While this week’s issue devotes much of its contents to the 84th Annual Academy Awards and the big-budget films and indie darlings that were nominated for trophies, it’s important to look ahead at some queer cinema. Here are four films… Read more…
Last year’s hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway were totally panned. This year’s Academy Awards saw its first host, Eddie Murphy, quit amid the gay-slur controversy surrounding his pal Brett Ratner and now we’re stuck with Billy Crystal (just hoping… Read more…
This Means War, the latest romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, has its work cut out for it. Water for Elephants didn’t fare very well at the box-office despite its best-selling story, How Do You Know bombed harder than the… Read more…
Downton Abbey matriarch cage match! The only thing that could possibly be better than watching Downton Abbey’s Maggie Smith, as the Dowager Countess, stop the rest of the cast dead in their tracks with withering glances and haughty comments… Read more…
Albert Nobbs is a passionate project that star Glenn Close has been inextricably linked to for over 30 years. Based upon the novella, The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs by George Moore, Close played the title role in the American… Read more…
Authentic. If there’s a single word that accurately describes Pariah, the first film from writer/director Dee Rees, it’s authentic. Pariah, which is based in part on Rees’ own experiences coming out, tells the story of Alike (pronounced “ah-lee-kay”), a 17-year-old… Read more…
GLADD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) released its media awards nominees this morning. Among the notable highlights in film: Albert Nobbs (opening in wide release January 27th exclusively at UA Tara), Pariah (playing now at Landmark) and Tomboy (shown… Read more…
Amber Heard revs her Motor Amber Heard, new queen of all car-centric movies? OK, maybe not, but the co-star of Drive Angry and, most recently, The Rum Diary, is at least headed to Motor City with director Albert Hughes… Read more…
Hot new TV pilot trend: lesbian(ish) sitcoms Now that it’s been properly established that both Sue Sylvester and Coach Bieste are man-hungry heterosexuals, where is a comedy-loving lesbian to turn for representation? Well, for starters, there’s Sara Rue,… Read more…
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