Will MAESTRO give Bradley Cooper his 10th Academy Award Nomination OR his First Win?
Actor Bradley Cooper has already garnered 9 Academy Award Nominations and word on the street is that he is due to get a 10th …… and maybe win at last?. He has co-written, directed, and produced MAESTRO based on the true story of how legendary composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein grappled with his sexuality as … Continue reading
Wojnarowicz: an excellent new doc. on one of NY’s greatest queer artists/activists
The exceptionally talented queer artist David Wojanarowicz’s name may not easily trip off one’s tongue but at least now thanks to Chris McKim’s incisive documentary his place in the echelons of queer culture will finally be totally undisputed. Wojanarowicz died of AIDS in 1992 just 37 years old, but this new film makes us all … Continue reading
Womb Envy: or when your best gay male friend gets pregnant too
From Charlie David’s Border To Border Entertainment (‘I’m A Porn Star‘ ‘Pat Rocco Dared‘ ‘Drag Heals‘ etc comes a new hilarious queer series WOMB ENVY. This is the story of Max (Daniel F.K. Fernandes) approaching his 30th birthday and feeling he is stuck in a rut. He’s had enough of Toronto gay dance floors and … Continue reading
Women He’s Undressed
Gillian Armstrong’s captivating documentary on three-time Academy Award Winning Costume Designer the larger than life Orry-Kelly starts out with a rather wonderful statement ‘He called himself a hem stitcher, yet he really was a Hollywood Star. In the country he’s come from, that’s bloody amazing, but no-one has ever heard of him’. The country it … Continue reading
Yes I Am : The Ric Weiland Story : a true Queer hero
We all need heroes and role models. Especially in the LGBTQ community. Most of the ones we have are very colorful and loud. However, there are some like Rik Weiland who are far from that. Yet this very quiet private man, who sadly took his own life in 2006, is probably the most important … Continue reading