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Sann Francsico Critics Circle Announces 2017 Award Nominees

SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS CIRCLE Announces 2017 Award Nominees Winners Announced via Twitter on Sunday, December 10 The San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC) announced today the nominees in all categories for their 2017 Awards. Members have combed through the year’s best films to decide on the nominees in each category. The circle, comprised of critics from across the Bay Area and Northern California, will meet Sunday, December 10 in San Francisco to decide the winners. Winners will be announced starting at 12:15PM PST on the official SFFCC Twitter account @SFFCC or https://twitter.com/sffcc. Nominees in each category are below: Best […]

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The Rape Allegation Against Bryan Singer Brings Decades of Whispers to a Head

Director and Producer Bryan Singer is the latest of Hollywood elite to be accused of sexual misconduct. On Thursday, a lawsuit was filed in Seattle against Singer accusing him of raping a 17 year-old male on a yacht in 2003. Cesar Sanchez-Guzman alleges that Singer forced the then 17 year-old to have oral sex with the director, before Singer penetrated him anally. The lawsuit states that Singer met Sanchez-Guzman at a party on a yacht owned by tech investor Lester Waters. According to the suit, Singer gave Sanchez-Guzman a tour of the yacht before “Singer lured Cesar into a room, […]

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Guitar Virtuoso Peppino D’Agostino Live at Occidental Center for the Arts

Saturday December 16 @ 8 pm. Occidental Center for the Arts. Guitar Virtuoso Peppino D’Agostino ! Internationally renowned finger picking acoustic guitarist, composer and master teacher D’Agostino will present a dynamic 8 pm concert covering his original classical, folk, Irish, Italian, Brazilian, flamenco and jazz compositions as well as holiday music. Don’t miss this warm and engaging award-winning performer as he brings his mesmerizing virtuosity to OCA’s acoustic sweet spot for the fourth holiday season! $25 General. Fine Refreshments available. Art Gallery open for viewing and gifts. Accessible to people with disabilities. OCA is a non profit arts center staffed by volunteers. www.occidentalcenterforthearts.org; […]

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DVD Review: ‘Desert Hearts’

Watching Desert Hearts it’s difficult not to feel a little frustrated. That’s not because of anything in the movie itself. It’s because even 32 year later it still feels so exceptional. A film with a female director and screenwriter – and based on a novel by a woman – is still an unusual thing. A film that’s about the lives of women and not just how they relate to men, is still an unusual thing. A movie that treats lesbian love as a serious thing and isn’t framed by tragedy, is still an unusual thing. It shouldn’t be that way, […]

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Call Me By Your Name Leads Independent Spirit Nominations, With Gay Films BPM & Beach Rats Also Recognised

It’s been a great year for gay-themed movies at the Independent Spirit Awards – the gongs giving out shortly before the Oscars, which acnowledge and celebrate those film made by and released outside the Hollywood studio system. Leading the pack is the acclaimed Call Me By Your Name, Luca Guadagnino’s movie about two young men falling in love in italy in the early 1980s. It scored six nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Male Lead (Timothee Chalamet) and Best Supporting Male (Armie Hammer). The Independent Spirit Awards used to largely be a way to celebrate movies that […]

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Book review: ‘Two Natures,’ by Jendi Reiter

Reiter, Jendi. Two Natures. Hilo, Hawaii: Saddle Road Press, c2016. 374 p. $22.00 (Amazon)  ISBN: 978-0-9969074-2-2. Two Natures is a literary quality gay novel by an award-winning author of poetry books and short stories.  Although this is Reiter’s first novel, it received a first prize in ‘best gay contemporary fiction’ from Rainbow Awards.  ‘Bildungsroman’, a charming German word for a coming-of-age novel, is an apt word to describe this story as it tells the story of Julian Selkirk, a native Atlantan on scholarship studying fashion photography at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan. The novel takes place in New York City in the 1990s, ten years after […]

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Out Gay Jim Nabors, the Cheerful Gomer Pyle on Two TV Series, Dies at 87

Jim Nabors, who starred as Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and on his own sitcom before retiring the wide-eyed, countrified character at the height of his popularity, has died. He was 87. Nabors died at his home in Hawaii on Thursday morning, his longtime partner told the Associated Press. In January 2013, Nabors exchanged wedding vows with Stan Cadwallader, his partner of almost four decades, before a judge in a Seattle hotel room. Nabors met Cadwallader, a former firefighter in Honolulu, in 1975. A native of Alabama, Nabors also recorded more than two dozen albums with a rich, […]

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Film Review: ‘Heartstone’

The Icelandic movie Heartstone arrives in the UK fresh from a very successful festival run, where it impressed audiences and picked up over 30 awards. That’s not bad for a movie from a country with a population of just 332,000 people. That’s about the same as the city of Coventry. Despite its size, it has a surprisingly thriving film industry, to the point where a large chunk of the population must spend at least part of their time making movies – and surprisingly good ones. The film follows a group of teenagers in a remote fishing community. It’s a place […]

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The Occidental Community Choir Winter Concerts: ‘Alleluia Anyway’ December Dates

December 2,3,8,9,10 .The Occidental Community Choir Winter Concerts: ‘Alleluia Anyway’. Guest Music Conductor Sarah Saulsbury. OCC ushers in the holiday season with its unique blend of original compositions, old favorites, and contemporary and classical music from across the spectrum of genres and traditions.This year’s offering celebrates the necessary art of kindling light during the dark months of winter, as well as the dark times we face in our lives and in our world. Quirky, fresh, funny, touching, and inspiring, the 40-plus member OCC is a West County cultural icon, keeping the community bonfire burning since 1978. Adults $15. Kids 12 and under Free. […]

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Film Review: ‘Hidden Kisses’

16 year old Nathan (Bérenger Anceaux) is the new boy at school, and unbeknownst to him his arrival stirs up some very definite feelings in his classmate Louis (Jules Houplain).  When the two of them are at party at the weekend Louis makes his move and kisses Nathan in a deserted spot in the garden.  They are however not totally alone, and when an anonymous  photo suddenly surfaces online next day Nathan starts to feel the heat.  It is not clear which boy he is kissing, but that doesn’t stop all his homophobic classmates verbally teasing him, and eventually a […]

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