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    The Happiest Marriage in Classic Hollywood

    The Happiest Marriage in Classic Hollywood

    By Jan Wahl– Do you have an actor or actress whom you just don’t turn off whenever you catch them on screen? From Monroe to Depp, Garbo to Gosling, we…

    Talking Housekeeping With Filmmaker Goran Stolevski

    Talking Housekeeping With Filmmaker Goran Stolevski

    By Gary M. Kramer– Out gay filmmaker Goran Stolevski (Of an Age) returns to his native Macedonia for his warm “hangout” film Housekeeping for Beginners. Dita (Anamaria Marinca) reluctantly agrees…

    Sonoma International Film Festival to Premiere Meta Movie Extremely Unique Dynamic

    Sonoma International Film Festival to Premiere Meta Movie Extremely Unique Dynamic

    By Gary M. Kramer– Extremely Unique Dynamic, cowritten and codirected (with Katherine Dudas) by stars Harrison Xu and Ivan Leung, is a shaggy, amusing meta-movie about Ryan (Xu, who grew…

    Jodie Foster and Annette Bening Burn Up the Screen in Nyad

    Jodie Foster and Annette Bening Burn Up the Screen in Nyad

    By Jan Wahl– I’ve interviewed many interesting famous people. They are often surprising. Tom Cruise was delightful, Paul Newman political, Joan Fontaine gossipy, Hugh Jackman joyous, Kim Novak heavenly, and…

    Six LGBTQ Films Available in March

    Six LGBTQ Films Available in March

    By Gary M. Kramer– There are a half dozen features and documentaries with local and/or queer content being released this month. Here is a rundown of what to watch in…

    Amazing Actresses

    Amazing Actresses

    By Jan Wahl– We celebrate women in March, though most of us appreciate women every day! Each year there are one or two actresses that knock me out with brilliant…

    A Roundtable With the Drive-Away Dolls

    A Roundtable With the Drive-Away Dolls

    By Gary M. Kramer– Drive-Away Dolls is a fabulously queer comic thriller opening February 23 in Bay Area theatres. The film, directed by Ethan Coen, who cowrote it with his…

    Tru Joy and Tragedy

    Tru Joy and Tragedy

    By Jan Wahl– Truman Capote’s greatest character was surely himself. Although he stood only 5’3″ and died 40 years ago, his legend—encompassing operatic emotional highs and lows—still looms large, as…

    Oscar Viewing and Dishing Together

    Oscar Viewing and Dishing Together

    By Jan Wahl– It might not sound humble, but watching the Oscar telecast with me is incredibly fun. For my third year in a row, I will go up the…

    Queer Filmmaker Addresses Sexual Consent in Her Powerful New Feature

    Queer Filmmaker Addresses Sexual Consent in Her Powerful New Feature

    By Gary M. Kramer– Out writer/director Molly Manning Walker won the Un Certain Regard Award at Cannes for her feature debut, How to Have Sex, which screens at the Mostly…