Like death, taxes, and Trump’s racism, there are some things you can count on when it comes to Sean Baker’s films. For example, the main characters are going to be attempting to survive on the fringes of society. Additionally, there will be some connection to sex work, as in the cases of Baker’s “Starlet,” “Tangerine,” “The Florida Project,” and “Red Rocket.”
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Don’t you just hate it when a movie has a stellar cast, including two Oscar winners (Cate Blanchett and Alicia Vikander), but doesn’t quite know what to do with them? Or it puts them through humiliating sequences far below their status and acting abilities. Such is the case with “Rumours” (Bleecker Street), co-directed by Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, and Guy Maddin (!), a sort of Wes Anderson meets Ari Aster mash-up that somehow isn’t funny or scary enough.
“Sebastian” (Kino Lorber), newly released on Blu-ray, is the second full-length feature from queer writer/director Mikko Mäkelä. It tells the story of Max (hot queer actor Ruaridh Mollica), a gay man in his mid-20s. Max works as a journalist at hip Wall Magazine and is doing research for an interview he has been assigned with writer Brett Easton Ellis.
In my daily life, I’m a list maker. Reminders to pick up this or that item at the market, send a birthday or anniversary card, take the dog to the groomer, email an interview to my various editors, and so on.
Any Greatest Of All Time list will be divisive. That’s kind of the point, right? No list - no matter how inclusive, will ever match up to your favorites.
I’ve been an Edie Falco fan since I first saw her in gay filmmaker Eric Mendelsohn’s 1999 feature “Judy Berlin,” which Falco followed with several years on “The Sopranos,” and the career high point (pun intended), “Nurse Jackie.”
You might not think that “My Old Ass” (Amazon Studios/MGM), a movie about a queer, 18-year-old girl’s shroom-fueled journey of self-discovery, would be one of the best movies of 2024, but you’d be wrong. The second full-length feature film from Canadian writer/director/actor Megan Park features unforgettable performances that are as original as the premise itself.
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