#lgbtq-themes

#lgbtq-themes

Writer-composer Dylan MarcAurele rolls out a seemingly inexhaustible series of double entendres and works in cultural references from RuPaul's Drag Race to Ocean Vuong. On an amusing low-tech set by Sully Ross, the high-spirited cast of five actors-led by grade-A cuties Jimin Moon and Jay Armstrong Johnson as the central couple-score with nearly every shot they take.

“I started to really think about what I was afraid of. Was it the similarities? Was it the singing? Was it what was going on in the period? I knew I had to address the fear. If there's anything Freddie taught me, it was address the fear.”

“Maybe we could become each other, like something out of a Jacques Rivette movie or something,” she sings, referencing the French New Wave director. “I wonder if I just want you as my best friend, or if I'm just a really late bloomer.” Later, she touches on her own sexuality, noting: “Now I'm wondering if maybe I could be gay, but come on, look at me, I'm probably not. I've always wondered if you were actually gay, or if that's something you just say for your career.”

Writer/director James Sweeney's "Twinless" took the 2025 Sundance Film Festival by storm. This mordant delight - about two young men who befriend one another in a support group for people who've lost a twin - whipped the Eccles theater into a frenzy with its cuttingly dark laughs and unexpected plot twists. Sweeney's second feature, in which he stars opposite Dylan O'Brien who plays twins Rocky and Roman, also made headlines when sex scenes involving the two actors were leaked online by social media users