Need a boost to get over Hump Day? The Hot Sheet is Queerty’s midweek pop culture catch-up, highlighting the entertainment stories everyone’s talking about, the ones you might’ve missed, and the notable LGBTQ+ film & TV releases in the days ahead. Here’s everything you need to stay in-the-know:
What To Watch This Week
- Assembly — Now Streaming (PBS): A doc about the creation of artist Rashaad Newsome’s groundbreaking exhibit exploring the evolution of ballroom within Black queer culture.
- Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour — Now Streaming (Paramount+): Titanic director James Cameron’s concert doc following the queer Gen Z hit-maker on her latest world tour.
- We Are Pat — Now Available (VOD): In the ’90s, SNL‘s gender-ambiguous character Pat was the butt of the joke. Now trans comics & artists are reclaiming Pat as an unlikely queer icon.
- Next Gen: NYC, Season 2 — June 25 (Peacock): Bravo’s reality spin-off following the spawn of Housewives features Brooks Mark & Emira D’Spain, the network’s first trans full-time cast member.
- Camp — June 26 (Select Theaters): Rising trans filmmaker Avalon Fast’s surreal story of a troubled young woman who becomes a camp counselor—and the newest member of a coven!
- Couture — June 26 (Select Theaters): The fabulous Angelina Jolie plays an American filmmaker who receives some troubling news while working on a project at Paris Fashion Week.
- Drunken Noodles — June 26 (NYC Theaters): In this arthouse favorite, a gay Argentine art student in NYC begins a summertime odyssey through dates and intimate encounters.
- Second Nature — June 26 (NYC Theaters): Elliot Page narrates this hilarious & heartwarming nature doc that examines how the animal wold around us is queerer than we realize!
- The Invite — June 26 (Select Theaters): Olivia Wilde directs & stars in this sharp comedy about a couples’ dinner party gone awry, co-starring Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz & Ed Norton.
- Strung — June 26 (Peacock): Chloe Bailey leads this thriller about a violinist tutoring the daughter of a mysterious & wealthy family. Plus, it seems like there’s something sapphic going on here…
