By Gary M. Kramer– The2021 San Francisco International Film Festival, April 9–18, offers dozens of features, shorts, and documentaries both online ( https://sffilm.org/ ), and outdoors at the Fort Mason…
By Gary Kramer– Two lesbian dramas set in the past—one stirring, the other enervating—are available on demand this month. The World to Come is a beguiling film set in upstate…
By Gary Kramer– Shortlisted in both the Best Documentary Feature Oscar as well as in the Visual Effects category, the urgent, cogent film, Welcome to Chechnya, is now available on…
By Gary Kramer– The passionate Chilean romance The Strong Ones, now out on demand and DVD, is cozy Valentine’s Day viewing. Writer/director Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo expands his terrific 2015 short,…
By Gary Kramer– Four films with queer content will become available for streaming over the next few weeks. Here is a rundown of what to watch and when. Of local…
By Gary Kramer– A Skeleton in the Closet, out January 12 on DVD, is out gay Argentine filmmaker Nicolás Teté’s poignant drama about Manuel (Facundo Gambandé), a gay man who…
By Gary Kramer– 2020 was unlike any other year for moviegoing as most of it was done at home. But that doesn’t mean there were not great films. Looking back…
By Gary Kramer– Out lesbian filmmaker Jamie Babbit’s first feature, But I’m a Cheerleader, is being reissued in a Digital 4K Ultra HD Director’s Cut on December 8. The campy,…
By Gary Kramer– Out gaywriter/director David Freyne’s charming sophomore feature Dating Amber, now available on demand, is, the filmmaker said in a recent Zoom interview, “as autobiographical as I’m going…
By Jan Wahl– Some of my favorite movies are fascinating documentaries. They educate, inspire, entertain. I can be taken to a new realm of knowledge, history can be opened up,…
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