Interior. Leather Bar. 2013

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: It largely consists of Franco musing about depictions of homosexual activity on film. Read more

Peter Debruge, Variety: A partly authentic, partly scripted behind-the-scenes featurette that never quite conveys the star's "high/curious" interest in all things taboo. Read more

John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: The hourlong experiment is mainly for queer-theory students and Francomaniacs. Read more

Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: A cheerfully unsettling exploration of mainstream representations of male homosexuality. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: We see brief, graphic shots of naked actors performing sexual acts. But it's the conversations about what those depictions represent that truly provoke. Read more

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: Simultaneously an act of creation and deconstruction. Read more

David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle: "Interior. Leather Bar." is a Rubik's Cube of a movie, an intriguing, layered puzzle that isn't easily solved. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: Uses the notorious Friedkin movie as a starting point for a discussion about identity, perception, an actor's mask and the fear and power of on-screen sexuality. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: The vagueness feels like a term paper you have to grade. Read more

Calum Marsh, Village Voice: A particularly risible nothing whose premise alone betrays the paucity of Franco's imagination and wit. Read more