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Even if you didn’t know Todd Flaherty had produced, written, directed, and edited “Chrissy Judy” himself, you could tell from his performance that this is quite a self-driven endeavor. More passion than vanity project, Flaherty has clearly bet on himself here. And it mostly pays off in what is an unassuming story about the falling out between a pair of “good Judys” — that’s short for best gay friends — that brims with the kind of belabored authenticity that belies a desire to showcase Flaherty’s ambitions as an actor, yes, but also as a budding multi-hyphenate.

The title for Flaherty’s film refers to the twinned friends at the heart of this tale: but where James aka Judy (Flaherty) has a knack for self-delusion he hopes will fuel him into a version of his life where he’ll find stardom as one half of a drag duo, Chrissy (Wyatt Fenner) is,...

"I don't really want a boyfriend right now, you know? What I want is to be alone... with someone." Dark Star Pictures has revealed an official trailer for Chrissy Judy, an LGBTQ indie comedy presented in black & white. The film premiered at the 2022 Provincetown Film Festival last summer, before OutFest, NewFest, Hamptons Iff and over 20 more festivals worldwide - ready to open in the US this week on VOD and in art house theaters. When his best friend & creative partner suddenly couples off and moves away, an ambitious New York drag queen determined for the limelight must reinvent himself or risk becoming an irrelevant solo act both onstage and off. The film stars Todd Flaherty as Judy, who also wrote & directed the film, Wyatt Fenner as Christy, plus Joey Taranto, Kiyon Spencer, James Tison, and Nicole Spiezio. The dark comedy asks "what do you do when your chosen family no longer chooses you?...