'Queer' - Daniel Craig stars in a mystifying sex and drug fantasia

Gay Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino's phantasmagorical kaleidoscopic rumination on gay obsessive desire, A 24's "Queer," based on Beat-era author William Burroughs' novella, has just been released.

Alan Hollinghurst's 'Our Evenings' - A gay odyssey toward happiness complicated by racism

Probably England's finest prose stylist, in his latest book Alan Hollinghurst has created an elegy, a reminiscence on gay life from the 1960s to the present, but through the lens of class and race as it impacts on art and sexuality.

'Martha,' my dear - Documentary on Martha Stewart shows a homemaker's renovation still in progress

The new Netflix documentary "Martha" tries to reconcile the visionary Martha Stewart, "who made the world a more beautiful place and democratized fashion, taste, and style," with her unlikable, controlling, contradictory, perfectionistic reputation.

'Conclave' - a papal election to rival our own

Edmund Berger's compelling film "Conclave" poses the question, "Can we still believe in this flawed institution, the church?" while knowing the machinations of its inner workings.

Tamara de Lempicka exhibit at the de Young: seductive new perspective on the bisexual painter

Tamara de Lempicka's first major US retrospective, with more than 120 works, is dedicated to the artist's full oeuvre (also drawings and experimental still lifes) currently at the de Young Museum.

'The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka and The Art of Survival' - Documentary explores a beautiful scandalous artistic life

Tamara de Lempicka is having a banner year, which is rather remarkable considering she died 44 years ago. Along with a retrospective art exhibition at the de Young Museum, a new documentary fully explores her fascinating life.

Dianne Dugaw's 'California Medieval: Nearly a Nun in 1960s San Francisco'

Dianne Dugaw, an accomplished classical pianist and singer-musician, has created an intriguing hybrid memoir interweaving poetry, song, and rhapsodic vignettes about the three years in the 1960s spent as an aspiring nun in San Jose.

New biography of gay reporter Randy Shilts reveals complicated trailblazer

Thirty years after his death, gay journalist Randy Shilts is still controversial.

'My Old Ass' - second chances with a younger self

Have you ever wondered that if you knew what would happen in the future, would you change any decisions made today? This tantalizing question pervades the new whimsical yet bittersweet coming-of-age fable film, "My Old Ass."

Gay GOPers are more prevalent than most realize

Political historian Neil J. Young had been thinking for a few years about writing a history of the gay right.

'Merchant Ivory' - James Ivory on the documentary about his decades-long film career

Director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant had one of the longest partnerships in cinema history, almost defining independent filmmaking, now profiled definitively in the new documentary, "Merchant Ivory."

Book chronicles rise of gay Republicans

From the get-go, Neil J. Young's "Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right" makes it manifestly clear that gay Republicans face condemnation both from the queer community and their own political party, which never has fully accepted them.

SF Queer Film Festival: a full spectrum of cinematic diversity

The SF Queer Film Festival (SFQFF) returns for its fourth version, August 23-25, with its accompanying 64 movies, shorts, and web episodes. It's not an exaggeration to say the festival is still in the process of finding its voice and groove.

Ben Platt's 'Honeymind' - love songs on his new CD

Ben Platt's third album, unlike his previous electro-pop efforts, has a folky Americana sound, reminiscent of early 1970s, somewhere between James Taylor and Barry Manilow.

'Sing Sing' - Coleman Domingo stars in the uplifting prison drama

Coleman Domingo stars in A24's gripping "Sing Sing," based on the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) program started at Sing Sing in 1996. The film follows incarcerated members as they stage a play from its inception to its opening night.

'Fly Me to the Moon' - Space Age shenanigans run amuck

"Fly Me to the Moon," could have conveyed more of the excitement, adventure, and idealism of the Apollo era and less of the cynicism and conspiracy that seems more indicative of our time. Despite fun moments, the landing doesn't stick.

SF Jewish Film Festival - Faves amidst the Gaza War

As the Israeli-Hamas war continues without any ceasefire, the 44th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (July 18-August 4) finds itself "at a time of devastating international conflict and humanitarian crisis in Israel and Gaza."

'National Anthem' - Queer patriotism flies its own flag

Luke Gilford's 'National Anthem' comes at an opportune moment, bringing much needed fresh air in a story about sexual outsiders finding sanctuary among themselves in rural America's LGBTQ rodeo subculture.

Khashayar J. Khabushani's 'I Will Greet the Sun Again' - an engaging debut novel

A gut-wrenching novel of survival you won't soon forget animates the searing debut of local Iranian-American author Khashayar J. Khabushani's "I Will Greet the Sun Again," just released in paperback.

'The AIDS Show' - Documentary about historic play

When it premiered 40 years ago in September 1984, few realized how groundbreaking "The AIDS Show: Artists Involved with Death and Survival," a theatrical production produced by Theatre Rhinoceros, would be. A new documentary proves its relevance today.

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