Culture Film & TV
La bola negra review: A breathtaking reminder of how far gay men have come
"If there’s one gay film this decade that demands to be viewed on a cinema screen, it’s this one," writes Attitude's film critic
La Bola Negra
Culture Film & TV
New Spanish war epic La bola negra is the best gay film of the decade. Here’s why
Move over, The Odyssey – La bola negra, helmed by handsome ex-boyfriends and directing duo Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo (judges on Drag Race España) is an Oscar shoo-in. It's a film every man who’s ever loved a man (or struggled to) must see before he dies. “A big gay ancestors' strength was guiding us,” says Calvo
Culture Film & TV
La Bola Negra: Watch an exclusive clip from queer Spanish film on Attitude now
La bola negra opens in UK cinemas on Friday (6 November)
Culture Film & TV
Miguel Bernardeau reveals whether he used a prosthetic for La Bola Negra
Bernardeau appears fully naked in a shower scene in which Sebastián helps him wash
Culture Film & TV
The true story behind Spanish gay epic La Bola Negra
The film takes its name from an unfinished play by gay Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca, who was assassinated in 1936
Culture Film & TV
La bola negra director defends casting straight actor Miguel Bernardeau in gay role
Javier Ambrossi has explained why he chose the actor to play Rafael in the upcoming Spanish film
Culture Film & TV
Penélope Cruz’s La bola negra, Robert Pattinson’s Primetime and more: Attitude’s film reviews this October
Attitude reviews: La bola negra, Her Private Hell, I Love Boosters, Primetime, Animol and The Craft
Culture Film & TV
Spanish gay epic La Bola Negra wins TIFF award, putting it on Oscars radar
The queer epic explores the intertwined lives of three gay men, moving between 1932, 1937 and 2017
Culture Film & TV
Netflix releases teaser trailer for Spanish gay film La Bola Negra – WATCH HERE
Starring Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close, the story moves between 1932, 1937 and 2017, exploring LGBTQ+ identity across Spain’s history
Culture Film & TV
Queer Cinema saved the 2026 Cannes Film Festival – a roundup of all the gay films you need to see
From Club Kid starring Jordan Firstman to Tom Sturridge's AIDS epidemic drama The Man I Love and hunky cartoon Jim Queen, Cannes 2026 delivered