Love Is Strange, director/co-writer Ira Sachs’ thoughtful, wistful film, concerns a couple—George (Alfred Molina) and Ben (John Lithgow)—who have been together 39 years. The men marry in the opening moments,…
Christophe Honoré’s 2010 film Man at Bath, now out on DVD, is a provocative investigation of the disintegrating relationship between Emmanuel (beefy French porn star François Sagat) and Omar (Omar…
Kate Logan’s probing documentary Kidnapped for Christ, airing this month on Showtime, was originally meant to be an evenhanded examination of Escuela Caribe, a Christian boarding school for troubled teens…
Roman Polanski’s Venus in Fur, opening Friday at the Landmark theaters in San Francisco and Berkeley, unfolds almost entirely inside a theater in Paris. An adaptation of David Ives’ play…
(Editor’s Note: Please join us in congratulating Gary on his recent marriage to his partner Mike. We wish them many years of happiness together, with countless date nights along the…
Showcasing more than 100 features, documentaries, and shorts, Frameline, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, opens June 19. The opening night selection is the local area premiere of The…
Set in 1985 San Francisco, the low-budget Test is a compelling drama about the onset of the AIDS crisis. Frankie (Scott Marlowe) is a dancer whose unease about the disease…
Chinese Puzzle is the third film—after L’auberge Espagnole and Russian Dolls—starring Romain Duris as Xavier Rousseau and directed by Cédric Klapisch. This entry is set mostly in New York City,…
By Gary Kramer Young & Beautiful, the latest film from prolific gay writer/director François Ozon, is an exquisitely made drama that chronicles a year in the life of seventeen-year-old Isabelle…
Openly gay filmmaker Matt Wolf’s illuminating documentary, Teenage, is a fantastic mix of found footage, still photographs, and re-enactments of individual stories. The narration—British and American boys, and American and…
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