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Boy Culture's 25 Best Films of 2025
Movies that moved the needle
 • Matthew Rettenmund
The Hustler: Johnny Harden Revealed
A face & dick of the '70s, he left porn in the '80s and futilely tried to police his former image while creating new identities, cultivating a mystique…
 • Matthew Rettenmund
Boys! Boys! Boys!
Reviews & recaps of three gay events in NYC: 'Messy White Gays,' 'Brolesque' & 'Men in Motion'
 • Matthew Rettenmund
We're Here: Inside a Gay Photo Album of the '40s and '50s
Figuring out who these people are or were is something I could spend a lifetime doing — and in some ways, have
 • Matthew Rettenmund
Extreme Prejudice
The short film 'Extremist' tells the story of a queer Russian imprisoned for spreading the truth
 • Matthew Rettenmund

November 2025

Let's Stay in Touch
All the best ways to follow me and — more importantly — do me a solid without having to spend money
 • Matthew Rettenmund
Frank Diernhammer: The Man That (Almost) Got Away
Travis Hutchison talks about the Hollywood photographer whose best (and queerest) work was not granted life until its creator died — and could have…
 • Matthew Rettenmund
Sincerely Yours: A Conversation with 'Pen Pals' Playwright Michael Griffo
His warm, funny show, constructed entirely of letters, is both a gay son's valentine to his late mom and an unqualified later-in-life success for…
 • Matthew Rettenmund
Working Out Our Gay Fantasies
How Charles Hix & Ken Haak pumped up queer desire
 • Matthew Rettenmund
'Christy' Had a Chance to Be a Knockout, but Only Sydney Sweeney Has Any Punch
The Christy Martin biopic tells the story of a woman who never stopped fighting
 • Matthew Rettenmund
Portrait of the Artist: A Review of 'Peter Hujar's Day'
Ira Sachs, his source material a transcript, resurrects a queer genius
 • Matthew Rettenmund
The Library Is Open: First & Last Sentences from Queer Novels & Novellas
The way these works begin and end can be powerful enticements to dive in
 • Matthew Rettenmund
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