On December 19th, 1974 writer Linda Rosenkrantz invited her close friend, photographer Peter Hujar, to her New York apartment on the Upper East Side to describe in detail how he had spent the entirety of the previous day. The tape-recorded conversation was part of a planned larger project by Rosenkrantz, intended to gather the recollections... Continue Reading →
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, did it even make a sound at all? Or does it echo out as an ethereal song, haunting those who may have been hit by its ripples? The answer is unknown, the sound is unknown, and the only certainty left is... Continue Reading →
Rules to live by... #1 Be kind to yourself and others. #2 Focus on what you can control. #3 Don’t hook up with that headless torso DL guy from Grindr no matter how desperate you are. Yes, I’m looking at you, don't do it! #4 If you ever find yourself in a zombie apocalypse, make... Continue Reading →
Fairyland, the screen adaptation of Alysia Abbott’s memoir of growing up with a gay dad in San Francisco during the 70s and 80s has finally hit theaters. I eagerly awaited this film as that time and place means a lot to me. As a kid from small town Ohio, I have vivid memories of seeing... Continue Reading →
I have a confession to make. I really didn’t like the late, great William Hurt’s performance in the 1985 film, Kiss Of The Spider Woman. I don’t care that he won the Oscar, I found him way too mannered, affected, and “playing gay” the entire time. Hurt should have won two years later for his... Continue Reading →
The review is in...and it's a rave! Set over one evening in a single location and unfurling in real time, Richard Linklater's Blue Moon is a riveting chamber piece powered by an impeccable, tour-de-force lead performance. Lyricist Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) arrives at famed Broadway restaurant Sardi's for the opening night party of Oklahomo!—sorry, that's... Continue Reading →
In my lifetime of loving movies, a few come to mind as ones I considered fantastic but that I’d never want to see again. Requiem For A Dream, Irreversible, American History X, and The Last King of Scotland count among them, mostly for their graphic brutality. I now can add The Long Walk to that... Continue Reading →
James Sweeney made an auspicious feature filmmaking debut in 2019 with his snappy, dialogue-packed Straight Up. This hilarious and touching story of a gay man who decides he wants to date women out of sheer loneliness showcased a bold and original cinematic voice. He established a distinct visual style of negative space framing and surreal... Continue Reading →
Nothing gives me more cinematic pleasure than when John Waters characters shout their lines. Every booming rant seems like something I’d never say myself, but wished that I had. Can you imagine Divine whispering, “If I don’t get those cha-cha heels for Christmas, Mom and Dad are dead”? It doesn’t work. It MUST be loud... Continue Reading →
Where have you seen this one before? A grizzled, graying gay filmmaker fixates on a past relationship which prevents him from moving forward in present day. If Pedro Almodóvar’s wonderful Pain And Glory comes to mind, you have just won the trivia contest, but not so fast, as Before We Forget, co-written and directed by... Continue Reading →
