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 ...

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 ...