From Ryan Murphy's "The Boys the Band" to a gay Valente's Day rom-, here are the films we already n't stop talkg about.
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THE 20 MOST ANTICIPATED QUEER MOVI OF 2020FROM RYAN MURPHY'S "THE BOYS THE BAND" TO A GAY VALENTE'S DAY ROM-, HERE ARE THE FILMS WE ALREADY N'T STOP TALKG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY CARLA HAYJANUARY 8, 2020/9:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:825PX;WIDTH:1100PX;}STRAND RELEASG"STRAIGHT UP."BY CARLA HAYJANUARY 8, 2020 / 9:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE 20 MOST ANTICIPATED QUEER MOVI OF 2020","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-01-08T14:00:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-01-08T14:00:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CARLA HAY","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NUTS TO THK WE'VE ALREADY WAVED GOODBYE TO 2019, A YEAR THAT WAS CHOCK-FULL OF LGBTQ STORYL FILM. BUT HERE WE ARE, WH SUNDANCE AROUND THE RNER AND A BRAND-NEW SLATE OF QUEER MOVI AND LGBTQ CHARACTERS ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RYAN MURPHY’S FIRST MA-FOR-NETFLIX FLICKS, SEAN HAY PLAYG A WOMAN, AND ST. VCENT AND CARRIE BROWNSTE'S VERY META SATIRE ARE JT A FEW OF THE BIG-SCREEN OFFERGS THAT'LL HAVE TALKG THE G MONTHS. HERE, WE PRENT THE QUEER-CENTRIC FILMS WE'RE MOST EXCED FOR 2020. (NOTE: ALL RELEASE DAT ARE FORTHG.)SEE SAW FILMS"AMMONE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1840S ENGLAND, FOSSIL HUNTER MARY ANNG (KATE WSLET) IS LIVG BY THE SEA AND SELLG HER DISVERI TO TOURISTS TO SUPPORT HERSELF AND HER AILG MOTHER. HER LIFE CHANG WHEN RICH VISOR RORICK MURCHISON (JAM MCARDLE) ASKS HER TO LOOK AFTER HIS WIFE, CHARLOTTE MURCHISON (SAOIRSE RONAN), AND THE TWO WOMEN END UP FALLG FOR EACH OTHER. WRTEN AND DIRECTED BY FRANCIS LEE, AMMONE IS SPIRED BY REAL EVENTS AND WILL HAVE A SELECT N ARTHOE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BOYS THE BAND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACCLAIMED PRODUCERS RYAN MURPHY AND DAVID STONE HAVE TEAMED UP AGA WH DIRECTOR JOE MANTELLO TO ADAPT THEIR TONY-WNG BROADWAY REVIVAL OF THE BOYS THE BAND TO A NETFLIX MOVIE. THE ST MEMBERS OM THE 2018 PLAY—CLUDG MATT BOMER, JIM PARSONS, ZACHARY QUTO, ANDREW RANNELLS, CHARLIE CARVER, BRIAN HUTCHISON, MICHAEL BENJAM WASHGTON, ROB JúS, AND TUC WATKS—HAVE RNED FOR THE DRAMA, ABOUT A GROUP OF GAY IENDS WHO GATHER FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY—AND PROCEED TO DISH OUT THE BCHERY.MARY ELLEN MARK/HBO"BULLY. COWARD. VICTIM. THE STORY OF ROY COHN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BULLY. COWARD. VICTIM. THE STORY OF ROY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIRECTED BY IVY MEEROPOL, THIS IS THE SEND DOCUMENTARY TWO YEARS ABOUT DISBARRED ATTORNEY ROY COHN (A FORMER MENTOR-CUM-FIXER FOR DONALD TMP). THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AND MATT TYRNER’S 2019 DOCUMENTARY WHERE’S MY ROY COHN? IS THAT DIGS EPER TO COHN’S CLOSETED GAY LIFE. VIEWERS WILL GET FIRSTHAND ACUNTS OF HOW COHN (WHO DIED OF PLITNS OM AIDS 1986, AT THE AGE OF 59) LED A DOUBLE LIFE NEW YORK CY AND THE GAY HAVEN OF PROVCETOWN, MASSACHETTS. HBO’S BULLY. COWARD. VICTIM. THE STORY OF ROY COHN, WHICH HAD S WORLD PREMIERE AT THE NEW YORK FILM FTIVAL, ALSO TOUCH ON MEEROPOL’S TRAGIC FAY NNECTN TO COHN: HER PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS WERE JULI AND ETHEL ROSENBERG, WHO WERE EXECUTED 1953 FOR PNAGE, DURG THE COLD WAR WCH HUNT LED BY U.S. SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY AND HIS PROTéGé COHN.GREENWICH ENTERTAMENTUSA. NEW YORK CY. 1966. TMAN CAPOTE AT HIS "BLACK AND WHE BALL" AT THE PLAZA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CAPOTE TAP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LIFE STORY OF CELEBRATED GAY THOR TMAN CAPOTE IS TOLD WH A UNIQUE TWIST THIS DOCUMENTARY DIRECTED BY EBS BURNOUGH. MUCH OF THE NARRATN OM UNVERED TAP OF TERVIEWS THAT THE PARIS REVIEW -FOUNR GEE PLIMPTON NDUCTED WH CAPOTE’S IENDS AND ASSOCIAT AFTER HIS 1984 ATH OM LIVER DISEASE. AS THEY SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIV, WE LEARN ABOUT HIS RISE TO THE UPPER ECHELONS OF NEW YORK SOCIETY AND HIS DOWNWARD SPIRAL AS A HEDONISTIC STUD 54–LOVG PARTIER. GREENWICH FILMS WILL OFFER A LIMED U.S. THEATRIL RELEASE OF THE MOVIE, WHICH MA THE FTIVAL ROUNDS AT TORONTO AND DOC NYC 2019.PROPERTY OF CLEMENTE MOVIE LLC"CLEMENTE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THIS EMOTNALLY TENSE DRAMA, KAREN (OTMARA MARRERO) IS A 29-YEAR-OLD REELG OM A BTER SPL OM HER OLR, AFFLUENT EX-GIRLIEND. HER NEXT MOVE? TO BREAK TO HER EX’S REMOTE OREGON LAKE HOE TO GET THEIR OLD DOG, WHICH KAREN THKS SHE SHOULD HAVE. WHILE STAYG THE EMPTY HOE, SHE MEETS A MYSTER TEENAGER, LANA (EUPHORIA'S SYDNEY SWEENEY), WHO LIV NEARBY. AS THEY CH TOWARD SCG EACH OTHER, LANA’S MD GAM MAKE KAREN QUTN WHO’S REALLY NTROL. THE FEATURE-FILM BUT OF WRER-DIRECTOR LARA JEAN GALLAGHER, CLEMENTE HAD S WORLD PREMIERE AT THE 2019 TRIBE FILM FTIVAL. OSCILLOSPE IS PLANNG A THEATRIL RELEASE SELECT U.S. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DISCLOSURE: TRANS LIV ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FEATURG MORE THAN 100 YEARS OF FOOTAGE, SAM FER AND AMY SCHOLR'S DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR THE HISTORY OF TRANSGENR PEOPLE AND CROSS-DRSERS AS PORTRAYED MOVI AND ON TELEVISN. LAVERNE COX, MJ RODRIGUEZ, CHAZ BONO, AND STRONG ISLAND DIRECTOR YANCE FORD GIVE TERVIEWS WHAT AMOUNTS TO AN EXAMATN OF HOW TO RECTIFY THE PREJUDIC AND MISNCEPTNS SURROUNDG TRANS PEOPLE ON SCREEN. THE MOVIE WILL MAKE S WORLD PREMIERE AT THE 2020 SUNDANCE FILM FTIVAL.ALEJANDRO LóPEZ/SUNDANCE INSTUTECHRISTIAN VáSQUEZ AND ARMANDO ESPIA "I CARRY YOU WH ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I CARRY YOU WH ME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED ON A TE STORY, I CARRY YOU WH ME IS ABOUT TWO MEXIN LOVERS, IVáN (ARMANDO ESPIA) AND GERARDO (CHRISTIAN VáZQUEZ), WHOSE S-LONG ROMANCE IS TTED WHEN ONE OF THEM MOV TO NEW YORK TO PURSUE HIS DREAM OF BEG A CHEF. AWARD-WNG FILMMAKER HEIDI EWG, WHO’S KNOWN FOR THE DOCUMENTARI J CAMP AND FREAKONOMICS, MAK HER FIRST FORAY TO NARRATIVE FEATURE DIRECTG WH THE FILM, WHICH WILL BUT AT SUNDANCE BEFORE HS U.S. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAZY SAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL & GRACE SCENE-STEALER SEAN HAY -WROTE AND STARS THIS EDY, WHICH HE PLAYS THE TLE CHARACTER, WHO'S GOG THROUGH A MIDLIFE CRISIS. SAN IS UNEMPLOYED, TOTALLY SGLE, AND HAVG PROBLEMS WH HER FAY. CAN SHE GET TOGETHER AND TURN HER LIFE AROUND? DIRECTED BY NICK PEET AND ALSO STARRG ALLISON JANNEY, MATTHEW BRORICK, MARGO MARTDALE, AND JIM RASH, THE FILM WILL BE RELEASED NORTH AMERI BY SHOUT! STUDS.JOHN CARLUCC"MRICE H: BRG THEM BACK."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MRICE H: BRG THEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THIS EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY, TONY-NOMATED ACTOR, SGER, CHOREOGRAPHER, AND DIRECTOR MRICE H JR. DISH ABOUT HIS FASCATG, LIFELONG REER SHOWBIZ AND ABOUT BEG A GAY MAN WHO’S NEVER BEEN THE CLOSET. H, WHO IS NOW HIS 70S, GETS EMOTNAL DISCSG HIS OFTEN-ROCKY RELATNSHIP WH HIS MORE FAMO YOUNGER BROTHER, ENTERTAER GREGORY H, WHO DIED OF NCER 2003, WHILE HIS CLOSE IENDS (CLUDG DEBBIE ALLEN AND CHA RIVERA) AND FAY MEMBERS REFLECT ON HIS LEGACY. DIRECTED BY JOHN CARLUCC, MRICE H: BRG THEM BACK WON THE METROPOLIS COMPETN AT THE DOC NYC 2019; AS PART OF THE PRIZE, THE MOVIE WILL HAVE A ONE-WEEK N THIS YEAR AT NEW YORK'S IFC CENTER.MIC BOX FILMS"NOMAD: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BCE CHATW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOMAD: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH NOMAD, OSR-NOMATED GERMAN FILMMAKER WERNER HERZOG HAS MA ONE OF HIS MOST PERSONAL STATEMENTS YET. THE DIRECTOR WAS A CLOSE IEND OF BRISH WRER AND ADVENTURER BCE CHATW, WHO WAS OPENLY BISEXUAL AND DIED OF AIDS-RELATED PLITNS 1989, AT THE AGE OF 48. IN THE DOCUMENTARY, HERZOG STRAPS ON A BELOVED CKSACK THAT CHATW PREVLY ED FOR HIS TRAVELS AND RETRAC HIS STEPS THROUGH SEVERAL IMPORTANT LOTNS OM CHATW’S LIFE. CHATW’S WIDOW, ELIZABETH, REVEALS THAT THE UPLE HAD AN OPEN MARRIAGE, AND THAT SHE DIDN’T MD IF BCE BROUGHT HOME HIS LOVERS. MIC BOX FILMS, WHICH ACQUIRED NOMAD AFTER S WORLD PREMIERE AT THE TRIBE FILM FTIVAL, WILL RELEASE THE MOVIE SELECT U.S. CEMAS.MKA FARTHG KOHL/SUNDANCE INSTUTEANNIE CLARK AND CARRIE BROWNSTE APPEAR THE NOWHERE INN BY BILL BENZ, AN OFFICIAL SELECTN OF THE MIDNIGHT PROGRAM AT THE 2020 SUNDANCE FILM FTIVAL. COURTY OF SUNDANCE INSTUTE | PHOTO BY MKA FARTHG PHOTOS ARE PYRIGHTED AND MAY BE ED BY PRS ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF NEWS OR EDORIAL VERAGE OF SUNDANCE INSTUTE PROGRAMS. PHOTOS MT BE ACPANIED BY A CRED TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND/OR 'COURTY OF SUNDANCE INSTUTE.' UNTHORIZED E, ALTERATN, REPRODUCTN OR SALE OF LOGOS AND/OR PHOTOS IS STRICTLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NOWHERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}QUEER MICIANS ANNIE CLARK (A.K.A. ST. VCENT) AND CARRIE BROWNSTE (SLEATER-KNEY -FOUNR AND FORMER PORTLANDIA STAR) TEAM UP FOR THIS MOVIE-WH-A-MOVIE SATIRE WHICH CLARK, PLAYG A VERSN OF HERSELF, SETS OUT TO MAKE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HERSELF AND ENLISTS THE HELP OF A IEND (BROWNSTE, ALSO PLAYG A VERSN OF HERSELF) TO DIRECT . NOT SURPRISGLY, SH HS THE FAN. CLARK AND BROWNSTE WROTE THE NOWHERE INN, WHICH IS DIRECTED BY BILL BENZ AND WILL HAVE S WORLD PREMIERE AT THE 2020 SUNDANCE FILM FTIVAL.BILL HAY"OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS RIC BURNS–DIRECTED DOCUMENTARY IS A PREHENSIVE BGRAPHY OF BRISH TELLECTUAL OLIVER SACKS, WHO DIED 2015. SACKS HAD MANY PROFSNS: HE WAS A NROLOGIST, A PROFSOR, A SCIENCE HISTORIAN, AN THOR, AND ( HIS YOUNGER DAYS) A CHAMPN BODYBUILR. HE WAS ALSO A REVERG DG ADDICT AND A EPLY CLOSETED GAY MAN WHO DIDN’T PUBLICLY ADDRS HIS SEXUALY UNTIL HE WROTE HIS 2015 MEMOIR, ON THE MOVE: A LIFE. ZEGEIST FILMS, ASSOCIATN WH KO LORBER, WILL GIVE THE MOVIE A LIMED U.S. RELEASE BEFORE PBS AIRS AS PART OF THE AMERIN MASTERS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RYAN MURPHY'S OTHER UPG MOVIE ADAPTATN OF A BROADWAY SHOW IS THE PROM, A MIL BOASTG AN EVEN BIGGER STAR-STUDD ST READY TO SCEND UPON NETFLIX. MERYL STREEP, NILE KIDMAN, JAM CORN, KERRY WASHGTON, KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY, AND MURPHY FAVE ANDREW RANNELLS STAR THE STORY ABOUT A GROUP OF FORMER MIL-THEATER HEAVYWEIGHTS WHO STAGE A EBACK BY RALLYG BEHD LBIAN STUNT EMMA (JO ELLEN PELLMAN), A HIGH SCHOOLER WHO WANTS TO GO TO HER PROM WH HER GIRLIEND ALYSSA (ARIANA DEBOSE), THE DGHTER OF THE SCHOOL’S PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATN CHIEF.STRAND RELEASG"STRAIGHT UP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STRAIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WRER-DIRECTOR JAM SWEENEY STARS AS TODD, AN OBSSIVE-PULSIVE GAY 20-SOMETHG WHO STARTS TO WONR IF HE MIGHT BE STRAIGHT. HIS FEAR OF BEG ALONE LEADS HIM TO FORM A NROTIC AND TALKATIVE IENDSHIP WH AN ASPIRG ACTRS NAMED RORY (KATIE FDLAY), WHO HAS HER OWN ISSU WHEN TO LOVE. AUDIENC FIRST GOT TO SEE THE EDY AT FRAMELE AND OUTFT 2019, AND STRAND RELEASG WILL DISTRIBUTE U.S. THEATERS THIS YEAR.SHANE SIGLER"STRAY DOLLS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STRAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RIZ (GEETANJALI THAPA) IS A YOUNG QUEER WOMAN WHO HAS LEFT BEHD A LIFE OF POVERTY AND CRIME INDIA TO START OVER AS A HARD-WORKG, LIVE- MAID A DUMPY MOTEL AMERI. HER PLANS TO KEEP HER RERD CLEAN GO AWRY WHEN SHE FORMS A BOND WH HER ROWDY ROOMMATE AND FELLOW MAID DALLAS (OLIVIA DEJONGE), WHO AB DGS AND STANS DOLLY PARTON. CYNTHIA NIXON -STARS AS THE MOTEL’S NO-NONSENSE MANAGER, WHO’S ALSO THE MOTHER OF DALLAS’ DG-ALG BOYIEND. THE FIRST FEATURE FILM OM DIRECTOR SONEJUHI SHA, STRAY DOLLS HAD S WORLD PREMIERE AT THE 2019 TRIBE FILM FTIVAL. SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS WILL RELEASE SELECT U.S. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE THG ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FREEFORM’S FIRST VALENTE’S DAY–THEMED MOVIE SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO GOOD-LOOKG GAY GUYS WHO ED TO BE ENEMI HIGH SCHOOL RNE AND START TO THK THEY ULD END UP AS MORE THAN IENDS. THE TWO MIGHT-BE LOVERS ARE SMART AND FUNNY SAM (JAKE BORELLI), WHO’S BEEN OUT OF THE CLOSET SCE HIGH SCHOOL, AND RECENTLY OUT ATHLETIC PLAYBOY HARRY (NIKO TERHO). THEIR RELATNSHIP CHANG AFTER THEY SHARE A R RI ON THEIR WAY BACK TO THEIR SMALL MISSOURI HOMETOWN FOR A MUTUAL IEND’S VALENTE’S DAY ENGAGEMENT PARTY. THE ST ALSO CLUS QUEER EYE’S KARAMO, GLOW’S BRT BARON, AND FORMER QUEER AS FOLK-ER PETER PAIGE, WHO ALSO DIRECTS.SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS"TO THE STARS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SET AN EARLY-1960S NSERVATIVE SMALL TOWN OKLAHOMA, TO THE STARS IS A G-OF-AGE TEEN LBIAN DRAMA ABOUT OPPOS WHO ATTRACT. SHY, NERDY IRIS (KARA HAYWARD) IS BULLIED AT SCHOOL, BUT SHE FDS FORT HER IENDSHIP WH UNHIBED NEWER MAGGIE (LIANA LIBERATO). WHEN THE TOWN FDS OUT THE REASON WHY MAGGIE MOVED AWAY OM HER PREV HOMETOWN, HOWEVER, THEIR RELATNSHIP IS PUT TO THE TT. DIRECTED BY MARTHA STEVENS, TO THE STARS PLAYED SUNDANCE, OUTFT, AND NEWFT LAST YEAR, AND SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS WILL RELEASE SELECT U.S. THEATERS.MAGNOLIA PICTUR"TWO OF US."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWO OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS FRENCH-LANGUAGE DRAMEDY TELLS THE LOVE STORY OF TWO CLOSETED SENR CIZENS AND NEIGHBORS, NA (BARBARA SOWA) AND MALEE (MARTE CHEVALLIER), WHOSE LONG-TERM RELATNSHIP IS DISPTED WHEN AN UNEXPECTED EVENT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART. THE FEATURE-FILM DIRECTORIAL BUT OF FILIPPO MENEGHETTI WILL GET A LIMED U.S. RELEASE BY MAGNOLIA PICTUR.BROWNIE HARRIS/SUNDANCE INSTUTEPL BETTANY, SOPHIA LILLIS, AND PETER MACDISSI APPEAR UNCLE FRANK BY ALAN BALL, AN OFFICIAL SELECTN OF THE PREMIER PROGRAM AT THE 2020 SUNDANCE FILM FTIVAL. COURTY OF SUNDANCE INSTUTE | PHOTO BY BROWNIE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNCLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SET 1973, UNCLE FRANK FOLLOWS FRANK BLEDSOE (PL BETTANY) AND HIS NIECE BETH (SOPHIA LILLIS) ON A ROAD TRIP OM NEW YORK CY TO THE SOUTH CAROLA TOWN OF CREEKVILLE AS THEY PREPARE TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF THE FAY PATRIARCH. ALONG THE WAY, THEY ARE UNEXPECTEDLY JOED BY FRANK’S LOVER WALLY (PETER MACDISSI), WHICH LEADS TO SOME AWKWARD ENUNTERS. THE FILM, WHICH WILL PREMIERE AT SUNDANCE, IS THE FIRST OM GAY WRER, DIRECTOR, AND PRODUCER ALAN BALL (SIX FEET UNR, TE BLOOD) TO H THEATERS SCE 2007’S TOWELHEAD.HBO"WELE TO CHECHNYA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WELE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE STIRRG VTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY SHOWS THE UNRVER WORK OF ACTIVISTS FIGHTG HOMOPHOBIA THE RSIAN REPUBLIC OF CHECHNYA, WHICH OPENLY PERSECUT MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ MUNY. DIRECTED BY DAVID FRANCE (HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE, THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON), WILL HAVE S WORLD PREMIERE AT SUNDANCE BEFORE PREMIERG ON HBO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MA IMAGE: KATIE FDLAY (LEFT) AND JAM SWEENEY STRAIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Director Joe Mantello, who first revamped the play on Broadway three years ago wh an all-star st of out-gay male actors, brgs that exact same troupe and sensibily to his new film adaptatn.
The gayed-up “Who’s Aaid of Virgia Woolf? It’s hard to thk of a better premise for a documentary than a gay porn shop n by a straight Jewish uple, but throw to the mix that their dghter is the filmmaker and you have one of the most surprisg films of the year. Filmmaker Rachel Mason follows the footsteps of hybrid documentarian Kirsten Johnson, but throws a heapg dose of Borscht belt humor, Jewish tradn, and gay history.
Her lovg acunt of her parents Barry and Karen Mason, and how they me to n one of LA’s most popular gay cisg spots, is the perfect blend of personal exvatn and engagg storytellg. He rri his gay soul searchg well, playg an expat returng to his roots Vietnam.