By Gary M. Kramer– The imaginative Swedish sci-fi film Aniara opens with what looks like an end credits crawl as images of disasters unspool behind them. “Say goodbye to Earth,”…
By Gary Kramer– Writer/director Camille Vidal-Naquet’s raw, blistering drama, Sauvage/Wild, opening May 3 in the Bay Area, concentrates almost all of its energy on the body of Léo (Féliz Maritaud),…
Two films with queer characters and literary themes open in the Bay Area this month. Wild Nights with Emily, opening April 19 at the Landmark Embarcadero, is out writer/director Madeleine…
By Gary Kramer– The San Francisco International Film Festival opens April 10 with a screening of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City and closes April 21 with Gavin Hood’s Official Secrets.…
Out gay actor Nicolas Maury steals his every scene in director Yann Gonzalez’s audacious thriller Knife+Heart, set in the gay adult film industry in Paris, 1979. When various actors who…
By Gary Kramer– No less than four queer-themed films open in Bay Area theaters over the next two weeks. Here is a rundown of what to watch. Ondi Timoner’s ambitious…
At the Academy Awards this year, there are a number of LGBTQ-themed features and performances in competition. In the Best Picture category, Green Book, The Favorite, A Star Is Born…
By Gary M. Kramer– With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, there are a number of LGBTQ films that couples (or singles, or threesomes) can cuddle up and watch for a…
Jim (Harris Dickinson), the hero of writer/director Steve McLean’s highly stylized drama Postcards from London, now out on DVD, is “young, fit, and has the face of an angel.” He…
By Gary M. Kramer– Somos tr3s/We Are Thr3e, now out on DVD, is out gay Argentine writer/director Marcelo Briem Stamm’s sweet drama about the relationship that develops between Ana (Flor…
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