"I wanted to talk about issues of queer youth today," Mournian says of Hidden 's LGBTQ teens.

For filmmakers in the queer community — which is still a marginalized, albeit dedicated, niche market — the question arises: Does catering to a core queer audience help or hinder these efforts?

This lighthearted novel by Philadelphia-based author Richard Morais is simply a delectable treat.

Forget Johnny Depp — the best Dillinger in cinemas this summer is the revival of Marco Ferreri's dazzling 1969 drama, Dillinger Is Dead.

In the very first sentence of memoir, Mishna Wolff declares that she is white. She establishes this fact — repeatedly — because her father, a white man, truly believes he is black.

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