In "Vive L' Amour," a nervous real estate agent, her hip street-vendor boyfriend and a homeless gay kid find sanctuary along with sexual shenanigans in an empty, high-end Taipei, Taiwan apartment.
Derek Jarman's raw and captivating interpretation of Christopher Marlowe's play "Edward II" (1991) has been digitally restored in a pristine Blu-ray version just released by Film Movement.
The glorious new English film "Man in an Orange Shirt" premiered at Frameline 42, was originally shown on BBC Two last year, was broadcast on PBS' Masterpiece Theatre (and streamable for free through July 1) and is now available on DVD.
Chavela Vargas (1919-2012) progressed in her lifetime from pariah to icon. She is the subject of the documentary "Chavela," which won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at last year's Frameline,
Marilyn Monroe once cooed, "Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world." She may have had the right shoes, but alas not a pair of Manolos, since she died before he appeared on the scene.
In his day, producer Allan Carr was known as "flamboyant," a code word for gay. This was at a time when being openly gay in Hollywood could mean career suicide.
If you ask anyone over 45 if they have seen the film "Women in Love," assuming they remember it, they will often remark, "Yes, that's the movie with the two naked guys wrestling each other in front of a fireplace."
