Monday at IFFBoston 2010 brings two vastly different screenings to Somerville’s small Cinema 5. 8: The Mormon Proposition lays out the political battles surrounding the recent Proposition 8 in California. The purpose of Prop 8 was to repeal the existing right of marriage for same-sex couples. In the days that followed the vote on the confusingly worded text - where supporters needed to vote “no” and opponents were to vote “yes” – it became known that the Prop 8 campaign had bee...
Out Film CT is pleased to announce the line-up of the 23rd Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, beginning Thursday, May 27th and spanning 10 days through Saturday, June 5th. The festival kicks off this year with the world premiere screening of Casper Andreas' new romantic comedy Violet Tendencies, starring Mindy Cohn of "The Facts of Life" fame in the title role. Vice President Suzanne Shayer points out, "Our festival has continued to grow in prominence on the f...
QDoc: Portland's Queer Documentary Film Festival June 3-6, 2010“It was likely the first time I experienced such a heightened communal emotional connection with other sexual minorities — perhaps in my life.” - Stephen Marc Beaudoin, JustOutPortland, OR – Featuring drag performers, yodeling lesbians, Le Tigre, William Burroughs, and more, QDoc: The Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival returns June 3-6, 2010 for it’s fourth year at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton St., Port...
The USA Film Festival announces the full schedule of events for the 40th Annual USA Film Festival, April 28 - May 2, 2010. All programs will be held at the Angelika Film Center Dallas, 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas. Advance tickets are available exclusively through Ticketmaster beginning Friday, April 16, 2010.
LIST OF PROGRAMS (chronologically)
La Mission
Wednesday, April 28, 7:00pm
There are two things in life that recovering alcoholic Che (Benjamin Bratt) ...
Poisoned Malice
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Kimberly Deisler
At the risk of seeming self indulgent, this post is going to track my last two days in hopes of making a couple of points.
After screening 8: The Mormon Proposition, I was seething with such anger that had I run into a Mormon at that moment, I would have given ‘em a good slap in the back of the head. But I’ll come back to this in a minute.
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