The Nickel Boys is a coming-of-age comment on injustice
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Jeremy Scott: Katy Perry and I are “two peas in a pod”
The progenitor of Perry’s burger outfit dishes on the three P’s: party rules, pop culture and (Katy) Perry.
Revelations 001: Rico Nasty
Join us for the first episode of Revelations where we ask Rico Nasty if she’s... nasty (and a lot more).
Cock Destroyer: how Rebecca More went from meme to the UK’s most loved adult star
In November 2018, pornstar Rebecca More decided to record a promotional video for a gang bang she was hosting. By the end of the day, she was a gay icon and viral star.
Why baseball does and doesn’t matter
I google “how long is a baseball game”. The answer is “average time: three hours”. I type “how long is baseball actually in play” – answer: “18 minutes”.
Some of history’s greatest pop albums are video games
We speak to the creators of Tetris Effect and Sayonara Wild Hearts about what happens when music takes the lead in game design.
This author’s first novel was ruefully ignored, so it’s making a comeback
With Circus being reissued, author and poet Wayne Koestenbaum revisits how he brought the sexually deviant protagonist of his debut novel to life.
Global art calendar: July
Curator, writer and art-lover Shonagh Marshall has edited a list of the must-see exhibitions opening this month.
New York’s new LGBTQ+ revolutionaries
Who’s shaping the city’s scene 50 years on from the Stonewall riots? Bubble_T, New Pandemics, Glam Collective and Papi Juice!
“Art and good nature can change the world”
We talk to the Virgil Abloh about his mid-career retrospective at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art.
“A bottom should always aim to be on top.” The world according to DICKPRINT
Hard-on alert! The new magazine gives gay readers a chance to delve into fetish and homoerotica, no stigmas attached.
How the ’90s changed cinema forever
In partnership with BFI
A self-portrait of Davide Sorrenti
Photo of the day: Solo exhibition Our Beautyfull Future acts as a visual diary of the late photographer’s world before his death in 1997.
The cult of Stanley Kubrick: subversion, sci-fi and control
A landmark exhibition at London’s Design Museum reveals the story of a man who is as much an enigma as his work.
Catching up with Pat Loud, America’s first reality TV star
The matriarch of the revolutionary PBS series An American Family discusses divorce, her son Lance, and the current state of television.
Films that told the future 002: Woman in the Moon
A space obsessed entrepreneur, a woman on the moon. Fritz Lang’s 1929 sci-fi may be closer than you think.
England behind England: Is it coming home?
We joined Romance F.C’s Women’s World Cup screening in an East London pub to catch up with the fans, old and new.
BRUJAS’ Anti-Prom party kicks off Pride
This is NYC Pride under Trump’s America, and there’s only a slim chance the queerest skateboard collective are going to come quietly...
What is it like to be an image archivist?
Nelson Harst and Nikki Igol are the husband and wife duo whose entire job is hunting down and archiving rare print materials.
Inside DRC No.12 + Bunker, Beijing
One is a low-key art space in a former diplomatic residential compound. The other is an underground bunker built during the Sino-Japanese war. In China’s art scene, Peng Xiaoyang’s spaces take a radically different approach.
Jayda G, Jamie 3:26, Dan Shake and Horse Meat Disco perform at adidas Ensemble
Here’s all the juice from last night’s adidas x The Face party held in Paris...
Dystopian look, utopian feel: welcome to Germany’s queerest weekend
Brought to you by Pornceptual, CockTail d’Amore and Buttons, Whole is an “unreal, exciting, beautiful, liberating and overwhelming” festival. Is it the future of Pride?
Andrea Dunbar lives on through a contemporary adaptation
The unflinching Bradford playwright was overlooked during her lifetime. Now The Face speaks to the Northern writers keeping her spirit alive.
Curated by Amelia Abraham: 13 queer films to watch
Get queered up on queer film classics using the author’s definitive guide – it’s good for the soul.
