By Gary M. Kramer– The Hottest Summer, now available on Prime, is an enchanting Italian romcom directed and cowritten by out gay filmmaker Matteo Pilati (Mascarpone). The film chronicles a…
By Jan Wahl– They don’t call them motion pictures for nothing. We move with them, from Ecuador to the Arctic, Italy to the moon! Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday was…
Comcast, in partnership with the San Francisco Bay Times, presented Pride Afterglow on June 28, 2023, at the Castro Theatre. The event included a free screening of the film To Wong Foo, Thanks…
By Gary M. Kramer– The 43rd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival will take place July 20–August 6. This year’s program will open with Remembering Gene Wilder, about the comic actor,…
By Jan Wahl– From our remarkable Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to questioning agnostics to firm atheists and everyone in between, we all look inside for our beliefs. In part because…
By Gary M. Kramer– This year’s Frameline Film Festival comes to a close June 24 (with select films available via streaming through July 2). Here are nine features and documentaries…
By Jan Wahl– Gay Pride started for me as a child. But it was mixed with anger and resentment towards a society that didn’t get it. My mother was raised…
By Gary M. Kramer– The 47th Frameline Film Festival opens June 14 with a screening of the Bay Area-set Fairyland and ends June 24 with the drag comedy God Save…
By Jan Wahl– One of my favorite Frameline offerings is a fabulous documentary, Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed. Beautifully directed by Stephen Kijak (Sid and Judy), it not only…
By Gary M. Kramer– In Pakistani Director/Cowriter Saim Sadiq’s extraordinary feature debut, Joyland, opening May 19 at the Roxie, Haider (Ali Junejo) meets a transgender exotic dancer, Biba (Alina Khan),…
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