The Dressmaker ….. at last

We’ve been tracking this fabulous new Australian movie starring Kate Winslet for so long that we had almost given up in despair that we would ever see it on our screens in the U.S. ‘The Dressmaker’ is billed as a ‘revenge comedy drama film’, and when it opened in  ‘Down Under’ last year it was the … Continue reading

The work of East Village photographer of the 1970’s PETER HUJAR is recognized in a new Exhibit

  There is a new Exhibit of the work of PETER HUJAR a quintessential East Village photographer in the  1970’s and 1980’s whose stark black and white images beautifully captured a shifting generation who would soon be almost decimated by the AIDS pandemic, which would kill him too.  The show, Peter Hujar: Speed of Life, looks … Continue reading

The wickedly funny Effie Brown talks to queerguru

Effie Brown, Powerhouse Producer and Mentor of HBO’s Project Greenlight, was the Guest Speaker at the Evan Lawson Filmmakers brunch at #PIFF16 in June. Before she elucidated to the assembled crowd on ‘diversity in film’, she stopped by to talk to queerguru aka Roger Walker-Dack about her work in an hilarious interview that she thought … Continue reading

The Falls : Covenant of Grace

During the first two movies in this trilogy, writer/director Jon Garcia ensured that we really connected to the two young gay Mormon missionaries who were the protagonists, so that we became completely invested in the outcome of their on/off relationship. Now with Covenant of Grace, the third and last part of their story, we will … Continue reading

THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN

Gregoire Canvel has two major passions in his life:  producing art-house movies and his family.  Right from the opening scenes of this movie we can see that he his in trouble … the financial kind.  The Production House that he owns has enormous debts and Gregoire with one hand permanently holding a cellphone to his … Continue reading

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