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- OUT DIRECTOR IRA SACHS SLAMS HIS NEW QUEER FILM’S NC-17 RATG, LLG THE MPA “ANTI-GAY”
- ‘THEY/THEM’ FILM REVIEW: SHARP SCRIPT GIV BE TO GAY-CONVERSN CAMP HORROR STORY
- GAY DIRECTORS, GAY FILMS?
- 10 GREAT BRISH GAY FILMS
- GAY DIRECTORS GAY FILMS?
- 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
- ANTON {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}SPANISH ACTOR ANTON BANRAS IS BT KNOWN FOR PLAYG ZORRO THE EPONYMO FILM SERI AND PS BOOTS THE 'SHREK' FILM {LOR:#323232;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: MAR 29, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{LOR:#595959;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}PHOTO: FRANIS G. DURAND/GETTY {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}(1960-){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO IS ANTON BANRAS?ANTON BANRAS IS A SPANISH ACTOR, DIRECTOR AND SGER. FROM 1982 TO 1990, HE ACTED PRIMARILY FILMS DIRECTED BY PEDRO ALMODóVAR. BANRAS' SUCCS AS AN ACTOR AMERI ME WH HIS ROLE PHILALPHIA (1993), AND PARTS OTHER MAJOR U.S. RELEAS WERE QUICK TO FOLLOW. BANRAS HAS APPEARED SUCH FILMS AS INTERVIEW WH THE VAMPIRE (1994), DPERADO (1995), THE MASK OF ZORRO (1998) AND THE SPY KIDS TRILOGY. HE PERFORMED THE VOICE OF PS BOOTS THE SHREK FILM SERI, AND THE 2011 SP-OFF FILM, PS BOOTS. BANRAS HAS ALSO MA APPEARANC ON BROADWAY AND HAS DIRECTED SEVERAL FILMS.EARLY LIFE AND MOVIE ROLBANRAS WAS BORN JOSé ANTON DOMíNGUEZ BANRAS ON AUGT 10, 1960, MáLAGA, SPA. AFTER A BROKEN FOOT END HIS EARLY DREAMS OF BEG A SOCCER STAR, BANRAS BEGAN STUDYG DRAMA. AFTER APPEARG LOL PRODUCTNS AROUND MáLAGA, 1979, BANRAS MOVED TO MADRID TO PURSUE HIS ACTG REER, EVENTUALLY EARNG HIMSELF A SPOT WH THE NATNAL THEATRE OF SPA.FILMS WH PEDRO ALMODóVARIT WAS AT THE NATNAL THEATRE THAT BANRAS UGHT THE ATTENTN OF DIRECTOR PEDRO ALMODóVAR. ALMODóVAR GAVE HIM A SMALL PART HIS FILM LABYRTH OF PASSN (1982), AND THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, BANRAS WOULD APPEAR MANY OF HIS FILMS, CLUDG WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVO BREAKDOWN (1988) AND TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! (1990).MOVI HOLLYWOODLARGELY DUE TO THE TERNATNAL POPULARY OF ALMODóVAR'S FILMS, THE EARLY 1990S, BANRAS BEGAN TO BUILD A FILM REER HOLLYWOOD. AFTER A BRIEF APPEARANCE {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}MADONNA'S TTH OR DARE (1991), HIS FIRST SIGNIFINT ROLE ME THE MAMBO KGS (1992), FOR WHICH HIS LACK OF ENGLISH FORCED HIM TO LEARN HIS L PHOILLY. DPE THIS CHALLENGE, BANRAS' PERFORMANCE AS A STGGLG MICIAN THE FILM WAS HIGHLY PRAISED.'PHILALPHIA,' 'INTERVIEW WH THE VAMPIRE' BANRAS' REAL BREAKTHROUGH TO A MASTREAM AMERIN DIENCE ME THE FOLLOWG YEAR WHEN HE WAS ST THE HIGHLY TOUTED DRAMA PHILALPHIA (1993). IN THE FILM, BANRAS PORTRAYED THE GAY LOVER OF A LAWYER WH AIDS (PLAYED BY TOM HANKS) WH A SENSIVY THAT EARNED HIM SIGNIFINT CRIL ACCLAIM. HIS STAR SHG BRIGHTLY, THE FOLLOWG YEAR BANRAS APPEARED INTERVIEW WH THE VAMPIRE ALONGSI BRAD PT AND TOM CISE, FIRMLY TABLISHG HIMSELF AS A HOLLYWOOD A-LISTER. HE FOLLOWED UP 1995 BY -STARRG WH SYLVTER STALLONE THE ACTN FILM ASSASSS AND TAKG THE LEAD DPERADO, THE SEND STALLMENT OF DIRECTOR ROBERT RODRIGUEZ'S MEXI TRILOGY. 'MASK OF ZORRO,' 'SPY KIDS'BY NOW A BONA FI LEADG MAN, 1996, BANRAS WAS RNED WH MADONNA TO -STAR A FILM ADAPTATN OF THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER MIL EVA, DURG WHICH HE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNY TO SHOWSE HIS SGG AND DANCG SKILLS. TWO YEARS LATER, BANRAS STARRED THE BLOCKBTER THE MASK OF ZORRO (1998), WH CATHERE ZETA-JON AND ANTHONY HOPKS, AND SEVERAL YEARS LATER HE FURTHER MONSTRATED HIS RANGE AS AN ACTOR BY APPEARG THE FIRST OFFERG THE RODRIGUEZ–DIRECTED SPY KIDS TRILOGY.'PS BOOTS'THE 2000S SAW BANRAS REVISG FAIAR ROL SPY KIDS 2 (2002) AND SPY KIDS 3 (2003), ONCE UPON A TIME MEXI (2003) AND THE LEGEND OF ZORRO (2005). ALONG WH HIS WORK ONT OF THE MERA, BANRAS RECEIVED A TONY AWARD FOR BT ACTOR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE THE BROADWAY MIL NE, AND DIRECTED THE FILMS CRAZY ALABAMA (1999) AND SUMMER RA (2006). WH HIS EP VOICE AND PRONOUNCED ACCENT, HE WON NEW FANS AS PS BOOTS THE POPULAR ANIMATED FILM SHREK 2 (2004), WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY THE SP-OFF PS BOOTS (2011), FEATURG SALMA HAYEK AND ZACH GALIFIANAKIS.'THE EXPENDABL 3,' 'THE 33'IN 2011, BANRAS RETURNED TO HIS ACTG ROOTS BY APPEARG THE ALMODóVAR THRILLER THE SK I LIVE IN. HE LATER JOED THE ENSEMBLE ST OF THE STALLONE ACTN FLICK THE EXPENDABL 3 (2014) AND LENT HIS DISTCTIVE VOICE TO THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE (2015). ALSO 2015, BANRAS STARRED THE 33, A FILM BASED ON THE REAL-LIFE DRAMA OF A GROUP OF CHILEAN MERS WHO WERE TRAPPED UNRGROUND FOR MORE THAN TWO MONTHS 2010.'SECURY,' 'GENI,' 'PA AND GLORY'IN 2017, BANRAS STARRED THE ACTN THRILLER SECURY, WHERE HE BE A SECURY GUARD AT A SHOPPG MALL AND TO THE RCUE OF A GIRL WHO'S NNG AWAY OM A PSYCHOTIC CRIMAL. IN 2018, HE JOED FORC WH THE NATNAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL'S GENI SERI TO PLAY PABLO PISSO THE SEND SEASON OF THE ANTHOLOGY SERI.THE FOLLOWG YEAR BROUGHT HIS EIGHTH LLABORATN WH ALMODóVAR, THE ACTOR CHANNELG HIS MENTOR AS AN AGG FILM DIRECTOR STGGLG WH PHYSIL AND EMOTNAL DISTRS THE EPLY PERSONAL PA AND GLORY.HEART ATTACKBANRAS SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK WHILE EXERCISG AT HIS SURREY HOME ON JANUARY 26, 2017, REQUIRG THREE STENTS TO BE IMPLANTED HIS WEAKENED TICKER. HE LATER TOLD THE IRISH TIM WAS "ONE OF THE BT THGS THAT EVER HAPPENED" TO HIM, SAYG THE WHOLE PROCS HELPED HIM UNRSTAND WHAT WAS TLY IMPORTANT LIFE.WIFE AND CHILDRENBANRAS MET ACTRS MELANIE GRIFFH ON THE SET OF TWO MUCH (1996). AFTER A WHIRLWD ROMANCE AND HIS DIVORCE OM WIFE ANA LEZA, THE UPLE MARRIED MAY 1996. THEIR DGHTER, STELLA, WAS ALSO BORN THAT YEAR. AFTER 18 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, 2014, THE UPLE ANNOUNCED THEY WERE DIVORCG, WHICH BEME OFFICIAL THE FOLLOWG YEAR. BANRAS HAS SCE BEEN DATG DUTCH VTMENT NSULTANT NILE {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
- THE 3 QUEER VIMEO SHORTS YOU NEED TO WATCH RIGHT NOWDELVE TO YOUNG LOVE, A PLITED THPPLE, AND A HOOKUP GONE {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 BILLY MCENTEEMAY 22, 2019/12:51 {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:832PX;WIDTH:1890PX;}BY BILLY MCENTEEMAY 22, 2019 / 12:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE 3 QUEER VIMEO SHORTS YOU NEED TO WATCH RIGHT NOW","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-22T16:51:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-22T16:51:49.000+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":"BILLY MCENTEE","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;}JT TIME FOR WORLD PRI, VIMEO HAS RELEASED THREE SHORT FILMS THAT EXPLORE NTEMPORARY QUEER LIFE THROUGH LBIAN, GAY, AND TRANSGENR NARRATIV. EACH UNR 13 MUT, THE FILMS HAVE RECEIVED VARYG FORMS OF REGNN—VIMEO STAFF PICKS, FTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTNS, AND SHORT FILM AWARDS—BUT ARE ONLY NOW AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC {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;}DIVE TO THE THRO OF YOUNG LOVE THIS IS A TEENAGE LOVE LETTER, THE PLEX TRICI OF A THPPLE LAVENR, AND THE EXCEMENT AND TERROR OF A MEET-CUTE WAKG {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 IS A TEENAGE LOVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.33802816901409%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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;}WE DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT KATHERE (ELLA J-F) AND ISA (ELYSSE SHIRLEY), THE YOUNG QUEER WOMEN AT THE CENTER OF THIS TWO-HANR. “ARE YOU READY TO FLY BACK?” ONE ASKS. THOUGH ’S NEVER MA CLEAR WHETHER THE UPLE IS STUDYG ABROAD OR ON VATN THE OTHER’S UNTRY, THERE’S MAGIC 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;}TSA HILL’S SHORT FILM THIS IS A TEENAGE LOVE LETTER IS A BREATHG POEM, A MICROSPIC LOOK AT A POIGNANT GOODBYE THAT IS NEVER TEARY OR OVERACTED. SO LYRIL IS THIS SHORT THAT SEEMS TO EXIST OUT OF TIME ALTOGETHER, AND YET TIME IS THE NARRATIVE’S BIGGT NSTRAT—KATHERE AND ISA WILL NEED TO SEPARATE, RETURN TO THEIR HOM, AND MOVE ON OM THEIR SHORT {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 HER VOICEOVER AT THE END OF THE FILM’S ACHG SIX MUT, KATHERE NARRAT, “I LIVE THE PAST NOW.” IT’S NOT AN UNFAIAR SENSATN FOR ANYONE WHO HAS TRIED TO UNGLUE THEMSELV OM A FIRST LOVE. HEARTBREAKG AS THOSE MOMENTS ARE, HILL’S SHORT IS A BALM FOR 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;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.33802816901409%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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;}PERHAPS THE MOST WELL-KNOWN OF THE THREE FILMS, LAVENR MA A SPLASH AT SUNDANCE EARLIER THIS YEAR AND STARS RENOWNED THEATER AND TV ACTORS KEN BART, MICHAEL HSU ROSEN, AND MICHAEL URIE. THE FILM NAVIGAT THE SHIFTG DYNAMICS OF A NEW YORK THPPLE: ARTHUR (URIE), HIS HBAND (BART), AND THEIR YOUNGER LOVER ANDY (ROSEN). REHGLY, MATTHEW PUCCI’S FILM NEVER DISSOLV TO A SCREAMG MATCH OVER WHO THE THPPLE HOLDS THE MOST {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;}INSTEAD, PTUR THE LTLE TAILS THAT ILLUMATE THE FISSUR OF AN AMBIGUO RELATNSHIP: THE HBANDS WEAR THEIR WEDDG RGS DURG SEX WH ANDY; AT ARTHUR’S BIRTHDAY PARTY, ANDY STANDS THE BACK, SEPARATED OM THE HBANDS AND THEIR IENDS; ONE MORNG, ANDY FDS A SPIC PATCH OF LAVENR PAT ON A SPARE BEDROOM WALL. AND YET: THE THREE OF THEM SHARE MEALS, SG TOGETHER AROUND A PIANO, AND RSE, WASH, AND DRY DISH AS A {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;}DO ANDY WANT ARTHUR AND HIS HBAND’S LIFE, OR DO HE JT WANT TO BE A PART OF ? EHER WAY, THE PROSPECT OF A CHILD—THE PAT, THE SPARE ROOM, THE NEW TOYS THAT DOT THE HANDSOME TOWNHOE—IS PHG HIM AWAY. 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- SORRY, FOLKS, PIXAR’S LU ISN’T GAY
OUT DIRECTOR IRA SACHS SLAMS HIS NEW QUEER FILM’S NC-17 RATG, LLG THE MPA “ANTI-GAY”
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” She’ll soon follow that up wh the queer ensemble thriller “Bad Thgs”: Thorndike’s take on “The Shg, ” which stars the powerhoe “GLOW” star Gayle Rank as an even msier Jack Torrance. Billy Eichner is headg up the first gay rom- om a major stud wh “Bros, ” “Heartstopper” is a tween smash on Netflix, and Jerrod Carmichael, one of the folks on our list of the 10 LGBTQ Film and TV Creators on the Rise 2022, me out on an HBO special.
Jerrod Carmichael is on a hot streak followg his trospective HBO stand-up special “Rothaniel, ” which the ic not only me out as gay but also revealed his unual birthname to dienc. ” The HBO Max edy seri, -created wh Schneir, about a warped brother and sister pair tryg to make the dtry fearlsly took on gay taboos this past Season 2 — cludg an entire episo about the social-media fallout of accintally postg a “hole pic.
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Jamie Babb is perhaps bt known for her but feature, 1999's "But I'm a Cheerlear, " the beloved queer classic that tells the story of two teenage girls who fall love at a gay nversn therapy mp. While his but feature was "Greek Pete" 2009, Haigh broke out two years later wh "Weekend, " a film about two gay men who have an extend one-night stand and explore the meang of nnectn the morn era. While queerns is often subtextual his films, Van Sant explored homosexualy at the foreont of "Milk, " a historil bpic about Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay elected polician.
Hayn' but feature "Poison" was even more ntroversial for s overt exploratn and pictns of homosexualy, but earned him two Film Inpennt Spir Award nomatns for bt director and bt first picture.
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"This is an imprsively rmative treatment of five proment gay directors who reprent a wi range of differenc wh the gay spectm. Levy's background gay cema, pennt cema, and tradnal Hollywood cema make him the ial thor for this signifint and origal study." —Molly Haskell, film cric and thor of "Frankly, My Dear: Gone wh the Wd Revised" "In a nuanced examatn of five pneerg gay directors, Emanuel Levy mov wh fluid grace and astonishg edn through a broad range of natnal tradns and personal styl, nailg what is peculiar and trigug about each tr. His study will enchant anyone terted the twists and turns of genr, sex, and cema over the last 50 years." —Thomas Doherty, thor of "Hollywood and Hler, 1933-1939" About the Book: For most of the twentieth century, gay characters and gay them were both unrreprented and misreprented mastream cema. Sce the 1970s, however, a new generatn of openly gay directors has turned the closet si out, brgg a new and poignant immediacy to morn cema and popular culture. Combg his experienced crique wh -pth terviews nducted wh each director, Emanuel Levy draws a clear timele of gay filmmakg over the past four s and s particular fluenc and novatns. While regnizg the "queerg" of Amerin culture that rulted om the films, Levy also tak stock of the ensug nservative backlash and s impact on cematic art, a trend that ntu alongsi the growg acceptance of homosexualy. He par the siari and differenc between the "North Amerin" attus of Todd Hayn, G Van Sant, and John Waters and the "European" perspectiv of Pedro Almodóvar and Terence Davi, velopg a tly prehensive, up-to-date approach to gay filmmakg particular and tr cema general. COLUMBIA Augt 2015 392 pag · 33 b&w photographs $25.00/£17.50 paper · 978-0-231-15277-8 $35.00/£24.00 cloth · 978-0-231-15276-1 Emanuel Levy is a profsor of film and soclogy, who has tght at Columbia Universy, Wellley College, ASU, UCLA, and New York Universy. He is the thor of ne books, cludg Vcente Mnelli: Hollywood's Dark Dreamer; All About Osr: The History and Polics of the Amy Awards; Cema of Outsirs: The Rise of Amerin Inpennt Film; Gee Cor: Master of Elegance; John Wayne: Prophet of the Amerin Way of Life; and Cizen Sarris: Amerin Film Cric. A two-time print of the L.A. Film Crics Associatn, Levy is the only cric the U.S. who vot for seven groups, rangg om the Hollywood Foreign Prs Associatn to the Natnal Society of Film Crics. He had served as senr cric for Variety and chief film cric for Screen Internatnal before foundg 2003 the acclaimed webse: Cema 24/7. He has served on the grand juri of fifty-four ternatnal film ftivals, cludg Cann, Venice, Montreal, Lorno, Taorma, San Francis, Hawaii and Sundance. ORDER ONLINE NOW AND SAVE 30% * film director gay *
Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich kissed women on-screen the 1930s, and filmmakers ever sce have tackled queerns profound, tillatg and sultg my unt, there are four typ of queer-awakeng movi:Comg-of-age pictns built around sex and romance, often volvg characters who are disverg or g to terms wh their own potential queerns (“Heavenly Creatur, ” “Pariah, ” “Call Me by Your Name”)Slice-of-life stori that show queer people embracg their inti spe of the world around them (“The Boys the Band, ” “Longtime Compann, ” “The Kids Are All Right”)Megahs that brg queerns to the mastream (“The Color Purple, ” “Philalphia, ” “The Birdge”)Movi wh mp eccentrici, gay ins or d queerns (“Lawrence of Arabia, ” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show, ” anythg starrg Judy Garland)Wh Pri Month arrivg, I wanted to know what shaped today’s LGBTQ directors, so I asked a number of filmmakers and shownners to reflect on the first queer or queer-adjacent movie they fell love wh. It also showed that morn munitn uld be held the hands of the gay fashn pirat: John Waters, Dive and Mk Soloway (“Transparent, ” “I Love Dick”)Their pick: “Workg Girls” As someone who really didn’t intify as queer or trans until waaaaay after I started seeg movi, I’ll talk about a movie that vibrated me to my very re. I had no homo and/or trans cema exampl when I was young, so I enveloped myself Felli, shaphiftg orr to satisfy my sire and exprs myself until I uld make my own story, “Boys Don’t Cry.
” Wrten and directed by Patricia Rozema, this offbeat, charmg 1995 film about a betiful Christian llege profsor who falls for an equally betiful circ performer rocked my ty gay world. Jefey Schwarz (“Tab Hunter Confintial, ” “I Am Dive”)His pick: “The Boys the Band”I love “The Boys the Band, ” the film versn of Mart Crowley’s play about a group of pre-Stonewall gay iends gatherg for a dnken birthday party.
The first time I saw as a closeted teenager on late-night TV, was kd of terrifyg, sce I didn’t know any gay people, and the guys seemed posively miserable and reveled tearg each other down. I had entered the cema a closeted stunt nerd, but I walked out a newly hatched gay man, pure as hly done lndry and rarg to Karslake (“For They Know Not What They Do, ” “For the Bible Tells Me So”)His pick: “Another Country”Even though I’m a documentary filmmaker, and “Paragraph 174” and “The Celluloid Closet” were extremely formative for me, the first queer film that changed my life and ultimately led me to e out to myself and to the world was a narrative feature lled “Another Country.
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” I love everythg about Fannie Flagg, but there’s one scene that giv me the gayt feels: Idgie Threadgoo’s (a very hot Mary Stuart Masterson) brown pleated pants billowg the Southern breeze.
By the time I was an adult, and “The Judy Garland Show” was aired regularly on PBS as a massive fundraiser, I beme aware that some very real sense Judy had rporated a strong gay male sensibily to her own performanc. Veteran screenwrer John Logan mak his directorial but wh “They/Them, ” a Blumhoe horror movie set a gay nversn mp, and his formidable screenwrg prows is what really sets this picture apart om others the horror genre.
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You may be able to fd the same ntent another format, or you may be able to fd more rmatn, at their web My Fay follows a gay man and his partner who chose to have children via-surrogacy. A perfect addn to any Baby Gay™’s g-of-age non, The Half Of It tells the tenr story of Elie, a bookish high schooler who fds herself an unlikely love triangle when a jock recs her help urtg Aster, her own csh. A gay man (Jse Plemons) returns home to his nservative fay to be wh his ncer-stricken mom (Molly Shannon) this sweetly ic semi-tobgraphil film wrten and directed by Chris Now20 The Death and Life of Marsha P.
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FROM 1982 TO 1990, HE ACTED PRIMARILY FILMS DIRECTED BY PEDRO ALMODóVAR. BANRAS' SUCCS AS AN ACTOR AMERI ME WH HIS ROLE PHILALPHIA (1993), AND PARTS OTHER MAJOR U.S. RELEAS WERE QUICK TO FOLLOW. BANRAS HAS APPEARED SUCH FILMS AS INTERVIEW WH THE VAMPIRE (1994), DPERADO (1995), THE MASK OF ZORRO (1998) AND THE SPY KIDS TRILOGY. HE PERFORMED THE VOICE OF PS BOOTS THE SHREK FILM SERI, AND THE 2011 SP-OFF FILM, PS BOOTS. BANRAS HAS ALSO MA APPEARANC ON BROADWAY AND HAS DIRECTED SEVERAL FILMS.EARLY LIFE AND MOVIE ROLBANRAS WAS BORN JOSé ANTON DOMíNGUEZ BANRAS ON AUGT 10, 1960, MáLAGA, SPA. AFTER A BROKEN FOOT END HIS EARLY DREAMS OF BEG A SOCCER STAR, BANRAS BEGAN STUDYG DRAMA. AFTER APPEARG LOL PRODUCTNS AROUND MáLAGA, 1979, BANRAS MOVED TO MADRID TO PURSUE HIS ACTG REER, EVENTUALLY EARNG HIMSELF A SPOT WH THE NATNAL THEATRE OF SPA.FILMS WH PEDRO ALMODóVARIT WAS AT THE NATNAL THEATRE THAT BANRAS UGHT THE ATTENTN OF DIRECTOR PEDRO ALMODóVAR. ALMODóVAR GAVE HIM A SMALL PART HIS FILM LABYRTH OF PASSN (1982), AND THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, BANRAS WOULD APPEAR MANY OF HIS FILMS, CLUDG WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVO BREAKDOWN (1988) AND TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! (1990).MOVI HOLLYWOODLARGELY DUE TO THE TERNATNAL POPULARY OF ALMODóVAR'S FILMS, THE EARLY 1990S, BANRAS BEGAN TO BUILD A FILM REER HOLLYWOOD. AFTER A BRIEF APPEARANCE {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}MADONNA'S TTH OR DARE (1991), HIS FIRST SIGNIFINT ROLE ME THE MAMBO KGS (1992), FOR WHICH HIS LACK OF ENGLISH FORCED HIM TO LEARN HIS L PHOILLY. DPE THIS CHALLENGE, BANRAS' PERFORMANCE AS A STGGLG MICIAN THE FILM WAS HIGHLY PRAISED.'PHILALPHIA,' 'INTERVIEW WH THE VAMPIRE' BANRAS' REAL BREAKTHROUGH TO A MASTREAM AMERIN DIENCE ME THE FOLLOWG YEAR WHEN HE WAS ST THE HIGHLY TOUTED DRAMA PHILALPHIA (1993). IN THE FILM, BANRAS PORTRAYED THE GAY LOVER OF A LAWYER WH AIDS (PLAYED BY TOM HANKS) WH A SENSIVY THAT EARNED HIM SIGNIFINT CRIL ACCLAIM. HIS STAR SHG BRIGHTLY, THE FOLLOWG YEAR BANRAS APPEARED INTERVIEW WH THE VAMPIRE ALONGSI BRAD PT AND TOM CISE, FIRMLY TABLISHG HIMSELF AS A HOLLYWOOD A-LISTER. HE FOLLOWED UP 1995 BY -STARRG WH SYLVTER STALLONE THE ACTN FILM ASSASSS AND TAKG THE LEAD DPERADO, THE SEND STALLMENT OF DIRECTOR ROBERT RODRIGUEZ'S MEXI TRILOGY. 'MASK OF ZORRO,' 'SPY KIDS'BY NOW A BONA FI LEADG MAN, 1996, BANRAS WAS RNED WH MADONNA TO -STAR A FILM ADAPTATN OF THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER MIL EVA, DURG WHICH HE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNY TO SHOWSE HIS SGG AND DANCG SKILLS. TWO YEARS LATER, BANRAS STARRED THE BLOCKBTER THE MASK OF ZORRO (1998), WH CATHERE ZETA-JON AND ANTHONY HOPKS, AND SEVERAL YEARS LATER HE FURTHER MONSTRATED HIS RANGE AS AN ACTOR BY APPEARG THE FIRST OFFERG THE RODRIGUEZ–DIRECTED SPY KIDS TRILOGY.'PS BOOTS'THE 2000S SAW BANRAS REVISG FAIAR ROL SPY KIDS 2 (2002) AND SPY KIDS 3 (2003), ONCE UPON A TIME MEXI (2003) AND THE LEGEND OF ZORRO (2005). ALONG WH HIS WORK ONT OF THE MERA, BANRAS RECEIVED A TONY AWARD FOR BT ACTOR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE THE BROADWAY MIL NE, AND DIRECTED THE FILMS CRAZY ALABAMA (1999) AND SUMMER RA (2006). WH HIS EP VOICE AND PRONOUNCED ACCENT, HE WON NEW FANS AS PS BOOTS THE POPULAR ANIMATED FILM SHREK 2 (2004), WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY THE SP-OFF PS BOOTS (2011), FEATURG SALMA HAYEK AND ZACH GALIFIANAKIS.'THE EXPENDABL 3,' 'THE 33'IN 2011, BANRAS RETURNED TO HIS ACTG ROOTS BY APPEARG THE ALMODóVAR THRILLER THE SK I LIVE IN. HE LATER JOED THE ENSEMBLE ST OF THE STALLONE ACTN FLICK THE EXPENDABL 3 (2014) AND LENT HIS DISTCTIVE VOICE TO THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE (2015). ALSO 2015, BANRAS STARRED THE 33, A FILM BASED ON THE REAL-LIFE DRAMA OF A GROUP OF CHILEAN MERS WHO WERE TRAPPED UNRGROUND FOR MORE THAN TWO MONTHS 2010.'SECURY,' 'GENI,' 'PA AND GLORY'IN 2017, BANRAS STARRED THE ACTN THRILLER SECURY, WHERE HE BE A SECURY GUARD AT A SHOPPG MALL AND TO THE RCUE OF A GIRL WHO'S NNG AWAY OM A PSYCHOTIC CRIMAL. IN 2018, HE JOED FORC WH THE NATNAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL'S GENI SERI TO PLAY PABLO PISSO THE SEND SEASON OF THE ANTHOLOGY SERI.THE FOLLOWG YEAR BROUGHT HIS EIGHTH LLABORATN WH ALMODóVAR, THE ACTOR CHANNELG HIS MENTOR AS AN AGG FILM DIRECTOR STGGLG WH PHYSIL AND EMOTNAL DISTRS THE EPLY PERSONAL PA AND GLORY.HEART ATTACKBANRAS SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK WHILE EXERCISG AT HIS SURREY HOME ON JANUARY 26, 2017, REQUIRG THREE STENTS TO BE IMPLANTED HIS WEAKENED TICKER. HE LATER TOLD THE IRISH TIM WAS "ONE OF THE BT THGS THAT EVER HAPPENED" TO HIM, SAYG THE WHOLE PROCS HELPED HIM UNRSTAND WHAT WAS TLY IMPORTANT LIFE.WIFE AND CHILDRENBANRAS MET ACTRS MELANIE GRIFFH ON THE SET OF TWO MUCH (1996). AFTER A WHIRLWD ROMANCE AND HIS DIVORCE OM WIFE ANA LEZA, THE UPLE MARRIED MAY 1996. THEIR DGHTER, STELLA, WAS ALSO BORN THAT YEAR. AFTER 18 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, 2014, THE UPLE ANNOUNCED THEY WERE DIVORCG, WHICH BEME OFFICIAL THE FOLLOWG YEAR. BANRAS HAS SCE BEEN DATG DUTCH VTMENT NSULTANT NILE {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
Through timate enunters wh the life and work of five ntemporary gay male directors, this book velops a amework for terpretg what means to make a gay film or adopt a gay pot of view. While regnizg the "queerg" of Amerin culture that rulted om the films, Levy also tak stock of the ensug nservative backlash and s impact on cematic art, a trend that ntu alongsi a growg acceptance of homosexualy. He par the siari and differenc between the "North Amerin" attus of Todd Hayn, G Van Sant, and John Waters and the "European" perspectiv of Pedro Almodóvar and Terence Davi, velopg a tly expansive approach to gay filmmakg and tr cema.
THE 3 QUEER VIMEO SHORTS YOU NEED TO WATCH RIGHT NOWDELVE TO YOUNG LOVE, A PLITED THPPLE, AND A HOOKUP GONE {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 BILLY MCENTEEMAY 22, 2019/12:51 {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:832PX;WIDTH:1890PX;}BY BILLY MCENTEEMAY 22, 2019 / 12:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE 3 QUEER VIMEO SHORTS YOU NEED TO WATCH RIGHT NOW","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-05-22T16:51:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-05-22T16:51:49.000+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":"BILLY MCENTEE","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;}JT TIME FOR WORLD PRI, VIMEO HAS RELEASED THREE SHORT FILMS THAT EXPLORE NTEMPORARY QUEER LIFE THROUGH LBIAN, GAY, AND TRANSGENR NARRATIV. EACH UNR 13 MUT, THE FILMS HAVE RECEIVED VARYG FORMS OF REGNN—VIMEO STAFF PICKS, FTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTNS, AND SHORT FILM AWARDS—BUT ARE ONLY NOW AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC {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;}DIVE TO THE THRO OF YOUNG LOVE THIS IS A TEENAGE LOVE LETTER, THE PLEX TRICI OF A THPPLE LAVENR, AND THE EXCEMENT AND TERROR OF A MEET-CUTE WAKG {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 IS A TEENAGE LOVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.33802816901409%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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;}WE DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT KATHERE (ELLA J-F) AND ISA (ELYSSE SHIRLEY), THE YOUNG QUEER WOMEN AT THE CENTER OF THIS TWO-HANR. “ARE YOU READY TO FLY BACK?” ONE ASKS. THOUGH ’S NEVER MA CLEAR WHETHER THE UPLE IS STUDYG ABROAD OR ON VATN THE OTHER’S UNTRY, THERE’S MAGIC 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;}TSA HILL’S SHORT FILM THIS IS A TEENAGE LOVE LETTER IS A BREATHG POEM, A MICROSPIC LOOK AT A POIGNANT GOODBYE THAT IS NEVER TEARY OR OVERACTED. SO LYRIL IS THIS SHORT THAT SEEMS TO EXIST OUT OF TIME ALTOGETHER, AND YET TIME IS THE NARRATIVE’S BIGGT NSTRAT—KATHERE AND ISA WILL NEED TO SEPARATE, RETURN TO THEIR HOM, AND MOVE ON OM THEIR SHORT {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 HER VOICEOVER AT THE END OF THE FILM’S ACHG SIX MUT, KATHERE NARRAT, “I LIVE THE PAST NOW.” IT’S NOT AN UNFAIAR SENSATN FOR ANYONE WHO HAS TRIED TO UNGLUE THEMSELV OM A FIRST LOVE. HEARTBREAKG AS THOSE MOMENTS ARE, HILL’S SHORT IS A BALM FOR 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;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.33802816901409%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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;}PERHAPS THE MOST WELL-KNOWN OF THE THREE FILMS, LAVENR MA A SPLASH AT SUNDANCE EARLIER THIS YEAR AND STARS RENOWNED THEATER AND TV ACTORS KEN BART, MICHAEL HSU ROSEN, AND MICHAEL URIE. THE FILM NAVIGAT THE SHIFTG DYNAMICS OF A NEW YORK THPPLE: ARTHUR (URIE), HIS HBAND (BART), AND THEIR YOUNGER LOVER ANDY (ROSEN). REHGLY, MATTHEW PUCCI’S FILM NEVER DISSOLV TO A SCREAMG MATCH OVER WHO THE THPPLE HOLDS THE MOST {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;}INSTEAD, PTUR THE LTLE TAILS THAT ILLUMATE THE FISSUR OF AN AMBIGUO RELATNSHIP: THE HBANDS WEAR THEIR WEDDG RGS DURG SEX WH ANDY; AT ARTHUR’S BIRTHDAY PARTY, ANDY STANDS THE BACK, SEPARATED OM THE HBANDS AND THEIR IENDS; ONE MORNG, ANDY FDS A SPIC PATCH OF LAVENR PAT ON A SPARE BEDROOM WALL. AND YET: THE THREE OF THEM SHARE MEALS, SG TOGETHER AROUND A PIANO, AND RSE, WASH, AND DRY DISH AS A {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;}DO ANDY WANT ARTHUR AND HIS HBAND’S LIFE, OR DO HE JT WANT TO BE A PART OF ? EHER WAY, THE PROSPECT OF A CHILD—THE PAT, THE SPARE ROOM, THE NEW TOYS THAT DOT THE HANDSOME TOWNHOE—IS PHG HIM AWAY. PUCCI PTUR WHAT SIMMERS BENEATH THE SURFACE OF BETIFUL BROWNSTON, WHERE SOME GAY MEN HAVE FOUND FORT AND {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;}WAKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.33802816901409%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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 TERRA NAVA M’S SHORT EXPLOR IS FAR RICHER AND MORE SOCLOGILLY PLEX THAN WHAT, ON THE SURFACE, ULD BE MISNSTED AS A FILM ABOUT A BAD HOOKUP. PACKED WH TWO REVEALS 12 MUT, THE FILM IS A SLOW-BURN NIGHTMARE, ONE THAT IS BOTH ENLIGHTENG AND {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 DIFFICULT TO DISCS THE FILM WHOUT SHARG AT LEAST THE FIRST REVEAL, WHICH IS THAT SOFIA (ALSO PLAYED BY M) IS A TRANS WOMAN. SOFIA IS NFIDANT, SEXY, AND CLEAR-HEAD, AND AFTER MEETG ISAAC (RAFAEL CABRERA) AT A PARTY, THE SCTIVE STRANGER WANTS TO TAKE HER HOME. YOU GET THE SENSE THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME SOFIA HAS HAD TO NAVIGATE HOW TO REVEAL HER INTY AND RISK REJECTN—WHICH SHE EXPERIENC DURG THEIR UBER RI. HE, TURNS OUT, IS “NOT OL WH THAT.”{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;}OR SO SEEMS. A SEND REVEAL IS TOO RICH AND NUANCED TO SPOIL, BUT LEADS TO AN ADRENALE-FUELED FEVER DREAM THAT IS QUIET AND TASTROPHIC. M’S FILM IS EXPERTLY MARKED BY THREE MOMENTS OF PRIVACY WHERE SOFIA STEPS OUT AND CHECKS WH HERSELF. THE QUIET SCEN SHOW SOFIA'S PROGRSN OM FLHED EXCEMENT TO NCERNS OVER SELF-AGENCY. IT RAIS QUTNS ABOUT WHY MEN PRUME SEX IS THEIR RIGHT, AND THE WAYS WHICH MARGALIZED GROUPS NAVIGATE SAFETY {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
In a nuanced examatn of five pneerg gay directors, Emanuel Levy mov wh fluid grace and astonishg edn through a broad range of natnal tradns and personal styl, nailg what is peculiar and trigug about each tr. Casual film enthiasts lookg for a new trail to follow and rears terted lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr cultural studi should fd plenty of material to spire both movie rentals and thoughtful nversatns. His work didn’t always al wh homosexualy, but the on that did were, once aga, ntroversial, most notably his adaptatn of the Marquis Sa’s The 120 Days of Sodom, Salò, which turned out to be his last movie before beg assassated obscure Almodovar name has bee synonym wh larger than life characters, trite stori, passn and pop culture.
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SORRY, FOLKS, PIXAR’S LU ISN’T GAY
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