“The more leading characters we have that are queer, queer in different ways, and queer in their own way, is genuinely important.”
Disobedience (2014): Sebastián (Fantastic Woman) Lelio’s Lesbian Tale in the Orthodox Jewish Community, Starring Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alesandro Nivola
July 15, 2022 by
Director Sebastián Lelio (Oscar winner for A Fantastic Woman) helmed this sensual, and thoughtful feature that intersects female desire with Orthodox Judaism and grief that one of its stars, Rachel Weisz, shepherded to the big screen. Based on Naomi Alderman’s 2006 novel, the film tells the story of Weisz’s Ronit, who’s escaped the cloistered environment […]
OutFest 2022: LGBTQ Film Fest–Artistic Highlights; Social Functions
July 15, 2022 by
Highlights of the fest, running through July 24, include the new A League of Their Own series, a 20th-anniversary showing of Far From Heaven and closing night film They/Them set inside a gay conversion camp
Jak Knight: Stand-Up Comedian, Writer, Actor, Dies at 28
July 15, 2022 by
The multi-talented wrote for such hit shows as ‘Black-ish’ and ‘Big Mouth’ and recently co-created and starred opposite Chris Redd, Sam Jay and Langston Kerman on Peacock’s Bust Down.
Hollywood on Trial (1976); David Helpern’s Oscar Nominated Documentary about the Witchhunt and Blacklist
July 15, 2022 by
David Helpern’s taut look at the Hollywood blacklist interweaves footage from congressional hearings in the late 1940s.
