engaging” “a powerful, beautifully made film which pulls no punches” - read @glenngaylord.bsky.social’s full review of #TheLongWalk thequeerreview.com/2025/09/11/f...
March Madness – Film Review: The Long Walk ★★★★1/2
In my lifetime of loving movies, a few come to mind as ones I considered fantastic but that I’d never want to see again. Requiem For A Dream, Irreversible, American History X, and The Last King of …
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September 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Jonsson electrifies in an Oscar-worthy performance” “gripping & emotionally engaging” “a powerful, beautifully made film which pulls no punches” - read @glenngaylord.bsky.social’s full review of #TheLongWalk thequeerreview.com/2025/09/11/f...
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Watch our conversation with James Sweeney & Dylan O’Brien as their Sundance Award-winning poignant comedy Twinless opens in US theaters on Friday September 5th #Twinless youtu.be/y8lOFFaKka0?...
James Sweeney & Dylan O'Brien on their Sundance Award-winning comedy Twinless
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September 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Watch our conversation with James Sweeney & Dylan O’Brien as their Sundance Award-winning poignant comedy Twinless opens in US theaters on Friday September 5th #Twinless youtu.be/y8lOFFaKka0?...
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Take a look at the #LGBTQ+ highlights at the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival #TIFF50 running Sept 4 - 14 2025 thequeerreview.com/2025/08/31/t...
TIFF 2025: LGBTQ+ highlights at 50th Toronto International Film Festival
With the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) kicking off on Thursday, September 4th, running until Sunday, September 14th, we take a look at some of the LGBTQ+ highlights…
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August 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Take a look at the #LGBTQ+ highlights at the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival #TIFF50 running Sept 4 - 14 2025 thequeerreview.com/2025/08/31/t...
Working on my must-see list at #TIFF50 - what’s top of your list?
Take a look at the #LGBTQ+ highlights at the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival #TIFF50 running Sept 4 - 14 2025 thequeerreview.com/2025/08/31/t...
TIFF 2025: LGBTQ+ highlights at 50th Toronto International Film Festival
With the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) kicking off on Thursday, September 4th, running until Sunday, September 14th, we take a look at some of the LGBTQ+ highlights…
thequeerreview.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Working on my must-see list at #TIFF50 - what’s top of your list?
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“Oh, Mother! Jinkx Monsoon, now officially the First Lady of Broadway, brings her special brand of magic to Oh, Mary, giving an unmissable tour-de-fierce turn.” - @jameskleinmann.com #OhMaryPlay #JinkxMonsoon thequeerreview.com/2025/08/29/t...
Theatre Review: Oh, Mary! starring Jinkx Monsoon (Lyceum Theatre, Broadway) ★★★★★
Having experienced “one of the most enjoyable nights I’ve ever had at the theatre” when I caught the original cast in Oh, Mary!—as detailed in my ★★★★★ review from July, 2025—I must adm…
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August 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“Oh, Mother! Jinkx Monsoon, now officially the First Lady of Broadway, brings her special brand of magic to Oh, Mary, giving an unmissable tour-de-fierce turn.” - @jameskleinmann.com #OhMaryPlay #JinkxMonsoon thequeerreview.com/2025/08/29/t...
The First Lady of Broadway. Tears of laughter & joy experiencing the magic that @thejinkx.bsky.social brings to Oh, Mary! An unmissable tour-de-fierce turn. So beautiful to see Mother in her element thriving. #Broadway #OhMaryPlay #JinkxMonsoon
August 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The First Lady of Broadway. Tears of laughter & joy experiencing the magic that @thejinkx.bsky.social brings to Oh, Mary! An unmissable tour-de-fierce turn. So beautiful to see Mother in her element thriving. #Broadway #OhMaryPlay #JinkxMonsoon
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Emmy-winning filmmaker Alex Russell & stars Archie Madekwe & Théodore Pellerin talk LURKER with The Queer Review’s @jameskleinmann.com - now playing in US theaters from MUBI #Lurker youtu.be/_fJt5AuQGHY?...
Emmy-winning filmmaker Alex Russell & stars Archie Madekwe & Théodore Pellerin talk LURKER
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August 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Emmy-winning filmmaker Alex Russell & stars Archie Madekwe & Théodore Pellerin talk LURKER with The Queer Review’s @jameskleinmann.com - now playing in US theaters from MUBI #Lurker youtu.be/_fJt5AuQGHY?...
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Exclusive Interview: Ethan Coen & Tricia Cooke on Honey Don’t! – “we wanted to fill the movie with as much queerness as possible” @focusfeatures.bsky.social #HoneyDont thequeerreview.com/2025/08/18/e...
Exclusive Interview: Ethan Coen & Tricia Cooke on Honey Don’t! – “we wanted to fill the movie with as much queerness as possible”
Following last year’s lesbian crime caper road movie starring Margaret Qualley, Drive-Away Dolls, Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s latest collaboration, Honey Don’t—which also stars Qualle…
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August 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Exclusive Interview: Ethan Coen & Tricia Cooke on Honey Don’t! – “we wanted to fill the movie with as much queerness as possible” @focusfeatures.bsky.social #HoneyDont thequeerreview.com/2025/08/18/e...
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Catch @boyradio.bsky.social live in NYC @joespub.bsky.social Saturday, August 2nd at 9:30pm thequeerreview.com/2025/06/13/e... 🎟️ publictheater.org/performances...
Exclusive Photos & Interview: it’s now Himbo Summer as Boy Radio launches electrifyingly seductive sophomore album Himboism
After teasing us with just the tip of what was in store with his playfully sexy EP back in February, Brooklyn’s indie dance pop king Boy Radio launches his stunning sophomore album Himboism t…
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July 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Catch @boyradio.bsky.social live in NYC @joespub.bsky.social Saturday, August 2nd at 9:30pm thequeerreview.com/2025/06/13/e... 🎟️ publictheater.org/performances...
Catch @boyradio.bsky.social live in NYC @joespub.bsky.social Saturday, August 2nd at 9:30pm thequeerreview.com/2025/06/13/e... 🎟️ publictheater.org/performances...
Exclusive Photos & Interview: it’s now Himbo Summer as Boy Radio launches electrifyingly seductive sophomore album Himboism
After teasing us with just the tip of what was in store with his playfully sexy EP back in February, Brooklyn’s indie dance pop king Boy Radio launches his stunning sophomore album Himboism t…
thequeerreview.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Catch @boyradio.bsky.social live in NYC @joespub.bsky.social Saturday, August 2nd at 9:30pm thequeerreview.com/2025/06/13/e... 🎟️ publictheater.org/performances...
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Charles Busch’s kitschy send-up of 1960s teen beach comedies gets the slasher treatment in PSYCHO BEACH PARTY, starring Lauren Ambrose as wannabe surf-girl with a split personality!
See it July 30 and July 31 + Q&A with Charles Busch and Lauren Ambrose!
See it July 30 and July 31 + Q&A with Charles Busch and Lauren Ambrose!
IFC Center - Psycho Beach Party
25th Anniversary! Wednesday, July 30 at 7:00 p.m.: Q&A with actors Charles Busch and Lauren Ambrose and director Bob King after the show Thursday, July 31 at 7:00 p.m.: Q&A with actor/writer Charles B...
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July 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Charles Busch’s kitschy send-up of 1960s teen beach comedies gets the slasher treatment in PSYCHO BEACH PARTY, starring Lauren Ambrose as wannabe surf-girl with a split personality!
See it July 30 and July 31 + Q&A with Charles Busch and Lauren Ambrose!
See it July 30 and July 31 + Q&A with Charles Busch and Lauren Ambrose!
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“It feels so hopeful, sweet & romantic” - Dolly Wells speaks exclusively with The Queer Review’s editor @jameskleinmann.com about bringing Joy to Miranda’s life on And Just Like That… #AndJustLikeThat thequeerreview.com/2025/07/03/i...
Exclusive Interview: Dolly Wells on bringing Joy to Miranda’s life on And Just Like That… “it feels so hopeful, sweet & romantic”
When a newly single Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) encountered BBC producer Joy, played by British actress Dolly Wells, in front of the United Nations building towards the end of the second season of And …
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July 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“It feels so hopeful, sweet & romantic” - Dolly Wells speaks exclusively with The Queer Review’s editor @jameskleinmann.com about bringing Joy to Miranda’s life on And Just Like That… #AndJustLikeThat thequeerreview.com/2025/07/03/i...
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Hacks wins Best LGBTQ Show & Best Comedy in Dorian TV Awards – Jean Smart named TV Icon – read full winners list @dorianawards.bsky.social #DorianAwards #Hacks #LGBTQ
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Hacks wins Best LGBTQ Show & Best Comedy in Dorian TV Awards – Jean Smart named TV Icon – full winners list
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics—the second largest entertainment journalists’ group in the world, with a membership of more than 560 critics, journalists and media icons—ha…
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July 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Hacks wins Best LGBTQ Show & Best Comedy in Dorian TV Awards – Jean Smart named TV Icon – read full winners list @dorianawards.bsky.social #DorianAwards #Hacks #LGBTQ
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American Ninja Warrior season 17's trailblazing trans athletes Clayton Reeves & Jenson Little speak exclusively with The Queer Review’s @jameskleinmann.com #AmericanNinjaWarrior youtu.be/rvb3trKMEsk?...
American Ninja Warrior season 17's trailblazing trans athletes Clayton Reeves & Jenson Little
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July 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
American Ninja Warrior season 17's trailblazing trans athletes Clayton Reeves & Jenson Little speak exclusively with The Queer Review’s @jameskleinmann.com #AmericanNinjaWarrior youtu.be/rvb3trKMEsk?...