Inside Rami Malek and Ira Sachs’ Wrenching Queer Romance ‘The Man I Love’: “A Very Big Risk Worth Taking”

Rami Malek’s new AIDS drama The Man I Love mixes dangerous desire, tangled romance and… musical numbers??

Image Credit: ‘The Man I Love,’ MK2 Films / WME Independent The 2026 Cannes Film Festival is just around the corner, and with buzz building around the many features set to make their debut at the prestigious French soirée, we’re finally—finally!—learning more about what should be one of the best & gayest movies at the fest. Premiering on May 20, The Man I Love is the latest from gay filmmaker Ira Sachs (Passages, Love Is Strange). It’s been desc…

Inside Rami Malek and Ira Sachs’ Wrenching Queer Romance ‘The Man I Love’: “A Very Big Risk Worth Taking”

The Oscar winner stars in the indie darling's new film, a vivid portrait of a beloved entertainer in '80s New York nearing the end of his life. Here, the two speak about their Cannes-bound collaboration for the first time.

First Look at Ira Sachs’ ‘The Man I Love’ Positions Rami Malek in the Oscar Race

Rami Malek and filmmaker Ira Sachs are teaming up on “The Man I Love,” a musical fantasia premiering in competition at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. We now have our first-look images, courtesy of THR. It’s basically a puff piece, one that positions Malek’s performance as potentially Oscar worthy.Set in late-1980s New York during the AIDS crisis, the film follows Jimmy George, an artist and actor confronting mortality while still searching for c…