Nancy Buirski’s excellent documentary “Desperate Souls, Dark City And The Legend Of Midnight Cowboy” was the perfect excuse to re-think about not just how Midnight Cowboy made such an impact on the world in general but also on me in particular. The time was 1965 and this was British filmmaker John Schlesinger’s fifth movie … Continue reading
For his directing debut, actor turned filmmaker Rightor Doyle cast three hot queer men Zachary Quinto, Lukas Gage, and Sebastian Arroyo plus Triple Emmy Award Winner (and two-time Tony Awards) Judith Light, yet he still managed to make the most unfunny queer comedy we’ve seen in a long time. This coming-out story (which is … Continue reading
Mama’s Boy : A Story From Our Americas. I fell in love with Dustin Lance Black in 2009. He was in LA accepting his Academy Award for writing the screenplay for MILK in which he made a promise to all the queer kids watching, that things would get better. The very next day Black’s mother … Continue reading
Although it’s over 30 years since the AIDS pandemic decimated the queer community it’s still a very raw memory for so many of us. In the new millennium, we were inundated with fictional movies on the subject, and the majority of them were appalling. Sensationalized, morbid, alarmist, and even excuses to promote rampant homophobia. … Continue reading
Award-winning Canadian documentarian Bobbi Jo Hart has this knack for uncovering queer stories that we may have heard of, but for the most part, are untold. She did this beautifully with her affectionate and in-depth look at Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the world’s foremost all-male ballet company in ‘Rebels on Pointe’. … Continue reading