If you’ve been following the news about the acclaimed queer movie “La Bola Negra” (Netflix) since it began winning multiple awards at film festivals (including Cannes), then you might get the sense that the hype machinery is running at full speed. However, in this case, “La Bola Negra,” co-directed by queer filmmaking couple Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi (aka Los Javis), and co-written with gay playwright Alberto Conejero, lives up to the buildup.
Before the lights go up on “Jekyll & Hyde” at Actors’ Playhouse, a voiceover announcement asks the audience to leave Coral Gables behind and enter London. It sets the mood for the gothic musical about a scientist whose attempt to separate good from evil takes a terrible twist.
Beginning with her first release, and continuing over time and nine albums, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Mary Gauthier often came across like a queer Lucinda Williams.
In "The Debut," Julianne Moore plays a housewife who gets a small role in a community theater musical and becomes a zealous method actor. At the Telluride Film Festival, the audience stood in a rare mid-film ovation during the movie's world premiere. The film opens the Miami Film Festival GEMS on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Check out our interview with Laura Griffin, the author of "Thunderbird Ranch."
Check out our interview with Dan Gawthrop, the author of "Cutting Edge."
The theme for this year’s Wicked Manors, on Halloween night, and a benefit for The Pride Center, is “Masquerade of Mayhem.” As usual, it promises to be a night of outrageous costumes and an excuse for many folks to walk around with as little clothing as possible. You’re sure to see lots of 20/20s. That’s what I call folks who could have pulled off that costume 20 pounds or 20 years ago. Not that I’m body shaming, but sometimes you have to admit a mu-mu is the best look. I have my costume and let’s just say, it leans more to the mu-mu side of things.
Check out our interview with Lauren Connolly, the author of "The Monster Hunter's Librarian."
In a year of questionable remakes and reimaginings, such as Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Bride,” it’s not unreasonable to ask whether we needed another “Sense and Sensibility” (Focus). The answer is a reluctant yes. Why reluctant? Because, as classic “love conquers all” stories go, Jane Austen’s 215-year-old novel, on which the movie is based, is still a painful reminder of class issues, as well as the conceit that, in some cases, women remain at the mercy of men.
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