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Jul 12, 2023 · ANOTHER COUNTRY (1984) | Dir: Marek Kanievska | I saw this film in college at the suggestion of my housemate, a committed Leftist who introduced me to Billy Bragg, The Jam, socialism, Michael Harrington, and good beer. He was the smartest guy I had ever met, but also incredibly handsome, a
Tim Kirkman's knowledge and obvious love of his home state lend the film a pungent authenticity. The settings feel comfortably lived-in and the people three-dimensional. If it isn’t easy being any of the troubled people wandering through the film, Loggerheads makes it easy not only to believe in them, but to care about them as well."
Jul 12, 2023 · HAPPY TOGETHER (1997) | Dir: Wong Kar-wai | I missed one day of my 30 DAYS OF QUEER FILM, so I’m posting two today - and they’re great companions: MAURICE by James Ivory and HAPPY TOGETHER by the great Wong Kar-wai. Made exactly ten years apart, this is the story of a gay couple in a tumul
Jul 12, 2023 · BEAUTIFUL THING (1996) | Dir: Hettie Macdonald | Based on Jonathan Harvey’s play of the same name, BEAUTIFUL THING felt like a breath of fresh air in 1996. A coming-of-age tale set in a working class area of London, BT tells the story of a sweet, sensitive boy named Jamie who realizes he’s
Jul 12, 2023 · THE WEDDING BANQUET (1993) | Dir: Ang Lee | Before he ever climbed the treacherous Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee made a funny, heartfelt, romantic comedy called THE WEDDING BANQUET, which boasts one of the best tag lines ever on a poster: A Little Deception at the Reception. The main copy li
Jan 1, 2006 · WRITER-DIRECTOR Tim Kirkman has never shied away from controversy, especially when it comes to deconstructing notions about Southern hospitality. In his theatrical debut, Dear Jesse (1996), a thirty-year-old Kirkman returns to his home state of North Carolina, only to start questioning what “home” means when you are unwanted by a body politic that keeps re-electing the homophobic Senator ...
Jul 12, 2023 · THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK (1984) | Dir: Rob Epstein | Few films have affected me as much as this one. It’s definitely in the top ten most-watched films of my life, a film I return to when I am struggling to find hope, which is ironic, since Harvey Milk was assassinated because he was gay.
