We’ve all been misled by a movie trailer at one time or another.

In 2022, it’s easy to take the presence of LGBT characters in movies and on TV for granted; a sign of just how far we’ve come, in spite of bills being passed by hate-fueled right-wing politicians all across the globe. Representation matters now, more than ever.

Gay filmmaker Elegance Bratton’s feature-length debut “The Inspection” (A24) lets viewers know from the start that it’s “inspired by a true story.”

Cinematic depictions of the dissolution of marriages are nothing new. Some can be comedic (“The War of the Roses,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “A Serious Man,” and the 1939 version of “The Women”) and some can be serious (“Kramer Vs. Kramer,” “The Squid and the Whale,” “Carol” and “Marriage Story”).

In recent years, a cinematic trend has arisen. Period pieces about lesbians, set in the late 18th century through the mid-19th century are not just becoming popular, they are also well-received.

Almost a half-hour into “The Nest” (IFC Films/FilmNation), the devastating second feature film from Sean Durkin (director of the acclaimed 2011 movie “Martha Marcy May Marlene”), one character says to another, “We take the good with the bad when we marry. Although, I think that’s changing.”

Based on the novel by gay writer Grant Ginder, the best way to describe the painfully unfunny movie version of “The People We Hate at the Wedding” is to say that it’s one of those movies that makes you feel less horrible about your own family.

For a while there, 21st-century movie adaptations of Broadway musicals were being given the Rob Marshall treatment.

For a number of years, “younger” music industry people have been calling our attention to older performers that some folks might have forgotten, rescuing them from the dustbin (or cutout rack) of obscurity.

“The True Adventures of Wolfboy” (Vertical Entertainment), the feature-length directorial debut of Martin Krejcí is a trans parable about self-acceptance and finding community.

It’s fitting that in 2021, a time when concertgoing is still somewhat curtailed, and certainly not what it used to be, music documentaries are more popular than ever.

Acclaimed filmmaker Darren Aronofsky has distinguished himself by not shying away from difficult or disturbing subject matter.

Nominated for Academy Awards in the Best International Feature and Best Original Screenplay categories, Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World” (Neon) is deserving of all the accolades it has earned.

As slasher movies go, “They/Them” (Blumhouse/Peacock) is pretty much a standard issue.

Writer/director Nikole Beckwith’s marvelous and heartwarming comedy “Together Together” (Bleecker Street/Obscured Pictures) has the potential to do for surrogacy what Gillian Robespierre’s “Obvious Child” (from 2014) did for abortion.

As gay movies about extremely unlikeable lead characters with no redeeming facets (except, maybe, for a large endowment) go, “Waking Up Dead” (Breaking Glass Pictures) is amusing, sexy, and even more than a little touching.

The modern horror genre continues its ongoing shape-shifting with the slower than molasses “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” (Utopia).

You must admit, there’s something emotionally stirring about watching Steven Spielberg’s remake of the Oscar-winning 1961 movie musical “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios) shortly after the passing of Stephen Sondheim.

ABC TV's "When We Rise" covers a lot of ground. The eight-hour presentation, which premieres on ABC TV on Feb. 27, begins in 1972 and ends in 2015, when the United States Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide. The series, which will air over four nights, tells the deeply personal backstories of a diverse group of LGBT people who came to San Francisco looking for a safe haven from a homophobic world. They not only find home, they help launch a worldwide movement.

To say that “When You Finish Saving The World” (A24), Jesse Eisenberg’s debut as a writer/director, is exactly the kind of movie one might expect from the Oscar-nominated actor is neither a compliment nor an insult.

Every few years, a movie comes along that completely flips the script, so to speak.

Though the recent film "Bros" tanked at the box office, it did garner a lot of attention for touting itself as the first gay rom-com produced by a major Hollywood studio.

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics recently announced the winners of the 14th Dorian Film Awards, named in homage to Oscar Wilde’s novel, “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”

With the Oscars just days away, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics weighed in with their picks for the Dorian Awards, presented Sunday, April 18 on the Revry streaming service.

“Three Months,” the new film by Jared Frieder now streaming on Paramount+, is an AIDS drama for the millennial generation.

Let’s face it, the experience of going to see a movie in a theater has changed forever.

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If you were the least bit disappointed by “Antebellum” (and let’s face it, who wasn’t?), then “Spiral” (shudder.com), airing on AMC Network’s Shudder channel, might be more to your liking. By combining elements from classic modern horror influences, from Polanski to Peele, and adding some specifically queer twists, “Spiral” has the potential to make your head spin — in a good way.

Graham Kolbeins' new documentary “Queer Japan” is a colorful, if sometimes dizzying portrait of LGBT life in several major Japanese cities, starting with Tokyo.

The late gay screenwriter and director Colin Higgins was the man behind a pair of early Dolly Parton movies.