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    Bay Area Holiday Events to Lift Your Spirits

    Bay Area Holiday Events to Lift Your Spirits

    By Jan Wahl– The holiday spirit can be elusive these days, so I have two fabulous events that I go to in order to find the glittering, positive, candy cane…

    Queer Is a Sensory Cinematic Experience

    Queer Is a Sensory Cinematic Experience

    By Gary M. Kramer– Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, adapted from William S. Burrough’s novel, is a dark, and at times surreal, drama about addiction. The director’s films are nothing if not…

    Sally! Sex and Revolution!

    Sally! Sex and Revolution!

    By Susan Berston– When award-winning filmmaker Deborah Craig was making her short documentary A Great Ride (2018), about lesbians and aging, she received a tip from aikido sensei Penny Sablove…

    Not Your Traditional Nutcracker: Dance Along and Solve the Big Mystery!

    Not Your Traditional Nutcracker: Dance Along and Solve the Big Mystery!

    By Brian Trimboli– This year the San Francisco Pride Band is once again kicking off the holiday season with the Dance-Along Nutcracker®. The Dance-Along Nutcracker is an only-in-San Francisco tradition:…

    Hollywood Does the Holidays

    Hollywood Does the Holidays

    By Jan Wahl– The easiest, softest way to get in the holiday spirit is to watch or stream a terrific movie made just for the occasion. Hollywood has been making…

    Malanova Sensitively Addresses a Couple at the Crossroads Dealing With HIV

    Malanova Sensitively Addresses a Couple at the Crossroads Dealing With HIV

    By Gary M. Kramer– The intimate Italian drama Malanova, now out on DVD and on demand, sensitively examines a gay couple at a crossroads. Riccardo (Nuno Nolasco) returns from a…

    San Francisco Transgender Film Festival Returns With Two Weeks of Powerful Films

    San Francisco Transgender Film Festival Returns With Two Weeks of Powerful Films

    Championing creative resistance to the current anti-transgender backlash everywhere, the world’s first and longest-running transgender film festival is set to return with more than 40 films from around the world.…

    Emilia Pérez Is a Fabulous and Operatic Trans Musical

    Emilia Pérez Is a Fabulous and Operatic Trans Musical

    By Gary M. Kramer– The vibrant trans narco musical, Emilia Pérez, out November 13 on Netflix, is an astonishing, operatic story of love, violence, and the power of women. Director…

    My Favorite Movie Theatre and Two Must-See New Films

    My Favorite Movie Theatre and Two Must-See New Films

    By Jan Wahl– It is time for the good movies to come out. Hollywood waits until now. Two of my favorite films of the year have been released, but the…

    New Doc Recounts a Disturbing True Crime Tale Involving Tegan and Sara

    New Doc Recounts a Disturbing True Crime Tale Involving Tegan and Sara

    By Gray M. Kramer– The queer musical twins Tegan and Sara have developed an intense and loyal fanbase since they started performing as teenagers in the mid-1990s. They even had…