Last night was Outfest’s uproarious “South Park Sing-Along” at the Ford, and it was a fantastic, raucous crowd. Hats off to programmer extraordinaire Alonso Duralde for pushing for the screening. Today is all-girl Friday at the DGA, so I hope…
Last night I saw the Outfest dramatic centerpiece Affinity, based on the Sarah Waters novel. It’s a lesbian drama set in Victorian England. From an IMDb synopsis: The film centers on Margaret (Anna Madeley), a wealthy young woman suffering from…
Last night’s Outfest offerings at the Directors Guild of America included Wild Combination, a beautifully-shot documentary on eclectic musician Arthur Russell. I was not familiar with his work, so it was a great introduction to his life and work. Director…
Last night Outfest screened the restoration print of Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives, the groundbreaking 1977 documentary. I had never seen it before, so it was a real treat. One woman in it was born in…
Following a fabulous pool party in the Hollywood Hills, I headed over to the Directors Guild of America for a screening of ‘Hamlet 2,’ an absolutely hilarious film about a talent-free drama teacher who mounts a sequel to Hamlet at…
Saturday’s Outfest offerings included the tense ensemble drama Clapham Junction, about the intertwined lives of several gay men near a British park, and She’s A Boy I Knew, Gwen Haworth’s autobiographical documentary about her life and transition, with extensive interviews…
Last night at Outfest I saw XXY, the 2007 film about a Uruguayan intersex teen. It’s a great humanization of issues surrounding sexuality and gender identity. I also had a chance to see Trinidad, the documentary about Trinidad, Colorado, which…
Photos at the Outfest gala from excellent event photographers Brian Putnam and Tony DiMaio. Yes, that’s right, I have been caught without eyewear. In addition to a nice write-up/shout-out from Neal Broverman, some nice images in my Facebook stream courtesy…
From Outfest 2008 I didn’t take too many pictures last night, but the event was simply lovely as always. They opened the festival with a very charming film called Breakfast with Scot, about a very assimilated gay couple who inadvertently…
One of my favorite parts of the Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference was meeting so many people who had seen me on TV or knew about my other media work. Joshua just posted this kickass shot of me signing Andrew’s binder! I…