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The Queer Gaze

Conrad Chambers & Joe Lipsett

Angels In America: Perestroika (2003)

July 02, 2026 2:05am 23 min

Conrad and Joe return to discuss the back half of Mike Nichols' multi-award winning HBO limited series, Angels in America.Does the series pay off its lengthy time commitment? Does the visual scope of the production justi...

Leviticus (2026)

June 22, 2026 2:05am 10 min

Conrad and Joe drop a (mostly) spoiler-free review of writer/director Adrian Chiarella's feature debut Leviticus (2026) about two boys who fall in love in a religious community that punishes them by using their attractio...

Angels In America: Millennium Approaches (2003)

June 18, 2026 2:05am 21 min

Settle in because we are discussing the first three episodes/hours of the HBO miniseries adaptation of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer-award winning play, Angels in America.Directed by Mike Nichols and starring a combination of ...

Philadelphia (1993)

June 04, 2026 2:05am 22 min

We're discussing the most popular title from our slate of 1993 films depicting HIV and AIDS: Jonathan Demme's Oscar winning movie, Philadelphia.Starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington, the film is equal parts character ...

And The Band Played On (1993)

May 21, 2026 2:05am 25 min

Conrad and Joe check out Roger Spottiswoode's sprawling 1993 adaptation of Randy Shilts non-fiction tome, And The Band Played On.Featuring a star studded A-list cast, the film falls somewhere between medical procedural a...

Blue Film (2025)

May 08, 2026 2:05am 13 min

Conrad and Joe checked out Elliot Tuttle's feature directorial debut and we had to record our spoiler-free thoughts on the film. C/W: Sexual AbuseStarring Kieron Moore and Reed Birney as a camboy and his older client, th...

Zero Patience (1993)

May 07, 2026 2:05am 21 min

Conrad and Joe travel BACK to Canada for John Greyson's New Queer cinema entry Zero Patience (1993), a musical about the Quebec flight attendant scapegoated for bringing AIDS to North America.Plus: the use of real histor...

An Early Frost (1985)

April 23, 2026 2:05am 23 min

Joe and Conrad kick off a new theme on 'HIV and AIDS' with a look at the earliest text to discuss the disease: An Early Frost from 1985.NBC's made-for-TV film is something of a marvel considering advertisers wouldn't tou...

Sex Work and Pornography Wrap-Up

April 13, 2026 2:05am 12 min

After six films, Conrad and Joe wrap up our 'Sex Work and Pornography' theme by revisiting common threads and themes, our favourite discoveries, and the titles we'd most recommend to listeners. Want more content? Subscri...

Sauvage (2018)

April 09, 2026 2:05am 20 min

Conrad and Joe wrap up our theme with Camille Vidal-Naquet's 2018 film Sauvage ('Wild'), a purportedly "judgement-free" documentary-style, gritty depiction of 'Sex Work and Pornography.' The trauma porn narrative, howeve...

Pillion (2025)

March 26, 2026 2:05am 20 min

Conrad and Joe hit pause on 'Sex Work and Pornography' to discuss one of 2025's biggest queer films: Harry Lighton's Pillion (2025).It may surprise you to discover that we're ambivalent about the film! We don't entirely ...

Baby (2024)

March 12, 2026 2:05am 25 min

The second to last entry in our 'Sex Work and Pornography' theme is Brazilian director Marcelo Caetano's Baby (2024) about a newly released convict who is introduced to a life of sex work by an older man.From cruising sp...

Sebastian (2024)

February 26, 2026 2:05am 22 min

Conrad and Joe check out Sebastian, the sophomore effort of Mikko Mäkelä (see previous episode on A Moment in the Reeds) which concerns a writer, Max (Ruaridh Mollica), who uses his sex work as fodder for his "fiction" w...

Mysterious Skin (2005)

February 12, 2026 2:05am 23 min

The next entry in our 'Sex Work and Pornography' theme is Gregg Araki's masterful 2005 adaptation of Scott Heim's devastating novel Mysterious Skin. Starring a grown-up Joseph Gordon Levitt and a pre-Oscar winning direct...

Eastern Boys (2013)

January 29, 2026 2:05am 24 min

It's a Conrad pick as our theme on 'Sex Work and Pornography' continues with Robin Campillo’s genre hybrid, Eastern Boys (2013).The film tackles several uncomfortable subjects, including a significant age gap between cli...

Tell Me Everything (2026)

January 26, 2026 2:05am 16 min

Conrad and Joe check out writer/director Moshe Rosenthal's exquisite 80s throwback, which played Sundance 2026.Featuring incredible performances across the board, this 5 star film about a tumultuous father/son relationsh...

King Cobra (2016)

January 15, 2026 2:05am 24 min

We're kicking off a new theme, 'Sex work and Pornography', with Justin Kelly's 2016 true crime adaptation, King Cobra (2016) which tells the story of underage porn star Brent Corrigan and the murder of Bryan Kocis (here ...

The Plague (2025) feat. Trace Thurman

January 02, 2026 2:05am 24 min

Conrad and Joe are joined by Horror Queers' Trace Thurman to discuss Charlie Polinger's debut feature, The Plague (2025).Expect plenty of discussion about pre-teen bullying, queer-coding, and body horror as we're collect...

Stranger By The Lake (2013)

December 25, 2025 2:05am 21 min

For our final 'Cruising' entry, we've returned to France to discuss Alain Giraudie's Stranger By The Lake (2013).It's one of Joe's favourite contemporary texts, but what did Conrad think of his time watch?Plus: unsimulat...

Birder (2023)

December 11, 2025 2:05am 27 min

Our second last 'Cruising' title arrives in the form of Nate Dushku's feature directorial debut, Birder (2023).Prepare for innuendos abound courtesy of Amnon Lourie's screenplay, which is brought to life by charming cham...

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