The Boys In The Band : looks as good as it sounds
By all accounts director Joe Mantello has surrounded himself with a superb cinematographer (Bill Pope) and production designer (Judy Becker) and three Art Directors (Kiel Gookin, Annie Simeone and Alexander Wei) to ensure the stunning look of this new adaptation of Mart Crowley’s queer classic The Boys In The Band. With its all … Continue reading
The Cakemaker
When Israeli businessmen Oren (Roy Miller) walks into the small Berlin cafe where shy young Tomas (Tim Kalkhof) works as the pastry chef, there is an immediate attraction between the two men. Very soon afterward they set up a part-time home together to share when Oren makes his monthly visits to the city. Every time when … Continue reading
The Capote Tapes : the story on an iconic queer writer
Confession time. Truman Capote was one of the great queer iconic figures of the 20th Century that we would have loved to have known personally. Not the version of him in the biopic Capote that won Philip Seymour Hoffman an Academy Award back in 2006. It’s the ‘real’ Capote that is captured in a … Continue reading
The Coming Back Out Ball
This wonderfully uplifting Australian documentary is the inspiring tale of how one very determined 40-something-year-old gay man gave the elderly LGBTQI population in Melbourne a reason to celebrate their lives. The flamboyant Tristan Meecham along with his partner Bec Reed who make up All The Queens Men creates spectacular theatrical and participatory arts experiences that … Continue reading
The Extraordinary Life of April Ashley
This very affectionate profile on the actress/model April Ashley is long overdue as is evident in how her star quality simply shines through so bright on the screen.. April’s complicated roller-coaster life would have defeated any lesser person but since she somehow survived being born into a poor working-class Catholic family in 1935 in … Continue reading