Donderdag 18 juni 2026 — Editie #18
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Three Queer Horror Films That Play With Fear and Identity

From a trans slasher rewrite to a Thai ghost story and a French body-horror classic — three films that use fear to explore queer identity.

Fear as a queer language Horror has always had a complicated relationship with queer identity. Monsters, outsiders, the uncanny — these themes map onto queerness in ways that filmmakers have exploited and subverted for decades. This round-up brings together three films that use horror or dread to say something real about identity, the body, and belonging. One is a recent Thai film, one a French body-horror classic, and one a low-budget American debut that earned serious attention. They are very different films. But they share a preoccupation with what…

International · Editorial · June 7
Culture

Three Queer Films About Identity, Horror, and the Body

Three films that use genre, flesh, and fear to ask who gets to exist — from a Thai arthouse classic to a Mexican horror gem and a 1970s…

International · Editorial · June 7
Culture

Three Queer Films About Crime, Desire, and Moral Ambiguity

From a French art-house thriller to a Hollywood neo-noir and a raw Nigerian debut — three queer films that use crime to explore desire and…

International · Editorial · May 31
Culture

Three Queer Films About Crime, Secrets, and Desire

A femme fatale thriller, a neo-noir from Taiwan, and a French crime drama. Three films where queerness and danger go hand in hand. When…

International · Editorial · May 31
Culture

Three Queer Films About Memory, Distance, and Longing

From rural France to suburban America: three films that take their time with desire and loss. A round-up for patient viewers. Desire that…

International · Editorial · May 17
Culture

Three Queer Films About Bodies, Sport and Desire

From a French swimming drama to a Nigerian lesbian love story and a Japanese classic — three films that use sport and the body to tell…

International · Editorial · May 10
Culture

Ella Morgan becomes first trans star on Celebrity SAS show

Ella Morgan will be the first transgender contestant on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. The Channel 4 show has reportedly cast the Married…

Editorial · April 17