IN 1965, a 22-year-old undergraduate student at the University of Toronto set out to make his first feature-length film. The result was David Secter’s Winter Kept Us Warm, a story about two young dorm-mates who fall in love-innocent, occasionally awkward, but groundbreaking as a love story between two men, and an autobiographical one at that. …
More… The Sundance 2005 Queer List listed exactly 21 films in the festival this year. Films were included in this roster if they featured a GLBT character or if their producer or director were a member of the GLBT community-this, according to Levi Elder at the Sundance Film Festival Press Office. …
MoreIT IS HARROWING to watch, but Jonathan Caouette’s Tarnation is a stunning, one-of-a-kind achievement. Screened at Cannes and around the world, Tarnation was made for a couple hundred bucks using iMovie. But that’s the least interesting thing about it. …
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SEX IS RARELY DISCUSSED in Bolivia because of the country’s extremely macho Roman Catholic culture, and sexual minorities have a history of being viewed as undesirables who live outside of society’s moral code. But perhaps this part of Bolivia’s homophobic culture is beginning to change, due in small part, perhaps, to director Rodrigo Bellott’s success with his Bolivian-American film, Sexual Dependency. …
MoreCallas Forever Directed by Franco Zeffirelli Scenario by Martin Sherman FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI, the director who brought TV audiences the miniseries Jesus of Nazareth and movie audiences Mel Gibson…More
YOSSI & JAGGER exists in the space between the feature film and the documentary. Based on a true story, this well-made movie is produced in a way that makes you feel as if you’ve stepped into the barracks of a company of the Israeli army …
MoreMambo Italiano Directed by Émile Gaudreault Cinémaginaire Inc. (Canada) Equinox Films (Canada) Stereotypes never really go out of style, although the PC police may take the heat off…More
