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    1980s Romantic Gay Drama Maurice Undergoes Restoration Ahead of 30th Anniversary Re-release

    1980s Romantic Gay Drama Maurice Undergoes Restoration Ahead of 30th Anniversary Re-release

    By Gary M. Kramer– James Ivory and Ismail Merchant’s elegant gay romantic drama Maurice is receiving a 4K restoration re-release in honor of its 30th anniversary. A classic film in…

    Spellbinding Drama The Ornithologist Blends Reality and Fantasy

    Spellbinding Drama The Ornithologist Blends Reality and Fantasy

    By Gary M. Kramer– Gay writer/director João Pedro Rodrigues’s spellbinding drama The Ornithologist, opened July 7 in San Francisco, and anyone who can still catch this film will find it…

    Film Hits and Misses from the Final Days of Frameline41

    Film Hits and Misses from the Final Days of Frameline41

    By Gary M. Kramer– There are only a few days left in this year’s Frameline Film Festival, but there are still some great shorts, features, and docs to catch before…

    San Francisco Bay Times Is Proud to Present Seventeen and Apricot Groves at Frameline

    San Francisco Bay Times Is Proud to Present Seventeen and Apricot Groves at Frameline

    The San Francisco Bay Times is sponsoring two films at Frameline this year: Seventeen and Apricot Groves. We hope that you can check them out. Look for our team at…

    Queer Films at the 2017 San Francisco Documentary Film Festival

    Queer Films at the 2017 San Francisco Documentary Film Festival

    By Gary M. Kramer– The San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, May 31–June 15, features several films with LGBT content. Here is a rundown of four interesting films screening at the…

    A Quiet Passion Biopic of Poet Emily Dickson Reveals How Taking Virtue Too Far Can Itself Become a Vice

    A Quiet Passion Biopic of Poet Emily Dickson Reveals How Taking Virtue Too Far Can Itself Become a Vice

    By Gary M. Kramer– The handsomely mounted period piece, A Quiet Passion, opening May 5 in San Francisco, is gay filmmaker Terence Davies’s gorgeously-lit biopic of poet Emily Dickinson. The…

    Taekwondo Casts Spell on Viewers with Seductive Homoeroticism

    Taekwondo Casts Spell on Viewers with Seductive Homoeroticism

    By Gary M. Kramer Out Argentine writer/director Marco Berger’s Taekwondo, now out on DVD, casts a spell on viewers. Set entirely in a country estate, the film depicts little more…

    Sensitive New Film Truman Plumbs the Depths of Human Experience

    Sensitive New Film Truman Plumbs the Depths of Human Experience

    By Gary M. Kramer Spanish writer/director Cesc Gay had a breakout hit in 2000 with Nico and Dani, about two teenagers who are best friends, one of whom is gay.…

    Gay Filmmaker Francois Ozon’s Frantz Is Both a Handsome Romantic Melodrama and Ghost Story

    Gay Filmmaker Francois Ozon’s Frantz Is Both a Handsome Romantic Melodrama and Ghost Story

    By Gary M. Kramer Frantz, by gay French filmmaker François Ozon, is a black and white costume drama, set in 1919 Germany. A loose remake of the Ernst Lubitsch drama…

    Forceful and Moving New Documentary Chronicles Fight for Marriage Equality

    Forceful and Moving New Documentary Chronicles Fight for Marriage Equality

    By Gary M. Kramer The fight for gay marriage was a long and hard won battle. While the outcome is common knowledge, how marriage equality happened step-by-step is less well…