How Horror Thwarted ‘The Code’
AS A GENRE known for pushing the boundaries of good taste, horror films occupy a unique position within American cinema. Because horror triggers an emotional response in audiences through…More
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The Secret Life of Action Films
IF YOU WERE to ask a teenage boy what he thought of a movie that was nearly devoid of women characters and was instead filled with muscular, handsome men…More
Notes on Porn
1 ANDY WARHOL SAID that when he was in high school he wanted a friend, but then he got a television and he didn’t need a friend anymore. Pornography…More
The Philadelphia Phenomenon
WHEN PHILADELPHIA passed the twentieth anniversary of its release in December 2013, it was surprising to realize that the film is still Hollywood’s most successful gay-themed movie to date…More
Arts Briefs
Reviews of the film Compared to What? The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank, Madonna’s album Rebel Heart, the play The Submission.
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James Baldwin Comes Alive in Film Classic
James Baldwin came alive as never before in Karen Thorsen’s documentary James Baldwin: The Price Of The Ticket, first released in 1990 and rereleased on its 25th anniversary in a…More
An English Martyr
“BASED ON A TRUE STORY” are probably the most ominous words in film, but that’s what flashes across the screen at the opening of The Imitation Game, the new biopic about the British mathematician Alan Turing.
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The Agony of Victory
IN THE DOCUMENTARY The Celluloid Closet (1995), Arthur Laurents memorably observes that “minority audiences watch films with hope. … That’s why nobody really sees the same movie.” His observation…More
Random Acts of Kindness
Pride Directed by Matthew Warchus Calamity Films EARLY ON IN PRIDE, after the leader of a ragtag group of London gay activists has proposed that they raise money…More
Tales of Two Artists in Mid-Century Paris
Yves Saint Laurent Directed by Jalil Lespert The Weinstein Company Violette Directed by Martin Provost Adopt Films ONE OF THE PITFALLS of any biopic is the…More