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The Boys In The Band : looks as good as it sounds
By all accounts director Joe Mantello has surrounded himself with a superb cinematographer (Bill Pope) and production designer (Judy Becker) and three Art Directors (Kiel Gookin, Annie Simeone and Alexander Wei) to ensure the stunning look of this new adaptation of Mart Crowley’s queer classic The Boys In The Band. With its all…
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RIGHT BESIDE YOU : Wordless eloquence shines
With performances and direction like this you really can make shorts that say it all with few words. This anthology of the longing search for company radiates emotion from the skin of its performers and the luminous situations they find themselves in. Lov Novios de mi Madres (All My Mother’s Lovers) In Los Novios…
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Boys State : the making of the next generation of political junkees
We have to confess the very concept of the annual American Legion run Boys State Event filled our democratic hearts with horror. Ite been going on since 1935 and is a week-long exercise at teaching selected high school-students how to play politics and establish a state government. Set in red-neck Texas, filmmakers Amanda McBaine…
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I Am Woman : Hear Me Roar
This month sees the long awaited biopic that tells the story of HELEN REDDY the fiercely ambitious Australian singer behind the 1971 megahit “I Am Woman” that became an anthem for the women’s liberation movement. . The film is a story of fearless ambition and passion, of a woman who smashed through the patriarchal…
