By Gary Kramer– The compassionate documentary 5B is named for the first AIDS ward that opened on July 25, 1983, at San Francisco General Hospital. This film, which opened at…
By Gary Kramer– The 43rd edition of Frameline will unspool on area screens June 20–30. The LGBT film festival opens with Vita & Virginia and closes ten days later with…
By Gary Kramer– Out gay filmmaker Frédéric Tcheng’s latest film, Halston, opening June 14 in the Bay Area, is a documentary about the American designer told through film clips, archival…
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…
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