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 […]
Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big San Diego Christmas Show
A fast, funny and highly theatrical reimagining of one of the most beloved holiday stories ever told! by tom andrew – Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show written by the Broadway team of Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen opened at The Old Globe last month. It’s not your typical holiday Christmas Carol, but they […]
A Christmas Story to Remember!
San Diego Musical Theatre Brings Classic 1983 Movie to Hilarious Life on Stage. by tony reverditto – This Christmas tale based on the humorous writings of Jean Shepherd revolves around 9-year-old Ralphie Parker, who wants only one thing for Christmas: an official Red Ryder Range Model Carbine BB Gun. All of the naysayers only fuel […]
It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Nina West!
by tim parks – TV audiences first became familiar with Nina West (AKA Andrew Levitt) during Season 11 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, where she placed sixth and won Miss Congeniality. And there was an obvious reason behind that accolade, as the comedy queen from Columbus, Ohio not only exemplified charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent, but […]
OH COME, ALL YE FABULOUS! Christmas Shines Brighter with Jody Watley
by kevin perry – It’s fitting for a star as enduringly luminous as Grammy-winner Jody Watley to have a signature motto to match. “I use the phrase wattage,” Watley beamed. “It’s in all of us. It’s the inner light that we have that is like our own personal sunshine, even when things feel dark and […]
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 […]
REINVENTING RUFUS
Celebrated singer-songwriter branches out to other mediums, elaborates on his inspirations like Judy Garland and his folk-singer mother, and dishes on how a backstage interloper would become his husband by tom andrew – The New York Times has lauded Rufus Wainwright for his “genuine originality.” Rolling Stone calls him “brilliant,” and The Guardian says he’s […]
WINTER IS COMING: Acclaimed Film, TV and Theatre Veteran Frances Fisher Stars in ‘The Lion in Winter’
by tony reverditto – Before Game of Thrones, there was The Lion in Winter It’s Christmas 1183, and King Henry II plans to announce his successor to the throne. Henry has three sons in the Plantagenet family and wants his boy, Prince John, to take over. Henry’s wife, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, has another notion. […]