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    Madness in the Movies

    Madness in the Movies

    By Jan Wahl– Vivien Leigh and Lawrence Olivier are the subjects of a fascinating new book, Truly, Madly, vividly written by Stephen Galloway. Consider this revealing passage about the two-time…

    Highlights from My Recent Cruise to Ireland, Amsterdam, and London

    Highlights from My Recent Cruise to Ireland, Amsterdam, and London

    By Jan Wahl– Amsterdam is one hip city. There are rainbow flags everywhere. The smell of pot wafts around cafés. There are gorgeous canals and funky barges with liveaboards tending…

    Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane Talk About Being Bros

    Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane Talk About Being Bros

    By Gary M. Kramer– The gay romcom Bros, about gay history museum executive Bobby Leiber (co-writer Billy Eichner) meeting probate lawyer Aaron Shepard (Luke Macfarlane), is a queer throwback to…

    Dignity, Humor … and What Did She Have in That Purse?

    Dignity, Humor … and What Did She Have in That Purse?

    By Jan Wahl– Elizabeth the Second was a monarch who was so complicated that she needed three women to play her in The Crown. She herself was often an enigma,…

    Mill Valley Film Festival 2022 Showcases Some Great LGBTQ Films

    Mill Valley Film Festival 2022 Showcases Some Great LGBTQ Films

    By Gary M. Kramer– The Mill Valley Film Festival opens October 6 with Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, with director Rian Johnson and actors Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom, Jr.,…

    Loving Highsmith Is a Wan Doc About the Fascinating Lesbian Author

    Loving Highsmith Is a Wan Doc About the Fascinating Lesbian Author

    By Gary M. Kramer– Lesbian novelist Patricia Highsmith is probably as well known for her books as she is for the film adaptations of her books—Strangers on a Train, The…

    Talented Stephen Talbot Wears Many Hats, From Leave It to Beaver to Producing Award-Winning Documentaries

    Talented Stephen Talbot Wears Many Hats, From Leave It to Beaver to Producing Award-Winning Documentaries

    By Jan Wahl– I’ve been a hat girl from childhood to womanhood. It all started with Bette Davis walking down the gangplank after her transition from ugly duckling to swan…

    Teen Transgender Writer/Director Talks About Her First Full-Length Film So Vam, Which Features a Drag Queen Vampire

    Teen Transgender Writer/Director Talks About Her First Full-Length Film So Vam, Which Features a Drag Queen Vampire

    By Gary M. Kramer– 17-year-oldtransgender writer/director Alice Maio Mackay’s low-budget horror film So Vam, now on Shudder, provides a nifty queer twist on the vampire genre. Kurt (Xai) is a…

    Fit, Fat, and Fabulous: Kili Big Follows Plus-Sized Women’s Journey to Mount Kilimanjaro

    Fit, Fat, and Fabulous: Kili Big Follows Plus-Sized Women’s Journey to Mount Kilimanjaro

    By Jan Wahl– Has Jan lost it this time? Fat is something to be ashamed of … hidden as best as one can and forcing one to be banished to…

    Cooper Koch Talks About the New Queer Thriller They/Them

    Cooper Koch Talks About the New Queer Thriller They/Them

    By Gary M. Kramer– Out gay actor Cooper Koch delivers a breakout performance in They/Them, a fabulous queer horror film now out on Peacock. Koch plays Stu, one of more…