Andrew Scott’s multi-award winning one-man VANYA for London’s National Theatre is now a movie
Everyone’s favorite queer Irish actor ANDREW SCOTT played every part in his take of Checkov’s Vanya turning it into a one-man show. That was a herculean task, one that required him to shape-shift as he assumed male and female parts over a wide range of ages and backgrounds. . For performance in the … Continue reading
Animal Kingdom
The opening scene of this gritty crime thriller movie shows Jay, a teenage boy, at home calmly watching ‘Deal or No Deal’ on the TV as his heroin addicted mother has just O.D. on the couch besides him. His grandmother, who has been estranged from her daughter for years, rushes over to pick … Continue reading
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex, Fashion & Disco
The illustrator and fashion maverick Antonio Lopez was an extraordinary legendary cultural figure in the 1970’s whose name will hardly resound at all with most people these days, but to a whole clique of the famous fashion and creative souls who lined up to be interviewed for this new documentary, he was nothing less than … Continue reading
Any Day Now : the family that is worth fighting for
The year is 1979 and in a sleazy West Hollywood gay bar, Rudy a very scary looking drag queen, is lip-syncing to a disco hit ‘Come to Me’ and he catches the eye of a handsome masculine and very straight dude sitting by himself. Paul is a divorced closeted uptight lawyer who works in the D.A.’s office. … Continue reading
Anything
Bringing any work of fiction involving a transgender character to the screen these days can often be fraught with consequences that can overshadow the movie itself. Whereas not too long ago Eddie Redmayne received an Oscar nomination for starring in The Danish Girl, and then Jared Leto won an Oscar for playing a trans woman … Continue reading