By Gary M. Kramer– The lukewarm slow burn thriller Eileen, opening December 8, is set in 1960s Massachusetts, where the 24-year-old title character (Thomasin McKenzie) lives with her dad (Shea…
By Gary M. Kramer– Saltburn, writer/director Emerald Fennell’s follow up to her Oscar-winning Promising Young Woman, is a delicious cuckoo-in-the-nest story. The dazzling pre-credit sequence sets the stage; Oliver Quick…
By Jan Wahl– Every year at this time I start counting days to my favorite holiday event. I get to meet Oscar Wilde, Anne Lister (aka Gentleman Jack), Sherlock Holmes,…
The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (SFTFF) returns November 8–19, showcasing brilliant trans and gender non-conforming films. Founded in 1997, SFTFF is the world’s longest-running film festival of its kind,…
By Gary M. Kramer– Two bingeable miniseries depict queer life in the past, illustrating how gay characters lived double lives during a period when it was dangerous to be out.…
By Jan Wahl– Who knew the last two films I just saw in the theatres would be absolutely terrific? Very different: we go from a famed conductor to the Osage…
By Jan Wahl– This is the time of year when I remember movies that terrified me as a child, and movies that still completely freak me out as an adult.…
By Gary M. Kramer– Brian Vincent’s spry documentary, Make Me Famous, at the 4 Star Theater through November 3, showcases the largely unheralded gay painter Edward Brezinski (nee Brzezinski). Brezinski…
By Jan Wahl– George Hurrell’s Hollywood Glamour Portraits 1925–1992 by Mark A. Vieira is one for the ages. It is the most beautiful coffee table book for gift giving or…
By Gary M. Kramer– The Mill Valley Film Festival, October 5–16, features several high profile queer films (not available for preview) including Nyad starring Annette Bening as Diana Nyad, a…
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