Berlin’s queer film Teddy Award remains vital in its 39th year

39 years ago German filmmakers Wieland Speck and Manfred Salzgeber created an award for LGBTQ+ films at the Berlin International Film Festival as a way of acknowledging and rewarding queer films and filmmakers. But it was always much more than just another bunch of awards. It effectively turned the Berlinale (an A-list film festival) into... Continue Reading →

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Book Review: Shooting Midnight Cowboy – Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic by Glenn Frankel ★★★★

I'm not going to call Midnight Cowboy a masterpiece, that is a word that gets thrown around too much (like luxury it has lost it has lost all meaning.) Midnight Cowboy is better than that. It is a perfect film. All of the elements: the script, the direction, the casting, the costumes, the cinematography, the... Continue Reading →

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