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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Gary M. Kramer– The San Francisco Independent Film Festival will take place February 8–18, 2024, at the Roxie and the Balboa theaters as well as online. There will be…
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