Donyale Luna: Supermodel (2023) B+
Known “the first Black supermodel”, she was the first African-American model to grace the cover of Vogue – shot by photographer David Bailey – in March 1966.
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Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate (2023) Netflix Documentary Review B+
Cantu introduces you to people that you may not have heard of before. And those that you have, like Ernst Rohm and Magnus Hirschfeld are discussed…
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Fellow Travelers (2023) The Way We Were with a Queer Twist B+
“Fellow Travelers” is “The Way We Were,” with Jewish being replaced by Queer, Redford by Bomer and Barbra by Bailey. It’s compulsively watchable, just not a classic.
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Maestro (2023) Bradley Cooper’s Vain Impersonation of a Vain Man. B+
Leaving out vast chunks of the great conductor’s life, Cooper gives a vain impersonation of a vain man while Carey Mulligan takes the acting honors.
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (2023) Film Review B+
We also discover, in a beautifully acted scene by McAdams, who steals the picture, that Barbara is estranged from her devoutly Christian parents.
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Blackberry (2023) Film Review B+
Balsillie is the yin to Lazaridis” yang. Baruchel and Howerton complement one another at every turn as Balsillie has eyes for the Pittsburgh Steelers!
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The Covenant (2023) Film Review B+
Matching Gyllenhaal, Salim gives a supremely dignified yet deeply moving performance that is worthy of a Best Supporting Actor nomination.
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Ferrari (2023) A Triumphant Return for Michael Mann B+
Mann shoots the racing sequences with breathtaking panache and urgency aided at every turn by his master cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt and the editing genius of Pietro Scalia.
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The Road Dog (2023) Road Movie Meets Stand-Up In This Wonderful Comedy. B+
Doug Stanhope is “The Road Dog” in writer/director Greg Glienna’s inspired blend of the road movie and stand-up comedy..
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Shortcomings (2023) Review. Randall Park’s Sweet Asian American Comedy. B+
Min, playing a dislikeable character, manages to make Ben, if not exactly likable, then certainly sympathetic. Both Sherry Cola and Debby Ryan are superb.
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Girl Picture (2022) Film Review B+
Aamu Milonoff is exceptionally good, giving a beautifully grounded yet magical performance. The kind that makes you sit up and take notice.
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God’s Country (2022) Film Review B+
But the movie belongs to Newton who gives the best performance of her career here. We are completely in her spell.
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Till (2022) Film Review B+
The 2023 Best Actress Oscar Goes To…Danielle Deadwyler in Till. And as she reaches the volta of her magnificent speech she does something extraordinary…
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The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) Film Review B+
“The Tragedy of Macbeth” is filled with brilliant touches. The major reason to see this movie is Kathryn Hunter who plays all three witches.
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Fox and His Friends (1975) B+ Rated: Seventeen Fassbinder Films.
A fascinating look at gay life in the seventies, it’s one of a dozen great movies Fassbinder wrote and directed in the decade before his untimely death.
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There Was A Crooked Man (1970) Film Review B+
Hume Cronyn and John Randolph are our happy and well-adjusted gay couple. Yes, they fight and bicker all the time. However, they are clearly madly in love with each other.
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Z (1969) Film Review B+
Few seem to have noticed that “Z” is a virulently homophobic film in which the main villain is a homosexual and convicted pedophile.
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The Fox (1968) Film Review B+
“The Fox” does interesting things with color saturation (Bill Fraker) and the Lalo Schifrin score has entered the jazz canon.
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The Haunting (1963) Film Review B+
As a chic Greenwich village lesbian named Theo, whose couture is designed by Mary Quant, Claire Bloom is a knockout in Robert Wise’s 1963 movie “The Haunting”.
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A Taste of Honey (1961) Film Review B+
Although he was playing a teenager, gay actor Murray Melvin was almost thirty when he made “A Taste of Honey” with Rita Tushingham.
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Victim (1961) Film Review B+
They say that this film did more to sway public and political opinion on homosexuality in England than any parliamentary discussion.
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Purple Noon (1960) Film Review B+
Although it lacks the emotional depth and the great supporting cast of Minghella’s film, this version has a unique style thanks to director Rene Clement.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Film Review B+
Richard Brooks respectable adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play opens with Brick (Paul Newman) pining and drinking in his bedroom for the memory of his best friend (read lover) Skipper.
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Bonjour Tristesse (1957) The French Critics Adored Jean Seberg B+
Unlike their American counterparts, the French critics, among whom were the brightest stars of the New Wave, in particular Truffaut and Goddard, were full of praise for the film.
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The Bad Seed (1956) Film Review B+
Nancy Kelly is ON 100% of the time straddling the twin minefields of camp and drama yet managing to accomplish both simultaneously.
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Written on the Wind (1956) Film Review B+
The film’s central tenet is that Kyle (Oscar Nominee Robert Stack) and his ruthless sister Marylee (Oscar winner Dorothy Malone) lust after the same man.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Film Review B+
It’s Howard Hawks again, this time adapting the Jule Stein/Leo Robin Broadway smash “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”. With Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe.
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Brute Force (1947) Film Review B+
He is interested in art and music. He is a raving homosexual and a very nasty one at that! Hume Cronyn, a consummate actor, plays him to the hilt.
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Murder My Sweet (1944) Film Review. B+
Powell is in very good company, and he acquits himself admirably. He also gets props for being the first to play Marlowe.
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Strange Way of Life (2023) Almodovar By Saint Laurent B+
As the movie proceeds, we realize this is more Saint Laurent than Almodovar. If only he trusted himself more and let the beauty come from within.
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