Portrait of a Lady on Fire : one of the best queer movies of the Year
Céline Sciammawho has already given us Water Lillies, Tomboy, Girlhood and Being 17. confirms her position as one of the leading queer filmmakers with this her latest, and finest film to date. Portrait of A Lady on Fire is an historical drama set in the 19th Century that tells of a forbidden affair between … Continue reading
Portrait of A Serial Monogamist
There is nothing more sadistically funny than watching the opening scenes of a movie witnessing the protagonist dumping her girlfriend of five years. She is just the last new recruit into the ever expanding group of ‘exes’ that Elsie has managed to accumulate over the years. In fact Elsie is so experienced at the whole … Continue reading
Portrait of Jason
In 1967 Oscar nominated filmmaker Shirley Clarke ensconced herself in an apartment in N.Y.’s Chelsea Hotel on the evening of Dec. 3, 1966 and let her camera roll for the next 12 hours. Her subject was a much-larger-than-life articulate African/American man who, drink and cigarette always in hand, seems to never stop laughing. The very … Continue reading
Postcards From London
It’s been over 20 years since Steve McLean’s feature film directing debut Postcards from America which was based on the writings of David Wojnarowicz was released. His sophomore feature Postcards from London, that he wrote as well as directed, may have been intended primarily as an intriguing flight of his very vivid imagination (which it is) but after … Continue reading
Potato Dreams of America
Wes Hurley aka Vasili Naumenko is a queer performance artist/filmmaker and a stalwart of Seattle’s burgeoning drag and cabaret scene who has finally told his life story in film. Well, technically this is the second time around as his short film Little Potato did that too and picked up some 20 + awards for … Continue reading