FilmOut San Diego announces the dates and locations of its upcoming 21st San Diego LGBT Film Festival.
The 2020 festival will present its opening night movie and after-party gala on Thursday night, April 30, and will screen a wide assortment of feature-length movies and collections of short films from Friday, May 1 through Sunday, May 3. In addition, Festival Director Kaleb Nicola and Program Director Michael McQuiggan are excited to announce that the 2020 […]
LGBTQ Critics Society Name ‘Parasite’ Best Picture
Zellweger and Banderas Earn Dorian Awards For ‘Judy,’ ‘Pain and Glory’ ‘Pose,’ ‘Fleabag’ and Lady Gaga Also Reign Supreme And the proverbial envelope, please! GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, comprised of 260 mainly U.S. journalists covering film and television, has named its final-round choics for 2019’s finest movies, performances and more across a […]
‘Tis The Season … For Movie Awards, That Is!
by chris carpenter – As December rolls around, most people are focused on holiday gift shopping, home decorating, and party throwing or attending. However, film critics and Hollywood industry guild members are under the gun to anoint the best (and sometimes trash the worst) movies of 2019. It makes for a fun but even more […]
SNUGGLE UP TO ‘CUBBY’: The Eccentric, Lovable LGBTQ Feature Debut from Writer/Director Mark Blane
by tom andrew – Get ready for the premiere of Mark Blane’s Cubby! The film has been receiving raves reviews across the globe for Blane’s brilliant portrayal as the lead character in a film that he also wrote and directed. The film is a fish-out-of-water story about Mark (Blane), a 20-something, social-anxiety-ridden guy who moves […]
THE POWER OF PERSPECTIVE: Scorsese, Pitbull, ‘Bionic Woman’ provide star power at San Diego International Film Festival
by chris carpenter – The 18th annual San Diego International Film Festival (SDIFF) will celebrate a diverse array of movies and artists from Tuesday, October 15 through Sunday, October 20. This year’s festival has a theme of “The Power of Perspective. Come Watch With Us.” The festival is the signature annual event presented by the […]
Cinema Diverse 2019: Holy, Hot, and Sexy
by chris carpenter – Back-to-school month sees the return of the 12th annual edition of Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival, whose mission is, “dedicated to advancing and further strengthening our diverse gay community through the establishment of a world-class film festival that presents lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender cinema from around the […]
Love Outside Convention: Director Chanya Button Discusses “Vita & Virginia”
by joel martens ~ History has a lot to teach us about fighting for what you want in the face of oppressive social conventions. Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West were two women who—though alive at a time when expectations of marriage, motherhood and subservience to a husband were de rigueur—quietly defying those strictures by creating […]
“Q” Stands for “Queen” at QFilms 2019
by chris carpenter – Raise your hand if you have heard of José Julio Sarria, aka “The Grand Mere, Absolute Empress I de San Francisco,” aka “The Widow Norton” of the Imperial Court? I was recently humbled to learn that I did not know about this gender non-conformist who reigned over San Francisco gay society […]
Brittany Runs a Marathon: Beyond the Obvious With Director Paul Downs Colaizzo
~ by joel martens ~ Being the brunt of a joke is a trope that the media industry has relied upon for a very long time. The “Nellie” gay guy, the ditzy, dumb blonde or the funny fat girl are all characters we all know and have laughed at. Outliers who don’t always get that […]
RAGE Reviews: Gay Days of Summer
by chris carpenter – The typically over-heated month of August has long been referred to as the “dog days” of summer. I have no idea why. This year, however, we can think of August as the gay days of summer based on all the LGBTQ-themed movies now in theaters, on home video, or fresh from […]