Dennis, Anyone? | July 9, 2026
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Dennis is joined by documentary filmmaker Jeffrey Schwarz to discuss his newest film Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders.

IndieWire | June 11, 2026
Mineshaft Review: A Riveting Look at the Times, the Torment, and the Very Real Murder That Inspired William Friedkin’s Cruising.
“Jeffrey Schwarz’s engrossing and lovingly researched new documentary offers perhaps the definitive portrait of this fiercely controversial serial-killer thriller.”

Boyculture | June 8, 2026
Jeffrey Schwarz’s Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders is an empathetic, 360-degree approach to the true crime genre.
“Jeffrey Schwarz is one of the finest documentarians working today, and he only gets better with each subject he chooses to capture, explore and preserve.”

Variety | June 8, 2026
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders Review: Compelling Documentary Probes the Legacy of William Friedkin’s Infamous Queer Thriller
“By examining both the controversy surrounding the production of Cruising and the horrific crime that inspired the film, Jeffrey Schwarz’s doc captures a poignant tipping point in pre-AIDS queer culture.”

The New York Times | June 1, 2026
A New Documentary Examines a Once Reviled 80s Thriller
The troubled legacy of Cruising is the subject of Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders, a documentary premiering at the Tribeca Festival.

Making Commitment to Life | October 30, 2025
Watch on YouTube
Join director Jeffrey Schwarz, executive producer Ron Sylvester, producer Aimée Flaherty, and composer Allyson Newman for a behind-the-scenes conversation about the making of Commitment to Life – the acclaimed documentary chronicling the courageous response to the AIDS crisis in Los Angeles.

The Important Cinema Club Podcast | August 31, 2024
Listen on YouTube
In this letter to The Important Cinema Club’s Justin Decloux and Will Sloan, filmmaker Jeffrey Schwarz reflects on his early days in 1990s Hollywood.

BBC World News Live Interview | March 20, 2024
Watch on YouTube
BBC World News Interview with Jeffrey Schwarz about Commitment to Life.

The Advocate | November 20, 2023
In the City of Angels, Love Was Greater Than AIDS
“The director of a new documentary about the AIDS crisis in Los Angeles in the 1980s talks about some of the courageous individuals who stepped forward in a fight for survival.”

Midnight Mass | January 11, 2023
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Peaches and Michael celebrate 1950’s Sunset Boulevard and speak with filmmaker Jeffrey Schwarz, whose recent documentary Boulevard! A Hollywood Story explored a hidden, musical chapter of this cult classic’s history.

Deadline | August 18, 2021
Read on Deadline
When Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of Sunset Boulevard premiered in 1993, it became a major hit. But few people then, or even now, are aware of a much earlier attempt to bring the classic film to the stage – by Gloria Swanson herself.

The Queer Review | August 3, 2021
Watch interview on YouTube
How many queer stories are buried in boxes, sitting in people’s attics and basements?

Outfest Presents The Outcast | August 18, 2020
Listen on Apple Podcasts
David Kittredge chats with Outfest alumnus and award-winning producer/director Jeffrey Schwarz about his passion for documentary filmmaking, how he chooses his projects, and the “best night of his life” at the 30th anniversary of Outfest Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Blade | October 11, 2018
Capturing LGBT history is a mission for documentarian Jeffrey Schwarz.
“His subjects are the flamboyant and famous, mixed with the weird and wonderful.”

The Documentary Life | June 15, 2018
From Producing Film DVD Extras to Doc Filmmaking with Jeffrey Schwarz
How following your obsessions can lead to some wonderful places as a doc filmmaker.

The Advocate | June 14, 2018
On Grease‘s 40th Anniversary, Don’t Forget the Gay Man Who Made It
Allan Carr is certainly not somebody that most people have ever heard of, but he left so many cultural touchstones behind…he made a huge impact on our world, and I felt like that needed to be acknowledged and celebrated.

Moveable Feast | July 12, 2017
Outfest ’17 Interview: Jeffrey Schwarz on Finally Making a Movie Star Out of The Fabulous Allan Carr
It’s not a sentiment you hear often amongst documentary filmmakers, but Jeffrey Schwarz is happiest making audiences laugh.

The Projection Booth | June 12, 2017
Special Report: The Fabulous Allan Carr
On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with Jeffrey Schwarz about his latest documentary, The Fabulous Allan Carr…we discuss his triumphs like Grease and La Cage Aux Folles as well as Grease 2 and Can’t Stop the Music.

KCRW’s The Business | July 6, 2015
With guests Jeffrey Schwarz and Tab Hunter
In the new documentary, Tab Hunter Confidential, the star reflects on coming of age in Hollywood as a closeted gay man. Hunter and director Jeffrey Schwarz tell us about the business then and now, and how a mutual appreciation for John Waters’ muse, Divine, first brought them together.

The 2015 Frameline Award | June 20, 2015
Award Presentation
Established in 1986, the Frameline Award is given every year to a person or entity that has made a major contribution to LGBTQ representation in film, television, or the media arts.

Good Day Austin/KTBC-TV | March 12, 2013
I Am Divine – Interview with producer/director Jeffrey Schwarz
Director Jeffrey Schwarz stopped by Good Day to discuss his film I Am Divine which chronicles the life of Harris Glenn Milstead better known as Divine.

The New York Times | March 10, 2013
ArtsBeatBlog: Looking Divine at SXSW
I Am Divine takes a closer look at Harris Glenn Milstead and how he created a persona that encouraged the celebration of the outsider and renegade in all of us.

DP/30 | March 4, 2013
DP/30 @ SWSX: An interview with documentarian Jeffrey Schwarz

OUT | July 24, 2012
Ready to be Remembered
Director Jeffrey Schwarz realized an entire generation of younger LGBT people had no idea who the pioneering writer and activist was.

MSNBC | July 19, 2012
Thomas Roberts Interview with Vito director Jeffrey Schwarz
Thomas Roberts talks to Jeffrey Schwarz, producer and director of Vito, a new documentary about Vito Russo.