Bay Area-based filmmaker Stacy Poulos is a one-woman dynamo. For the past 30 years, she has run her own production company, Playback.net Video Film Multimedia. She is also the creator…
Gay playwright Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van, opening January 22, recounts his experiences with the homeless woman who lived in his driveway starting back in the mid-1970s. The…
By Sister Dana Van Iquity Sister Dana sez, “So it’s been a couple weeks since you made that New Year’s Resolution. Exercise more? Stay on that diet? Stop smoking? No way!…
In 2015, the LGBT films that received the most attention ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. On the plus side, there was Carol, out filmmaker Todd Haynes’ outstanding adaptation…
By Sister Dana Van Iquity Sister Dana sez, “Donald Trump and Ben Carson could dangle the possibility of independent runs for president well into the primary season next year. State…
In 1966, film critic-turned-director François Truffaut interviewed Alfred Hitchcock for the seminal book, Hitchcock/Truffaut. Their weeklong Q&A (with the help of an interpreter) was Truffaut’s effort to show that, as…
By Sister Dana Van Iquity Sister Dana sez, “If any queers or friends of us have an inclination to vote for Marco Rubio for Prez, consider his latest quote: ‘If we…
By Dr. Tim Seelig Perhaps you’ve asked yourself, “I wonder what it’s like to be in the audience at a San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus concert?” For me, that’s a…
Carol, opening November 27, is Todd Haynes’ stunning adaption of Patricia Highsmith’s classic lesbian novel “The Price of Salt.” The film portrays the relationship between two women, Therese (Rooney Mara)…
The 37th annual Celebration of Craftswomen takes place November 27–29 at Fort Mason Center’s Herbst Pavilion. It is a greatly anticipated tradition for us every year, with “Betty’s List” and…
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