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.,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Jan Wahl– I recently spoke with actress, activist, and filmmaker Lee Grant for the San Francisco Bay Times; she won the Academy Award as the horny, frustrated Beverly Hills…
By Gary M. Kramer– Billy Porter brings style and verve to his directorial debut with the upbeat romance Anything’s Possible. The film, which dropped July 22 on Prime Video, has…
By Jan Wahl– She’s how Oscar Wilde made his trip to America … and San Francisco! You might not know her name, but she ran one of the largest publishing…
By Gary M. Kramer– Andrea Dworkin was an outspoken writer and radical feminist who was outraged by how women are treated in society. Bay Area filmmaker Pratibha Parmar’s documentary My…
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