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Our gay apparel: The Lavender Tube on queer holiday viewing

November 28, 2023 | by Victoria A. Brownworth

To paraphrase the song, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas movies, everywhere you go." As we lamented elsewhere, how is it I love Christmas so much and really don't like Christmas movies? And why are there so many of them?

'My Name is Barbra' — long-awaited Streisand memoir tells all

by David-Elijah Nahmod
Nov 28, 2023

At age 81, after more than 60 years in show business, superstar Barbra Streisand's long-awaited memoir is finally out. In interviews, Streisand has said that she worked on the book for the better part of ten years. It was a massive undertaking.

'eVil Sublet' — queer horror comedy to play Balboa Theater

by David-Elijah Nahmod
Nov 28, 2023

Allan Piper's "eVil Sublet" (the stylized title) is a queer horror comedy that delivers. It's a supernatural parody on how far people in New York City will go to obtain affordable housing.

'Saltburn' — Emerald Fennell's promising young psychos

by Gregg Shapiro
Nov 21, 2023

Actress, screenwriter and filmmaker Emerald Fennell's second feature film "Saltburn" feels like the troubled kid brother of her prior work, "Promising Young Woman," especially in the way it delivers gut-punching twists and turns.

The Pope of Trash enshrined — John Waters exhibit at LA's Academy of Motion Picture Arts Museum

by Jim Gladstone
Nov 14, 2023

Renzo Piano's elegantly flowing Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, a new Los Angeles must-see, now features a fourth-floor gallery that hosts a sprawling multimedia tribute to the movie-making career of "John Waters: The Pope of Trash."

'The Holdovers' — frosty days at a 1970s prep school

by Brian Bromberger
Nov 14, 2023

Christmas has arrived early this year in the form of Alexander Payne's career-resuscitating and first period film, "The Holdovers," which reunites him with "Sideways" star Paul Giamatti, both at the peak of their respective powers.

'Out in the Ring' — documentary's takedown on the history and future of LGBTQ pro wrestlers

by Jim Provenzano
Nov 7, 2023

Ry Levey's fascinating "Out in the Ring," a 2022 documentary about LGBTQ people in professional wrestling, offers an expansive history with action-packed clips and multiple interviews that deconstruct the 'homoerotiphobic' dual nature of pro wrestling.

Transgender Film Festival returns: 26 years and going strong

by David-Elijah Nahmod
Oct 31, 2023

For the past quarter of a century, the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival has brought stories about the lives of trans and gender non-conforming people to the silver screen.

'The War On Disco' — PBS documentary recalls Disco Demolition Night

by Michael Flanagan
Oct 24, 2023

What cultural conditions lead to a rock shock jock blowing up disco records and starting a riot at a ballpark? "The War on Disco," the PBS documentary, seeks an answer regarding the "Disco Demolition" at Comiskey Park in Chicago in 1979.

'My Animal' — a howling good film

by Gregg Shapiro
Oct 24, 2023

While there are some vague, yet highly stylized, elements in 'My Animal,' there's nothing ambiguous about the way it equates queerness with supernatural otherness.

Fright flicks: Spooky stuff on streaming services

by David-Elijah Nahmod
Oct 17, 2023

A slew of horror films are available on various streaming sites and video-on-demand services. Here are a few titles guaranteed to enhance your Halloween season.

Thrillin' & chillin' — The Lavender Tube on Elvira, hauntings and Halloween hilarity

by Victoria A. Brownworth
Oct 17, 2023

Halloween is fast approaching with all its queer delights and every streaming service and some networks are luring viewers with horror classics old and new, so be sure to check out your favorite s with a queer twist.

'We Are Tenacious' — Trans and queer ranchers in new documentary

by Brian Bromberger
Oct 15, 2023

"We Are Tenacious," billed as a classic story of American perseverance, features transgender Alpaca rancher Penny Logue and her dedicated band of queer ranchers who endured threats from a local rightwing militia.

'Make Me Famous' — Painter Edward Brezinski and the'80s East Village art scene in a new documentary

by Jim Provenzano
Oct 13, 2023

Gay painter Edward Brezinski's brief career and disappearance is the subject of the documentary "Make Me Famous," which visually takes a dizzying journey back in time to the 1980s East Village art scene.

'The Rocky Horror Show' — Ray of Light & Oasis deliver a definitive delight

by Jim Gladstone
Oct 10, 2023

To borrow a line from playwright-composer Richard O'Brien, Ray of Light Theatre "has discovered the secret, that elusive ingredient, that... spark that is the breath of life itself!" in its electrifying resurrection of O'Brien's own "The Rocky Horror Show."

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