Rebel Without A Closet

Send us Fan Mail Rebels! Do you have burning questions about sex? Do you burn because of sex? Well we can't help with with that last one, but Chad and I sat down with the Alex Liu, the creative mind being the award winning documentary A Sexplanation (2022) and take a deep dive into his quest to uncover the naked truths on all things sex. A Sexplanation (2022) Created by Alex Liu .  To right t...

Send us Fan Mail Rebels! Adolescence is hard, but navigating life as an Italian teenager with two gay fathers, that amount of hand gestures and arm flailing is next level! Join us as we dive into the Netflix original film The Invisible Thread (2022) The Insivible Thread (2022) Written and Directed by Marco Simon Puccioni. Staring Filippo Timi, Francesco Scianna, and Francesco Gheghi. A teenage son...

Send us Fan Mail Rebels, It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. ...if by wife, you mean an underwear party at the ice lounge high off a pill you found on the bathroom floor. ... you're correct! Join us with extra special guest Derek from the Queer Cinema Archive as we talk all things Fire Island (2022) Fire Island...

Send us Fan Mail Rebels! We've rerecorded and reuploaded this episode! Apologies for the delay! Coming out is never easy, but if and when you do, the one suggestion we have is ...maybe don't have an entire production crew behind you. Coming out Colton (2021) Starring reality star Colton Underwood ("The Bachelor") as he embarks on a journey to embrace his life as a member of the...

Send us Fan Mail Join Chad and Stefan as we continue our conversations with our special guests Sofia Fly ( @sofiafly__ ) and Fernanda ( @tashatemptations ) in part-two of our deep-dive into the 2020 HBO max smash hit Veneno. *SPOILER ALERTS IN EFFECT* Veneno (2020) Created by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo. Starring Lola Rodríguez, Isabel Torres, and Paca la Piraña.  A biographical story of La V...

Send us Fan Mail The Icon. The Woman. The Story. Join Chad and Stefan as we chat with our very special guests Sofia Fly ( @sofiafly__ ) and Fernanda ( @tashatemptations ) in our two-part episode deep-diving the 2020 HBO max smash hit Veneno. *SPOILER ALERTS IN EFFECT* Veneno (2020) Created by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo. Starring Lola Rodríguez, Isabel Torres, and Paca la Piraña.  A biographi...

Send us Fan Mail Rebels! If you hire bodyguards to watch over the prince heir of Sweden...check their credentials! Join us as we review the Netflix series Young Royals (2021) so you too can join Chad, PJ, Stuart, and I cringe and baffle at all the insane choices made. *SPOILER ALERTS IN EFFECT* Young Royals (2021) Created by Lisa Ambjörn, Lars Beckung and Camilla Holter. Starring Edvin Ryding, and...

Send us Fan Mail Rebels! Fresh out of tissues from Heartstoppers, we wanted to take a second and talk to our audience about a more important topic that we've been wanting to address. Don't worry! We still poke fun at one another, and hype up the event next week, so it's not all serious, but we hope you enjoy this PSA Minisode and come back next Saturday for "Young Royals"...

Send us Fan Mail Rebels! We're back! And I can't think of a better way to start this season! Do you need a good cry? A Good Happy Cry? Well then stop what you're doing, and go watch the LGBTQ Phenomenon that is Heartstopper (2022) so you too can join Chad, Stuart, Julia and I as we break this beautiful story down on our Season 4 Premier! *SPOILER ALERTS IN EFFECT* Heartstopper (2022...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back Rebels! we've missed you!! We're just about finished the start of Season 4, so we wanted to take it back to our archived episode, on the 2006 Adventure Fantasy "The Covenant!" A fantasy movie that, with a few more rounds in the writers room, could have become a legendary queer film for the ages. Instead it's early 2000's pg-13 fluff with...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Pride Month!     We put our Pride theme watches on hold, to watch the Queer Horror/Thriller Bloodthirsty (2020)! You're probably saying to yourself "Self, those wads watch movies all the time. ...So?" Well, hold onto your rainbow flags because Not only did we watch this first-of-its-kind Queer Horror, but we interviewed not one, but TWO of the stars of the mov...

Send us Fan Mail Brining it back to the Classics in our Classics of the Closet Month! Don't worry honey, Robin Williams is in this! In this weeks Episode, Tim PJ and I discuss the "family friendly" 1996 Gay Classic "The Birdcage." While Nathan Lane and Robin Williams as a couple are life goals, just go ahead and ask me how much I hate Val. Oh you didn't ask? Not to wo...

Send us Fan Mail CARLOTTA!!! Bring me the Axe! In this weeks Episode, Stuart Carlotta and I discuss the untethered nightmare that was or wasn't the childhood of Christina Crawford to eccentric over the top living legend Joan Crawford, in the 1981 Cult Queer Classic "Mommie Dearest." I'm not mad at you Stuart....I'm mad at the DIRT!  Mommie Dearest (1981), written by Christ...

Send us Fan Mail Rebels!  Here's a Classic Episode, pulled from out of the closet and rereleased for Classics out of the Closet month! When I say we discussed the 1995 film "Too Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar," I should say praise, because we all live and breathe this movie. This isn't a Call Me by Your Name slam session,  there's a lot of respect for this f...

Send us Fan Mail REBELS! We are closing in on 10k listens, finishing up Season 3, and finishing the 75th Episode!! Countless hours of recording and editing, dozens of watch parties, and so much fun to be had! Join the entire Rebel Crew (Bear Sailor Moon, Carlotta Carlisle, Chad, PJ, Stefan, and Stuart) as we reminisce about our favourite moments, chat about our favorite/least favorite episodes, an...

Send us Fan Mail Rebels! If you want to be my beard, all you have to do is ask! Join Chad, Carlotta, and I as we discuss small-town life in the mid-'90s with the new international queer film Dating Amber (2020) Dating Amber (2020) Written and Directed by David Freyne. Starring Finn O'Shea and Lola Petticrew. Two school friends decide to start a pretend straight relationship in an effort...

Send us Fan Mail Grab your wonkey eyed teddy bears and venture out to that one huge house party...but don't forget to charge your phone! Join Stuart, Pj and I with special guest host Julia for the coming of age comedy "Booksmart" (2019) If you only leave with one thing,  remember...it just says Orthodontist. Booksmart (2019) Directed by Olivia Wild, Written by Emily Halpern, Sarah H...

Send us Fan Mail Out of the Darkness, and into the Spotlight! Everybody's talking about Jamie! (2021) Well...Chad, Stuart, Bear, and I... but is anyone truly listening?! Strap on your Ruby Red Pumps as we dive in and find out if this Over the Top film adaptation lives up to the hype of the Hit Broadway Musical. And you didn't even know it... Everybody's talking about Jamie (2021)  D...

Send us Fan Mail Ladies, don't get mad, get EVERYTHING. Chad, Stuart, and Carlotta join me, also known as Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy we invite Guns and Roses over as we seek revenge on our exes for our review of "First Wives Club" (1996) ...If you didn't get the references... watch the movie! "First Wives Club" (1997) Directed by Hugh Wilson and W...

Send us Fan Mail I'll tell you right now, If Matt Dillon outs you on national television, don't take that lying down! You get up off Tom Selleck's mustache, and you embrace who you are!  Chad, PJ, and I embrace the groundbreaking Oscar-nominated, GLAAD award-winning 1997 camp queer classic, which frankly does not receive its due recognition, "In&Out" (1997).  "In&...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to a New Year/Same Rebel Camp as Chad, PJ and I start January (albeit a little late) with the star-studded, tri-ended, meme generated, camp classic "Clue" (1985),  and if movies have taught me anything, it's never entering a mansion that Tim Curry has invited you into.   Do you know what's on the slab? Do you know what's in the Billiard room?...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to our second Annual "Home for the Holigays" Month! In what could be the most polarizing review the Rebels have ever had,  watched the fresh Netflix film "Single all the Way" (2021),  and if TaskRabbit has taught me anything, it's that you CAN find love in New Hampshire.  "Single all the way" (2021) Directed by Michael Mayer and Writ...

Send us Fan Mail It's everything we asked for in "Home for the Holigays" Month , and we want to take it all back! Stuart, Bear, and I are joined by Harrison in watching "Dashing in December" (2020) , Paramount's first Gay Christmas movie. You have Andy MacDowell, you have the main character up for a big promotion at Christmas, you have white people wearing open shirts...

Send us Fan Mail It's finally here! I'm so excited for our second Annual "Home for the Holigays" Month! What happens when a white suburban mom has way too much time on her hands and very forgiving men in her life? Find out as Chad and Carlotta join for "The Christmas House" (2020) , Hallmark's first Christmas movie that proudly presents openly gay characters, tha...

Send us Fan Mail Rebels! If a dream is a wish your heart makes, then what the hell caused this to exist? Our Rebel crew watched the reimagining of "Cinderella" (2021) and not even the ICON that is Billy Porter could save this film from our review. Cinderella (2021) Directed and written by Kay Cannon. Starring Camila Cabello, Billy Porter, and Nicholas Galitzine. A modern movie musical wi...