Arts & Entertainment

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DVD Review: ‘Boys on Film 17 : Love Is A Drug’

Peccadillo Pictures a leading distributor of LGBT movies in the UK  have just issued no 17 in their excellent series of Boys on Film collections of short movies.  It is something that they really excel at, and in queerguru’s eyes these are by far the best anthologies of queer shorts that we have seen for years. Under the banner Love Is A Drug, Peccadillo have curated nine new short films from around the globe that are aimed at making us laugh, provoking our consciences, testing our tolerances, educating, entertaining and especially  making us want to fall in love. From the […]

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Theater Review: ‘Summer: The Donna Summer Musical’

“For the longest time people had me convinced there was something wrong with this music.” So goes the lament of Donna Summer — five-time Grammy winner, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Queen of Disco — and the latest icon to receive the stage musical treatment. In writer-director Des McAnuff’s Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, world-premiering at La Jolla Playhouse, it’s her mistreatment that’s hammered home. Men abuse, managers steal, cancer comes calling, but worst of all, her art is derided. This retelling of Summer’s life, which reportedly is aiming for Broadway next season, not only examines an ebullient era […]

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Film Review: ‘Princess Cyd’

Stephen Cone has been building a pretty strong reputation as a writer/director with contemplative LGBT-themed films such as Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party and The Wise Kids. Indeed, New York’s prestigious Museum Of The Moving Image has just finished the ‘Talk About the Passion: Stephen Cone’s First Act’ season, which featured a selection of his film, including his latest, Princess Cyd. The titular Cyd (Jessie Pinnick) is a 16-year-old who lives with her depressed single father. For the summer she goes to visit her novelist aunt, Miranda (Rebecca Spence), which will both get her away from her dad for a few […]

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Here Are The 2018 Golden Globe Nominations

The nominees for the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning Presenters Alfre Woodard, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Bell and Sharon Stone revealed the newly minted honorees from film and television at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Tonya Harding pulled off the triple axel, but will Margot Robbie take home gold for her performance in “I, Tonya”? Or will Emma Stone build upon her awards momentum from last year and game, set, match the competition as Billie Jean King in “Battle of the Sexes”? Critically celebrated films like “Get Out,” “Call Me By Your Name” and “Dunkirk” are […]

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Film Review: ‘Tom of Finland’

For a couple of years duelling biopics of Tom Of Finland were in the works, but this is the one that finally made it to the screen. The life of Touko Laaksonen is certainly an interesting subject to take on, and there are many ways it could have been done. The route they’ve gone down is to make a fairly traditional, prestige biopic, which is perhaps an unexpected choice for a man who made his name for outsider homoerotic art that defied conventions of both sexuality and class. The film follows the life of Laaksonen, picking up his tale just […]

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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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