“Alex and Leo,” a World Premiere Film at QFest

July 13, 2010 · Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Buzz, New York Q News · Comment 

scene from Alex and Leo - courtesy_ofQFest

scene from "Alex and Leo'' - courtesy_ofQFest

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By Joseph R. Saporito

Ives-Yuri Garate’s directorial debut film “Alex and Leo” (”Alex und der Löwe,” world premiere, Germany 2010, 97 minutes) finds several young Germans in search of love. Read more

Father Comes Out in “Wild About Harry,” at QFest

July 13, 2010 · Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Buzz, New York Q News · Comment 

scene from Wild About Harry  - courtesy of QFest

scene from ''Wild About Harry '' - courtesy of QFest

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By Joseph R. Saporito

In Gwen Wynne’s directorial     debut feature film “Wild About Harry” (USA 2009, 95 minutes), inspired by an actual occurrence in picturesque Cape Cod in 1973, Harry Goodheart (Tate Donovan) and his daughters, Madeline (Danielle Savre) and Daisy (Skye McCole Bartusiak), Read more

“Le Tigre: Who Took the Bomp?” Provides an Inside Look at Queer Punk

July 11, 2010 · Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Buzz, New York Q News · Comment 

scene from Le Tigre - Who Took the Bomp - courtesy of QFest

scene from ''Le Tigre - Who Took the Bomp'' - courtesy of QFest

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by Sherri Rase

This year’s QFest, the LGBT film festival, is brimming with Philadelphia premieres, and Karthy Fix’s documentary “Le Tigre: Who Took the Bomp?” (USA 2010, 70 minutes) begins with a meteoric rise just like the one Le Tigre has experienced.  Read more

Getting Past the Lock on “Leo’s Room” at QFest

July 11, 2010 · Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Buzz, New York Q News · Comment 

Martin Rodriguez (foreground) & Gerardo Begerez in Leos Room - courtesy of QFest

Martin Rodriguez (foreground) & Gerardo Begerez in ''Leo's Room'' - courtesy of QFest

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By Joseph R. Saporito

Enrique Buchichio’s debut film “Leo’s Room” (”El Cuarto de Leo,” Uruguay, Argentina 2009, 92 minutes) tells the story of Leo (Martín Rodríguez) and his impenetrable bedroom, a metaphor for his resistance to letting anyone get close to him, including his mother (Mirella Pascual) and Read more

In Exceptional Documentary Look at Our History, QFest Takes Us “Swimming With Lesbians”

July 11, 2010 · Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Buzz, New York Q News · Comment 

scene from Swimming with Lesbians - courtesy of QFest

scene from ''Swimming with Lesbians'' - courtesy of QFest

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by Sherri Rase

“We are a people,” says one of the gay men speaking in David B. Marshall’s documentary “Swimming with Lesbians” (USA 2009, 67 minutes), “with a past, but no history.”  Madeline Davis is an archivist, and living history exhibit in her own right, whose collection of Western Read more

“Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives” to the Defense, at QFest

July 11, 2010 · Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Buzz, New York Q News · Comment 

scene from Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives - courtesy of QFest

scene from ''Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives'' - courtesy of QFest

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by Sherri Rase

Most of us go through life equivocating-we don’t say what we mean, we don’t do what we say.  How refreshing, then, is the Philadelphia premiere of “Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives” (USA 2010, 90 minutes), thanks to QFest, Read more

With Jennifer Beals His Role Model, ‘Go Go Reject’ Daniel Just Wants to F’in’ Dance, at QFest

July 11, 2010 · Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Buzz, New York Q News · Comment 

Daniel (Heath Daniels) & the Lightweights dance in Go Go Reject courtesy of QFest

Daniel (Heath Daniels) & the Lightweights dance in ''Go Go Reject'' courtesy of QFest

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By Joseph R. Saporito

Michael J. Saul’s new short “Go Go Reject” (USA 2010, 20 minutes), a gay answer to “Flashdance,” concerns Daniel Ferguson (Heath Daniels, who also wrote the script), a starrry-eyed innocent trying to make it on the go go scene, who delivers a performance Read more

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