The desert is a landscape that filmmakers have used even before the advent of Westerns, I reckon, as a way for directors to convey their protagonists' emotions. From the hazy, parched and barren ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Sirāt tells the story of a man searching for his lost daughter at a rave in the Sahara Desert. Though it carries echoes of ...

Action movies are never out of favor in Hollywood, and a new epic historical action movie is finally about to get its chance ...

As Guy Pearce, Stamp’s co-star in Priscilla Queen of Desert, put it in his X/Twitter tribute following the news: "Farewell dear Tel. You were a true inspiration, both in and out of heels. We’ll always ...

An outdoor enthusiast and her boyfriend are secretly tracked through the desert in the premiere of Lifetime’s “Nightmare in the Desert,” set to air Sunday, Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. Starring Gia De Sauvage, ...

I promise, you don’t have to drive all the way to L.A. to celebrate film and queer community. The city of Twentynine Palms is home to a vibrant intersection of communities. It’s an entry point for ...

Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “A Gay Old Time.” In this week’s column, let’s revisit 1985’s Desert Hearts, a trailblazing lesbian love story the premiered 40 years ago this month. This ...

Ryan Heffernan is a Senior Writer at Collider. Storytelling has been one of his interests since an early age, with his appreciation for film and television becoming a particular interest of his during ...