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- Q-FT, A GAY AND LBIAN FILM FTIVAL, OPENS IN PHILALPHIA
- GET YOUR HISTORY STRAIGHT AND YOUR NIGHTLIFE GAY®
Q-FT, A GAY AND LBIAN FILM FTIVAL, OPENS IN PHILALPHIA
The 12-day Philalphia Q-Ft kicks off today at the Rz Bourse and Rz East. It's the largt Gay and Lbian film ftival on the east ast. * philadelphia lgbt film festival *
Moviegoers will have a chance to see some of the most eagerly anticipated fall films, cludg: “The Inspectn, ” former Philalphia rint Elegance Bratton’s feature about a young gay Black man (Jeremy Pope) who jos the Mar; “The Whale” starrg Brendan Fraser an Osr-buzzy turn as a severely obe gay man tryg to nnect wh his tranged dghter; “Glass Onn: A Kniv Out Mystery, ” starrg out performer Janelle Monáe a sequel to the popular whodunn; and “Close, ” gay filmmaker Las Dhont’s tenr, award-wng drama about two 13-year-old boys who suffer a tragedy. Among the documentari, out gay filmmaker Ryan Whe’s “Good Night Oppy” chronicl the Mars Exploratn Rover Opportuny, and “The Return of Tanya Tucker — Featurg Brandi Carlile” chronicl the efforts of out sger Carlile to help re-troduce Tucker and her mic to the world. Among the films available for preview, one of the bt films at the ft is “The Blue Caftan, ” an exquise slow-burn romantic drama om Moroc, a untry where homosexualy is illegal.
“Mister Organ” has out gay filmmaker David Farrier (“Tickled”) gog down another quirky rabb hole when he vtigat the tle character, Michael, aka Michael Organ. Farrier talks wh folks who knew Organ and they reunt troublg episos of abe, om Organ appropriatg a former roommate’s story of homophobia to a tragedy volvg another gay man.
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In between, moviegoers n see hotly anticipated films like, “Spencer, ” starrg out actrs Kristen Stewart as Prcs Diana; out gay slow-cema master Apchatpong Weerasethakul’s only--theatr, “Memoria, ” starg Tilda Swton; out gay filmmaker Mallm Ingram’s “Clerk, ” a documentary about his mentor, filmmaker Kev Smh; and even a revival of Elae May’s hilar 1971 edy, “A New Leaf. ” (Read Walter Matth’s character as a gay man for extra amement). Am, who is gay and Afghani, has never told his life story until now.
” Am talks about his attractn to men, and the difficulti of acceptg beg gay; brgs shame on his fay. “Searchers’” LGBTQ subjects do get some nice moments, as when a young gay guy explas how much he hat the qutn, “Into? One woman scrib a wonrful send date wh a woman she met on an app; another lbian tells an gratiatg story about a date she turned down; and a gay man reunts a romantic, touchg tale of meetg his last partner.