movie reviews

Sundance 2024: “In the Summers”
Is a Different Kind of
Queer Coming-of-Age Story

In the Summers is a queer coming-of-age movie that understands childhood and adolescence are just the beginning.

Drew Burnett Gregory

Jan 23, 2024

2025 Sundance Film Festival on the side with a collage of images from the film against a black background

MOVIE FEATURES

Sundance 2025: A Gay and Trans Festival Recap

That’s a wrap on the 2025 Sundance Film Festival! Read about everything Drew Burnett Gregory…

Drew Burnett Gregory

Chase Strangio waits at a subway stop in the documentary Heightened Scrutiny with Sundance Film Festival 2025 on the side.

MOVIE REVIEWS

Sundance 2025: ‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Is a Tribute to Trans Solidarity

I spent most of Heightened Scrutiny crying into the arms of my partner.

Drew Burnett Gregory

Sally documentary review: an image of Sally Ride in space with Sundance Film Festival 2025 on the side

MOVIE REVIEWS

Sundance 2025: ‘Sally’ Is a Documentary Portrait of Sally Ride and Her Secret Lesbian Partner of 27 Years

Sally Ride’s partner of 27 years, Tam O’Shaughnessy, is the true star of this film.

Drew Burnett Gregory

sundance

2025 Sundance Film Festival on the side with a collage of images from the film against a black background

movie features

Sundance 2025: A Gay and Trans Festival Recap

That’s a wrap on the 2025 Sundance Film Festival! Read about everything Drew Burnett Gregory saw, including the best of LGBTQ+ cinema and beyond.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 3, 2025

sundance

Chase Strangio waits at a subway stop in the documentary Heightened Scrutiny with Sundance Film Festival 2025 on the side.

movie reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Is a Tribute to Trans Solidarity

I spent most of Heightened Scrutiny crying into the arms of my partner.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 2, 2025

sundance

Sally documentary review: an image of Sally Ride in space with Sundance Film Festival 2025 on the side

movie reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Sally’ Is a Documentary Portrait of Sally Ride and Her Secret Lesbian Partner of 27 Years

Sally Ride’s partner of 27 years, Tam O’Shaughnessy, is the true star of this film.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 2, 2025

The Latest

New DIY Documentary Honors AIDS Media Activism, Love, Loss, and Queer Community

Lgbt History

Mar 21, 2025

How Happy Could I Make These ‘Severance’ Characters?

Television

Mar 21, 2025

Dykes Discuss Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’

Af+

Mar 21, 2025

Jade Carey Has Two Gold Medals AND a Girlfriend!

Sports

Mar 21, 2025

Yellowjackets Episode 307 Recap: WTF (What the Frogs)

Television

Mar 21, 2025

sundance

In the Summers: Lío Mehiel and Sasha Calle lean against a wall as the sun sets.

movie reviews

Sundance 2024: “In the Summers” Is a Different Kind of Queer Coming-of-Age Story

In the Summers is a queer coming-of-age movie that understands childhood and adolescence are just the beginning.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 23, 2024

sundance

2025 Sundance Film Festival on the side with a collage of images from the film against a black background

movie features

Sundance 2025: A Gay and Trans Festival Recap

That’s a wrap on the 2025 Sundance Film Festival! Read about everything Drew Burnett Gregory saw, including the best of LGBTQ+ cinema and beyond.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 3, 2025

sundance

Chase Strangio waits at a subway stop in the documentary Heightened Scrutiny with Sundance Film Festival 2025 on the side.

movie reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Is a Tribute to Trans Solidarity

I spent most of Heightened Scrutiny crying into the arms of my partner.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 2, 2025

sundance

Sally documentary review: an image of Sally Ride in space with Sundance Film Festival 2025 on the side

movie reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Sally’ Is a Documentary Portrait of Sally Ride and Her Secret Lesbian Partner of 27 Years

Sally Ride’s partner of 27 years, Tam O’Shaughnessy, is the true star of this film.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 2, 2025

sundance

Saray Rebolledo as La Flaca plays cards in Rains Over Babel with Sundance Film Festival 2025 on the side

movie reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Rains Over Babel’ Is Queer Cinema That’s Wholesome and Transgressive

This has been a terrible week to be trans in the U.S. and I’m so grateful I could take a break and spend a couple hours in Gala del Sol’s…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 1, 2025

andrea gibson

sundance

Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley laugh on the ground with their two dogs between them, Sundance Film Festival 2025 is on the side

movie reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ Is More Than Andrea Gibson’s Cancer Story — It’s Their Love Story

This film isn’t a straight-forward artist portrait. It’s a portrait of Gibson and their partner, fellow poet Megan Falley, as they navigate Gibson’s incurable cancer diagnosis. It’s a tender look…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 1, 2025

sundance

trans

A trans woman leans against a wall in a doctor's office in the new documentary GEN_, Sundance Film Festival 2025 is written on the side

movie features

Sundance 2025: New Documentary ‘GEN_’ Normalizes Fertility Care and Trans Healthcare

The best compliment I can give GEN_ is that it’s kind of boring.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 31, 2025

sundance

trans men

New men, one cis and one trans, embrace in Mathias Broe's Sauna with Sundance Film Festival 2025 on the side

movie reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Sauna’ Tells a New Trans Story the Same Old Way

It’s technically true that I cannot think of another feature film about a cis gay man grappling with his feelings about dating a trans man for the first time. So…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 31, 2025

Featured Archive

sundance

Sundance 2024: “In the Summers” Is a Different Kind of Queer Coming-of-Age Story

In the Summers is a queer coming-of-age movie that understands childhood and adolescence are just the beginning.

Drew Burnett Gregory

In the Summers: Lío Mehiel and Sasha Calle lean against a wall as the sun sets.

movie reviews

sundance

Sundance 2025: A Gay and Trans Festival Recap

That’s a wrap on the 2025 Sundance Film Festival! Read about everything Drew Burnett Gregory saw, including the best of LGBTQ+ cinema and beyond.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 3, 2025

sundance

Sundance 2025: ‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Is a Tribute to Trans Solidarity

I spent most of Heightened Scrutiny crying into the arms of my partner.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 2, 2025

sundance

Sundance 2025: ‘Sally’ Is a Documentary Portrait of Sally Ride and Her Secret Lesbian Partner of 27 Years

Sally Ride’s partner of 27 years, Tam O’Shaughnessy, is the true star of this film.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 2, 2025

sundance

Sundance 2025: ‘Rains Over Babel’ Is Queer Cinema That’s Wholesome and Transgressive

This has been a terrible week to be trans in the U.S. and I’m so grateful I could take a break and spend a couple hours in Gala del Sol’s…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 1, 2025

Guides

Sundance 2025

In the Summers: Lío Mehiel and Sasha Calle lean against a wall as the sun sets.

movie reviews

Sundance 2024: “In the Summers” Is
a Different Kind of Queer Coming-of-Age Story

Drew Burnett Gregory

Jan 23, 2024

Literature

Reviews

In the Summers: Lío Mehiel and Sasha Calle lean against a wall as the sun sets.

Sundance 2024: “In the Summers” Is a Different Kind of Queer Coming-of-Age Story

Film

Drew Burnett Gregory

2025 Sundance Film Festival on the side with a collage of images from the film against a black background

Sundance 2025: A Gay and Trans Festival Recap

Film

Drew Burnett Gregory

Chase Strangio waits at a subway stop in the documentary Heightened Scrutiny with Sundance Film Festival 2025 on the side.

Sundance 2025: ‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Is a Tribute to Trans Solidarity

Film

Drew Burnett Gregory

Sally documentary review: an image of Sally Ride in space with Sundance Film Festival 2025 on the side

Sundance 2025: ‘Sally’ Is a Documentary Portrait of Sally Ride and Her Secret Lesbian Partner of 27 Years

Film

Drew Burnett Gregory

Recaps

News & Trailers

movie reviews

Sundance 2024: “In the Summers” Is
a Different Kind of Queer Coming-of-Age Story

Drew Burnett Gregory

Jan 23, 2024
movie features

Sundance 2025: A Gay
and Trans Festival Recap

Drew Burnett Gregory

Feb 3, 2025
movie reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Is
a Tribute to Trans Solidarity

Drew Burnett Gregory

Feb 2, 2025
movie reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Sally’ Is a Documentary Portrait of Sally
Ride and Her Secret Lesbian Partner of 27 Years

Drew Burnett Gregory

Feb 2, 2025

movie reviews

Sundance 2024: “In the Summers” Is
a Different Kind of Queer Coming-of-Age Story

Drew Burnett Gregory

Jan 23, 2024
movie features

Sundance 2025: A Gay
and Trans Festival Recap

Drew Burnett Gregory

Feb 3, 2025
movie reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Is
a Tribute to Trans Solidarity

Drew Burnett Gregory

Feb 2, 2025
movie reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Sally’ Is a Documentary Portrait of Sally
Ride and Her Secret Lesbian Partner of 27 Years

Drew Burnett Gregory

Feb 2, 2025

Queer Fashion

Become a Member

Become a Member to support queer journalism

What You Get:

EXCLUSIVE AF+ CONTENT

AD-FREE READING EXPERIENCE

PRINT MAGAZINE DELIVERED QUARTERLY

30% OFF PRODUCTS

LEARN MORE

Become a Member

Become a Member to support queer journalism

EXCLUSIVE AF+ CONTENT

AD-FREE READING EXPERIENCE

PRINT MAGAZINE DELIVERED QUARTERLY

30% OFF PRODUCTS

LEARN MORE

Advertisement

Don’t want to see ads? Join AF+

Don’t want to see ads? Join AF+

Fim & TV Features

movie reviews

Sundance 2024: “In the Summers”
Is a Different Kind of
Queer Coming-of-Age Story

In the Summers is a queer coming-of-age movie that understands childhood and adolescence are just the beginning.

Drew Burnett Gregory

Jan 23, 2024

2025 Sundance Film Festival on the side with a collage of images from the film against a black background

MOVIE FEATURES

Sundance 2025: A Gay and Trans Festival Recap

That’s a wrap on the 2025 Sundance Film Festival! Read about everything Drew Burnett Gregory…

Drew Burnett Gregory

Chase Strangio waits at a subway stop in the documentary Heightened Scrutiny with Sundance Film Festival 2025 on the side.

MOVIE REVIEWS

Sundance 2025: ‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Is a Tribute to Trans Solidarity

I spent most of Heightened Scrutiny crying into the arms of my partner.

Drew Burnett Gregory

Sally documentary review: an image of Sally Ride in space with Sundance Film Festival 2025 on the side

MOVIE REVIEWS

Sundance 2025: ‘Sally’ Is a Documentary Portrait of Sally Ride and Her Secret Lesbian Partner of 27 Years

Sally Ride’s partner of 27 years, Tam O’Shaughnessy, is the true star of this film.

Drew Burnett Gregory

sundance

2025 Sundance Film Festival on the side with a collage of images from the film against a black background

movie features

Sundance 2025: A Gay and Trans Festival Recap

That’s a wrap on the 2025 Sundance Film Festival! Read about everything Drew Burnett Gregory saw, including the best of LGBTQ+ cinema and beyond.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 3, 2025

sundance

Chase Strangio waits at a subway stop in the documentary Heightened Scrutiny with Sundance Film Festival 2025 on the side.

movie reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Is a Tribute to Trans Solidarity

I spent most of Heightened Scrutiny crying into the arms of my partner.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 2, 2025

sundance

Sally documentary review: an image of Sally Ride in space with Sundance Film Festival 2025 on the side

movie reviews

Sundance 2025: ‘Sally’ Is a Documentary Portrait of Sally Ride and Her Secret Lesbian Partner of 27 Years

Sally Ride’s partner of 27 years, Tam O’Shaughnessy, is the true star of this film.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 2, 2025

New DIY Documentary Honors AIDS Media Activism, Love, Loss, and Queer Community

Lgbt History

Mar 21, 2025

How Happy Could I Make These ‘Severance’ Characters?

Television

Mar 21, 2025

Dykes Discuss Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’

Af+

Mar 21, 2025

Jade Carey Has Two Gold Medals AND a Girlfriend!

Sports

Mar 21, 2025

Yellowjackets Episode 307 Recap: WTF (What the Frogs)

Television

Mar 21, 2025