‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ fills out drama of legendary documentary
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (in theaters now) dramatizes the life of Tammy Faye Bakker, wife of the duo that started PTL (Praise…
‘Blackbird’ and ‘2 Black Boys’
In one of my earlier posts, I mentioned that “religious precociousness is one of the unacknowledged features of queer childhood.” For LGBTQ kids…
SXSW21: Without Getting Killed or Caught
Without Getting Killed or Caught tells the story of Guy Clark, the great Americana songwriter. Like many retrospective documentaries, it explores the highs…
SXSW21: The Sparks Brothers
Edgar Wright’s love of music should come as no surprise. From the classic musical cues in Shaun of the Dead to the choregraphed…
SXSW21: ALIEN ON STAGE
Tired of performing the standard pantomime fare, an amateur theater group, composed primarily of a group of bus drivers in Dorset, UK, decides…
SXSW21: We Are the Thousand
The soulful Pop Theology duo of Ryan Parker and Benjamin PowerGriffin break down the new documentary, We Are the Thousand, which has its…
Coming Out while the World Is Coming Apart
Two groundbreaking coming-out films from Asia are now available on Netflix: Your Name Engraved Herein, from Taiwan, and Funny Boy, from Sri Lanka/Canada.…
Sister Ruth Strikes Again: FX Remakes ‘Black Narcissus’
The biggest question I had while watching the BBC/FX remake of Black Narcissus (Streaming on FX/Hulu) was, Who looked at the original 1947 film and thought, “We know what went wrong and we know how to fix it”?
