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by Jim Farmer
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May 24, 2013 00:00 |
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It would be virtually impossible to make a film about the life of gay entertainer Liberace and not have plenty of campy, over-the-top moments. But Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh largely focuses on the human story over the flamboyance in his new HBO film “Behind the Candelabra,” debuting May 26.
Based on Liberace’s six-year relationship with Scott Thorson and Thorson’s memoir, “Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace,” the film opens in 1977 as a young Scott (Damon) goes to Las Vegas with a new friend to see pianist Liberace (Michael Douglas) in concert.
Scott goes backstage to meet the superstar and soon Liberace is enamored with him. The entertainer moves Scott in and puts him on the payroll, although there is a significant age difference and Liberace’s houseboy warns Scott he is but one of many who’ve shared Liberace’s heart and bed.
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by Dyana Bagby
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May 14, 2013 11:54 |
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A screening of the new film "Studzmen" from M.Power Productions about black lesbians, especially dominant and male-identified lesbians sometimes known as "studs," comes to Midtown Art Cinema on Thursday at 7:15 p.m.
In an interview, co-director Onyx Keesha of Atlanta said the film is "about brotherhood, connections, growing up and feeling captive to your past or the old you. It is about temptation and growing into your manhood."
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by Steve Warren
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April 26, 2013 00:00 |
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If you’re going to the movies in the next couple of months you’ll find LGBT content severely limited, although gay men in particular will find even more eye candy than usual (if you like the muscular type) in the “summer” blockbusters. (Hollywood’s summer begins earlier every year. Last week’s Tom Cruiser, “Oblivion,” arguably kicked off Summer 2013.)
The gayest movie of the season, and possibly the year, is “Behind the Candelabra,” which premieres on HBO May 26. Directed by Steven Soderbergh (whose lesbian noir “Side Effects” comes to DVD May 21), it stars Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as his young lover, Scott Thorson (we didn’t have “partners,” let alone husbands, in those days).
In the days before Stonewall, flamboyant pianist Liberace was the first celebrity the word “queer” brought to mind, even though he denied being gay to avoid scaring off his fan base of little old ladies. With a style of dress that Elton John later adopted in a toned-down fashion, he made Paul Lynde look butch!
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by Ryan Watkins
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March 28, 2013 11:00 |
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Organizers of the Out on Film festival today announced the 2013 event would take place Oct. 3-10. Also announced was the festival's first secured film, the documentary biopic “I Am Divine.”
From the film's official description:
I AM DIVINE is the story of Divine, aka Harris Glenn Milstead, from his humble beginnings as an overweight, teased Baltimore youth to internationally recognized drag superstar through his collaboration with filmmaker John Waters. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived notions of beauty, Divine was the ultimate outsider turned underground royalty. With a completely committed in-your-face style, he blurred the line between performer and personality, and revolutionized pop culture. I AM DIVINE is a definitive biographical portrait that charts the legendary icon’s rise to infamy and emotional complexities.
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by Ryan Watkins
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March 14, 2013 11:53 |
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“Breaking Through,” a documentary focused on LGBT politicians, makes its Atlanta debut at the Atlanta Film Festival, screening March 20 at the Plaza Theatre.
While the Atlanta Film Festival is not the world premiere of “Breaking Through” — that happens March 16 at the Sun Valley Film Festival in Sun Valley, Idaho — director, writer and producer Cindy Abel hails from Atlanta and will share her completed project with her hometown for the first time.
Abel, whose LGBT political activism includes stints as co-chair of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and executive director of Georgia Equality, says she came up with the idea with Allen Thornell, a well-known Atlanta LGBT leader who passed away in 2009. The pair discussed ideas including a documentary on U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), but someone was already working on that project.
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