40 years later, the original "A Nightmare on Elm Street" has more than earned its place in cinema history as a slasher classic. Written and directed by the late (and very much missed) Wes Craven, the 1984 horror film follows a group of teens from Springwood, Ohio -- which looks suspiciously like Los Angeles in several shots, but charmingly so -- as they begin dreaming of the same mysterious figure. This man, whose face is covered in burn marks and wears a glove armed with razor blades, is no shared figment of their imagination. He's Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), the vengeful ghost of a local child murderer who now has the power to kill his victims in their sleep.
Why is he vengeful? Freddy, you see, was eventually arrested but avoided punishment after getting off on a legal technicality. In retaliation, his victims' loved ones hunted him down and burnt him to death,...
Why is he vengeful? Freddy, you see, was eventually arrested but avoided punishment after getting off on a legal technicality. In retaliation, his victims' loved ones hunted him down and burnt him to death,...
- 5/13/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Updated, with Clinton statement and details on arrangements: David Mixner, the activist and political strategist who lobbied — and protested — political figures in the movement for LGBTQ equality, died on Monday. He was 77.
Mixner suffered from complications from long Covid, a friend, Steven Guy, told The New York Times.
Mixner also was a playwright, having recounted his decades of activism in a series of plays including Oh Hell No!, which he performed in New York, Los Angeles and other cities in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and later 1969 and Who Fell Into the Outhouse? The stagings, benefitting major LGBTQ organizations, featured Mixner recalling his early years of rural poverty, his involvement in protests of the Vietnam war, his experiences coming out, living through the AIDS crisis and his support and break with longtime friend Bill Clinton when the then-president failed to end a prohibition on gays and lesbians in the military.
White House Press Secretary...
Mixner suffered from complications from long Covid, a friend, Steven Guy, told The New York Times.
Mixner also was a playwright, having recounted his decades of activism in a series of plays including Oh Hell No!, which he performed in New York, Los Angeles and other cities in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and later 1969 and Who Fell Into the Outhouse? The stagings, benefitting major LGBTQ organizations, featured Mixner recalling his early years of rural poverty, his involvement in protests of the Vietnam war, his experiences coming out, living through the AIDS crisis and his support and break with longtime friend Bill Clinton when the then-president failed to end a prohibition on gays and lesbians in the military.
White House Press Secretary...
- 3/12/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Slow Burn is one of the most popular podcast franchises with seasons on Watergate and the impeachment of President Clinton as well as a TV adaptation on MGM+.
Slate is now supersizing the audio series by ordering two seasons at once. The company is preparing a seasons on the Briggs Initiative—the country’s first statewide referendum on gay rights as well as Fox News.
The idea is the two seasons will appeal to both long-term Slow Burn fans as well as new listeners who are interested in news and politics but are looking for a different way into the discussions as the country heads closer to a Presidential election.
Derek John, Executive Producer of Narrative Podcasts at Slate, told Deadline that these stories will appeal to both the “most politically-engaged” listeners as well as “those who have become disillusioned with day-to-day coverage”.
“Our goal with Slow Burn is...
Slate is now supersizing the audio series by ordering two seasons at once. The company is preparing a seasons on the Briggs Initiative—the country’s first statewide referendum on gay rights as well as Fox News.
The idea is the two seasons will appeal to both long-term Slow Burn fans as well as new listeners who are interested in news and politics but are looking for a different way into the discussions as the country heads closer to a Presidential election.
Derek John, Executive Producer of Narrative Podcasts at Slate, told Deadline that these stories will appeal to both the “most politically-engaged” listeners as well as “those who have become disillusioned with day-to-day coverage”.
“Our goal with Slow Burn is...
- 2/22/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“When we finished the film, there were 2,000 banned books, and now there are 6,000,” says Trish Adlesic, one of three directors of the Oscar-nominated short The ABCs of Book Banning.
The documentary, which is the directorial debut of veteran doc executive Sheila Nevins and is also directed by Nazenet Habtezghi, looks at America’s book-banning endeavors through the eyes of school-age children. The short is bookended by someone on the other end of the generational spectrum: Grace Linn, the 101-year-old free speech advocate whose visit to a Florida school board meeting went viral after she showed a quilt she had made displaying the titles of banned books and compared banning to the Nazis’ burning of books. “Both are done for the same reason,” Linn said. “Fear of knowledge.” Adlesic talks to THR about making the short and her hope to screen it for a book-banning organization.
When did you and the...
The documentary, which is the directorial debut of veteran doc executive Sheila Nevins and is also directed by Nazenet Habtezghi, looks at America’s book-banning endeavors through the eyes of school-age children. The short is bookended by someone on the other end of the generational spectrum: Grace Linn, the 101-year-old free speech advocate whose visit to a Florida school board meeting went viral after she showed a quilt she had made displaying the titles of banned books and compared banning to the Nazis’ burning of books. “Both are done for the same reason,” Linn said. “Fear of knowledge.” Adlesic talks to THR about making the short and her hope to screen it for a book-banning organization.
When did you and the...
- 2/17/2024
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Get ready for your next marathon with Max! This February, the streamer is saying goodbye to major award winners, camp classics, and more. Most of the platform’s exits will take place on the final day of the month, including the genre and history-changing “The Exorcist,” the recent Oscar winner “Drive My Car,” and more, but Max will remove several other major TV and film titles throughout the month.
We at The Streamable have assembled our top picks for what’s leaving Max this month— continue below to find your next thing to watch and see the full list below to plan your next movie night before they’re gone!
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A recent Oscar winner for Best International Feature Film, the Japanese drama stars Hidetoshi Nishijima as Yūsuke Kafuku,...
We at The Streamable have assembled our top picks for what’s leaving Max this month— continue below to find your next thing to watch and see the full list below to plan your next movie night before they’re gone!
7-Day Free Trial $9.99+ / month Max via amazon.com What are the 5 Best Shows and Movies Leaving Max in February 2024? “Drive My Car” | Thursday, Feb. 29
A recent Oscar winner for Best International Feature Film, the Japanese drama stars Hidetoshi Nishijima as Yūsuke Kafuku,...
- 2/2/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Start watching Citizen Weiner and you may find its subject, Zack Weiner, looks familiar. A brief opening montage provides a sampling of what’s to come in Daniel Robbins’ documentary: late-night talk show hosts cracking wise about something Weiner did, various people with shocked expressions, and a conveniently blurred video at the center of it all. Those who can recall 2021’s New York City Council election might remember Weiner as the primary candidate who had a Bdsm video of himself leaked to the press during. It’s a recent blink-and-you’ll-miss-it piece of pop-culture history, from a time when most of us stayed inside and online, and Citizen Weiner does little to make this part of the past worth revisiting.
Introductory interviews provide a bit of background. Weiner is a writer and actor who starred in Robbins’ past features, including the 2018 horror film called Pledge that Weiner co-wrote. With the...
Introductory interviews provide a bit of background. Weiner is a writer and actor who starred in Robbins’ past features, including the 2018 horror film called Pledge that Weiner co-wrote. With the...
- 1/22/2024
- by C.J. Prince
- The Film Stage
For four decades, Sundance has maintained a reputation as one of the most important film festivals in America for independent filmmakers from around the globe. To commemorate its 40th anniversary in 2024 and the enormity (and reciprocity) of that cultural footprint, festival leadership set a series of restoration screenings to highlight many of the most memorable films programmed throughout its history.
“When you look at the way the independent film movement has evolved and changed over the years, from the maturation of an industry and the opportunities that artists have found, to the way that an audience has been built around the work, you see a festival that has evolved alongside it,” says John Nein, senior programmer and director of strategic initiatives.
This year’s festival takes place Jan. 18-28, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, with a selection of titles available online nationwide from Jan. 25-28. The...
“When you look at the way the independent film movement has evolved and changed over the years, from the maturation of an industry and the opportunities that artists have found, to the way that an audience has been built around the work, you see a festival that has evolved alongside it,” says John Nein, senior programmer and director of strategic initiatives.
This year’s festival takes place Jan. 18-28, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, with a selection of titles available online nationwide from Jan. 25-28. The...
- 1/16/2024
- by Nick Clement
- Variety Film + TV
George Santos insisted he was ready to expose all those other frauds in Congress, talked about his political future, and tried to remember some Civil Rights icons during his eagerly anticipated post-expulsion interview with Ziwe.
To the extent that anything “news-y” came out of the 18-minute “exposé,” you could maybe look to Santos’ insistence of rampant fraud in the halls of Congress. “If you were to put them all under the same scrutiny I was put under, you’d fucking vacate the whole goddamn building,” he said.
Ziwe then named...
To the extent that anything “news-y” came out of the 18-minute “exposé,” you could maybe look to Santos’ insistence of rampant fraud in the halls of Congress. “If you were to put them all under the same scrutiny I was put under, you’d fucking vacate the whole goddamn building,” he said.
Ziwe then named...
- 12/18/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Ziwe has found her latest iconic guest: George Santos.
After teasing a collab with the expelled congressman, comedian and celebrity interviewer Ziwe released her sit-down interview with Santos on YouTube on Monday morning.
Ziwe’s “Znn” interview, a CNN spoof with her own Ziwe News Network, began with onscreen text saying “No congressman were paid in the making of this interview even though George asked three times.” She then listed civil rights icons and asked Santos to say what they meant to him. The list included Marsha P. Johnson, James Baldwin, Harvey Milk and Bowen Yang’s “SNL” impression of Santos — which he said deserves an Egot.
When asked if he would want Yang to play him in HBO’s movie about him, Santos said “that movie is not ever going to happen. That book has no perspective of me or anybody close to me. It’s fucking fiction,” referring...
After teasing a collab with the expelled congressman, comedian and celebrity interviewer Ziwe released her sit-down interview with Santos on YouTube on Monday morning.
Ziwe’s “Znn” interview, a CNN spoof with her own Ziwe News Network, began with onscreen text saying “No congressman were paid in the making of this interview even though George asked three times.” She then listed civil rights icons and asked Santos to say what they meant to him. The list included Marsha P. Johnson, James Baldwin, Harvey Milk and Bowen Yang’s “SNL” impression of Santos — which he said deserves an Egot.
When asked if he would want Yang to play him in HBO’s movie about him, Santos said “that movie is not ever going to happen. That book has no perspective of me or anybody close to me. It’s fucking fiction,” referring...
- 12/18/2023
- by Jordan Moreau and Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
While Fellow Travelers focuses on the tragic love story between Tim and Hawk, two white men, from the late 50s to the late 80s, the show also puts an emphasis on the colored queer scene in the same period, or rather, the sad state of affairs. Marcus’ story in the journalistic world of Washington, D.C., parallels Tim’s journey through his political career in many ways. But, in truth, it is Marcus and Hawk who are similar in every way yet very different. Maybe I could say Marcus is the perfect balance between Tim and Hawk (although it takes him a long time to get there). Marcus starts off as a journalist for a black newspaper. When he stands up to Roy Cohn, his press privileges are revoked immediately. Marcus makes a statement that’s quite memorable: “Real change is what white people talk about when they don’t really want anything to change.
- 12/17/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
If there's one thing we've learned about Hawkins Fuller, he's one of the most stubborn men on the small screen.
Fellow Travelers Season 1 Episode 7 dealt with the loss of his son, Tim's tenacity to save him, and Frankie and Marcus' relationship woes, with the backdrop being the tensions following George Moscone's and Harvey Milk's assassinations.
It was another stellar hour of this Showtime drama that flawlessly nestles these intricate storylines throughout essential points in history.
Welcome to Fire Island, but Don't Try Hit on My Man
After Fellow Travelers Season 1 Episode 6, there were questions of whether the next time Hawk and Tim crossed paths was when Hawk arrived in San Francisco on Fellow Travelers Season 1 Episode 1.
Sadly, there was more pain in store here as Tim arrived on Fire Island with determination and a plan to save Hawk's life.
Hawk was spiraling out of control in the aftermath of Jackson's death,...
Fellow Travelers Season 1 Episode 7 dealt with the loss of his son, Tim's tenacity to save him, and Frankie and Marcus' relationship woes, with the backdrop being the tensions following George Moscone's and Harvey Milk's assassinations.
It was another stellar hour of this Showtime drama that flawlessly nestles these intricate storylines throughout essential points in history.
Welcome to Fire Island, but Don't Try Hit on My Man
After Fellow Travelers Season 1 Episode 6, there were questions of whether the next time Hawk and Tim crossed paths was when Hawk arrived in San Francisco on Fellow Travelers Season 1 Episode 1.
Sadly, there was more pain in store here as Tim arrived on Fire Island with determination and a plan to save Hawk's life.
Hawk was spiraling out of control in the aftermath of Jackson's death,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Rustin, Netflix’s biopic of civil rights icon Bayard Rustin. Colman Domingo stars in the film, which is directed by Tony winner George C. Wolfe and hit theaters and the streamer in November after its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.
The screenplay co-written by Julian Breece and Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black focuses on one of the main architects of the 1963 March on Washington, where more than 200,000 hear Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech on the National Mall. Rustin was a fulcrum in the civil rights movement, working alongside the likes of King, Adam Clayton Powell Jr and Ella Baker, though as an openly gay man in that era he often had to work behind the scenes. He challenged authority and never apologized for who he was or what he believed.
The screenplay co-written by Julian Breece and Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black focuses on one of the main architects of the 1963 March on Washington, where more than 200,000 hear Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech on the National Mall. Rustin was a fulcrum in the civil rights movement, working alongside the likes of King, Adam Clayton Powell Jr and Ella Baker, though as an openly gay man in that era he often had to work behind the scenes. He challenged authority and never apologized for who he was or what he believed.
- 12/2/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
If films and series about queer Americans in the 20th century can sometimes feel like a march through collective trauma, well, much of the 20th century was traumatic for the LGBTQ community. And Showtime’s new limited series “Fellow Travelers” (adapted from Thomas Mallon’s novel by Ron Nyswaner) includes a lot of it, from the lavender panic of the McCarthy era through the White Night riots in the aftermath of Harvey Milk’s assassination to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. But woven throughout those momentous events, along with the star-crossed romance between Hawkins Fuller (Matt Bomer) and Tim Laughlin (Jonathan Bailey), are historically accurate moments of queer joy. Yes, gay culture existed (and thrived!) pre-Stonewall.
“I was the only person employed longer on the show than our researcher, Louis Gropman,” Nyswaner told IndieWire. That attention to detail shows throughout, from the opening credits (a montage of real photos...
“I was the only person employed longer on the show than our researcher, Louis Gropman,” Nyswaner told IndieWire. That attention to detail shows throughout, from the opening credits (a montage of real photos...
- 10/30/2023
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
In the most lacerating episode of Max’s dearly departed comedy The Other Two, the characters attend the premiere of a Broadway show titled 8 Gay Men with AIDS: A Poem in Many Hours. Wondering about future roles for his Method-actor boyfriend, who stars in the play, Drew Tarver’s Cary wonders, “Is there anything coming up that is prestigious and gay, but doesn’t have, like, nonstop trauma in it?”
The fact is, we’re not at a point, as a society, where we can stop telling stories of trauma. There remains a cultural need for narratives that foreground the AIDS epidemic, that acknowledge the horrors of the Holocaust and slavery. That said, if you’re going to do a trauma-fueled, decades-spanning odyssey of gay life from McCarthy to Reagan, weaving in the Red Scare and the early days of AIDS, comparisons to Angels in America are going to be inevitable.
The fact is, we’re not at a point, as a society, where we can stop telling stories of trauma. There remains a cultural need for narratives that foreground the AIDS epidemic, that acknowledge the horrors of the Holocaust and slavery. That said, if you’re going to do a trauma-fueled, decades-spanning odyssey of gay life from McCarthy to Reagan, weaving in the Red Scare and the early days of AIDS, comparisons to Angels in America are going to be inevitable.
- 10/23/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat and champion of liberal causes who was elected to the Senate in 1992 and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90.
Feinstein died on Thursday night at her home in Washington, D.C., her office said on Friday. Opening the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that “earlier this morning, we lost a giant in the Senate.”
“Dianne Feinstein was one of the most amazing people who ever graced the Senate, who ever graced the country,” Schumer said, his voice cracking. “As the nation mourns this tremendous loss, we know how many lives she impacted and how many glass ceilings she shattered along the way.”
President Joe Biden, who served with Feinstein for years in the Senate, called her “a pioneering American,” a “true trailblazer” and a “cherished friend.”
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Feinstein died on Thursday night at her home in Washington, D.C., her office said on Friday. Opening the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that “earlier this morning, we lost a giant in the Senate.”
“Dianne Feinstein was one of the most amazing people who ever graced the Senate, who ever graced the country,” Schumer said, his voice cracking. “As the nation mourns this tremendous loss, we know how many lives she impacted and how many glass ceilings she shattered along the way.”
President Joe Biden, who served with Feinstein for years in the Senate, called her “a pioneering American,” a “true trailblazer” and a “cherished friend.”
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- 9/29/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Dianne Feinstein has died at the age of 90. Given the intense focus during her final years on whether she was wrong to stay in the Senate when it appeared she was no longer able to do the job, it’s easy to forget what a forward-thinking trailblazer she was. In the 1970s, she became the first female mayor of San Francisco after an anti-gay extremist killed Mayor George Moscone and fellow city supervisor Harvey Milk. After serving two terms as mayor, she became the first female senator from California and...
- 9/29/2023
- by David S. Cohen
- Rollingstone.com
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 in the “Year of the Woman” and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90.
Three people familiar with the situation confirmed her death to The Associated Press on Friday.
Feinstein, the oldest sitting U.S. senator, was a passionate advocate for liberal priorities important to her state — including environmental protection, reproductive rights and gun control — but was also known as a pragmatic lawmaker who reached out to Republicans and sought middle ground.
She was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969 and became its first female president in 1978, the same year Mayor George Moscone was gunned down alongside Supervisor Harvey Milk at City Hall by Dan White, a disgruntled former supervisor. Feinstein found Milk’s body.
After Moscone’s death, Feinstein became...
Three people familiar with the situation confirmed her death to The Associated Press on Friday.
Feinstein, the oldest sitting U.S. senator, was a passionate advocate for liberal priorities important to her state — including environmental protection, reproductive rights and gun control — but was also known as a pragmatic lawmaker who reached out to Republicans and sought middle ground.
She was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969 and became its first female president in 1978, the same year Mayor George Moscone was gunned down alongside Supervisor Harvey Milk at City Hall by Dan White, a disgruntled former supervisor. Feinstein found Milk’s body.
After Moscone’s death, Feinstein became...
- 9/29/2023
- by The Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the Democratic powerbroker who served California and her political party for more than 30 years, becoming the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, died Thursday night, her office has confirmed. She was 90.
James Sauls, chief of staff to Sen. Feinstein, released the following statement this morning:
“Sadly, Senator Feinstein passed away last night at her home in Washington, D.C. Her passing is a great loss for so many, from those who loved and cared for her to the people of California that she dedicated her life to serving. Senator Feinstein never backed away from a fight for what was just and right. At the same time, she was always willing to work with anyone, even those she disagreed with, if it meant bettering the lives of Californians or the betterment of our nation. There are few women who can be called senator, chairman, mayor, wife, mom and grandmother.
James Sauls, chief of staff to Sen. Feinstein, released the following statement this morning:
“Sadly, Senator Feinstein passed away last night at her home in Washington, D.C. Her passing is a great loss for so many, from those who loved and cared for her to the people of California that she dedicated her life to serving. Senator Feinstein never backed away from a fight for what was just and right. At the same time, she was always willing to work with anyone, even those she disagreed with, if it meant bettering the lives of Californians or the betterment of our nation. There are few women who can be called senator, chairman, mayor, wife, mom and grandmother.
- 9/29/2023
- by Greg Evans and Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Dianne Feinstein — the path-breaking politician, doyenne of old-school California Democrats, and the longest-serving female senator in U.S. history — died on Thursday night at her home in Washington, D.C., according to her office. She was 90.
“There are few women who can be called senator, chairman, mayor, wife, mom, and grandmother,” Feinstein’s chief of staff, James Sauls, wrote. “Senator Feinstein was a force of nature who made an incredible impact on our country and her home state.”
Feinstein was the oldest member of the Senate, and her physical health...
“There are few women who can be called senator, chairman, mayor, wife, mom, and grandmother,” Feinstein’s chief of staff, James Sauls, wrote. “Senator Feinstein was a force of nature who made an incredible impact on our country and her home state.”
Feinstein was the oldest member of the Senate, and her physical health...
- 9/29/2023
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
The Oscars celebrate excellence in the world of filmmaking, and the people who write the stories and scripts are a huge part of it.
Variety exclusively reported “Barbie” would be campaigned for best original screenplay for the upcoming awards season rather than in adapted screenplay as had been presumed. The decision brought about some interesting debate on social media, and even some Academy members contacted me directly with questions and opinions about it. But it’s not a black-or-white question. The categories in which a movie competes aren’t always as clear as you’d think, as seen through the history of nominees and winners.
Let’s start with the existing definitions. What does it mean to be an original script vs. an adapted one? As most people know, an original work creates an entirely new narrative, while an adapted one transforms pre-existing material into a screenplay.
“Barbie” scribes Greta Gerwig...
Variety exclusively reported “Barbie” would be campaigned for best original screenplay for the upcoming awards season rather than in adapted screenplay as had been presumed. The decision brought about some interesting debate on social media, and even some Academy members contacted me directly with questions and opinions about it. But it’s not a black-or-white question. The categories in which a movie competes aren’t always as clear as you’d think, as seen through the history of nominees and winners.
Let’s start with the existing definitions. What does it mean to be an original script vs. an adapted one? As most people know, an original work creates an entirely new narrative, while an adapted one transforms pre-existing material into a screenplay.
“Barbie” scribes Greta Gerwig...
- 9/15/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
It’s not easy to upstage Martin Luther King Jr., but that’s exactly what leading man Colman Domingo does in “Rustin,” a movie named for the civil rights pioneer who gave King the platform to speak his most famous four words: “I have a dream.” That day, Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the man standing slightly out of focus over King’s right shoulder — quite literally, his right-hand man — was one Bayard Rustin. It was he who conceived and organized what King called “the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation,” the March on Washington.
While widely recognized for his contributions to the civil rights movement (and posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama), Rustin is hardly the household name one might assume from his achievements — and worse still, he was nearly elbowed out of history altogether on account of his homosexuality.
While widely recognized for his contributions to the civil rights movement (and posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama), Rustin is hardly the household name one might assume from his achievements — and worse still, he was nearly elbowed out of history altogether on account of his homosexuality.
- 9/3/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Two-time Oscar winner Sean Penn has excelled in a number of fields, including acting, writing and directing. But it’s his career as a performer that has brought him the most acclaim. Let’s take a look back at 15 of his greatest films as an actor, ranked worst to best.
Penn entered the Oscar race for the first time with his performance as a death row inmate in Tim Robbins’s “Dead Man Walking” (1995), for which he competed in Best Actor. Subsequent lead nominations as a jazz guitarist in Woody Allen’s “Sweet and Lowdown” (1999) and a mentally handicapped father in “I Am Sam” (2001) quickly followed.
He hit the Oscar jackpot with Clint Eastwood’s “Mystic River” (2003), which cast him as a criminal grieving the murder of his daughter. Just five years later, he returned to the winner’s circle with his lead role in “Milk” (2008), Gus Van Sant’s...
Penn entered the Oscar race for the first time with his performance as a death row inmate in Tim Robbins’s “Dead Man Walking” (1995), for which he competed in Best Actor. Subsequent lead nominations as a jazz guitarist in Woody Allen’s “Sweet and Lowdown” (1999) and a mentally handicapped father in “I Am Sam” (2001) quickly followed.
He hit the Oscar jackpot with Clint Eastwood’s “Mystic River” (2003), which cast him as a criminal grieving the murder of his daughter. Just five years later, he returned to the winner’s circle with his lead role in “Milk” (2008), Gus Van Sant’s...
- 8/12/2023
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
“Barbie” is a box office smash, along with its acclaim from critics and audiences alike. If you follow the social media chatter and the general feeling from most pundits, it could be a viable awards contender for Warner Bros. One category being debated is where the screenplay by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach would be able to compete — whether in original or adapted screenplay. The answer lies in how the WGA classifies it and whether the Academy could or would overrule that choice.
Variety confirms there are ongoing conversations with strategists and Warner Bros regarding where “Barbie” would compete at next year’s ceremony.
On the title cards, it reads “Based on ‘Barbie’ by Mattel,” which is, of course, a toy company. At the same time, there have been multiple CGI films and TV series featuring the fashion doll since its debut in the late 1980s (42 to be precise). This...
Variety confirms there are ongoing conversations with strategists and Warner Bros regarding where “Barbie” would compete at next year’s ceremony.
On the title cards, it reads “Based on ‘Barbie’ by Mattel,” which is, of course, a toy company. At the same time, there have been multiple CGI films and TV series featuring the fashion doll since its debut in the late 1980s (42 to be precise). This...
- 7/25/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – Locally, Jerry Pritikin was known as the Chicago Cubs “Bleacher Preacher.” But Jerry had a more important role in his life … as a photographer who captured 1970s gay liberation in San Francisco, including gay activist icon Harvey Milk. His new exhibit is “When Then Was … Now!” For more info, click Jerry Pritikin.
Photographer Jerry Pritikin, Now and Then (Photo with Harvey Milk)
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.com
The exhibit is at the new Chicago Center for Photojournalism, founded by photographer Denise Keim, and is in place during Pride Month. When Then Was…Now! highlights a marriage of sorts between San Francisco and Chicago, to celebrate the life and legacy of Jerry Pritikin, a historic photojournalist and baseball fan legend.
The exhibition puts a spotlight on the photographer’s dedication to the LGBTQ+ community and his love for baseball as an ultimate Cubs Fan, legendarily known as the Bleacher Preacher.
Photographer Jerry Pritikin, Now and Then (Photo with Harvey Milk)
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.com
The exhibit is at the new Chicago Center for Photojournalism, founded by photographer Denise Keim, and is in place during Pride Month. When Then Was…Now! highlights a marriage of sorts between San Francisco and Chicago, to celebrate the life and legacy of Jerry Pritikin, a historic photojournalist and baseball fan legend.
The exhibition puts a spotlight on the photographer’s dedication to the LGBTQ+ community and his love for baseball as an ultimate Cubs Fan, legendarily known as the Bleacher Preacher.
- 6/18/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Seven years ago this month, in the aftermath of the attack on Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, one call to action rose above the din: “Say their names.” New Yorkers chanted it steps from the Stonewall Inn. The mother of a child gunned down at Sandy Hook penned it in an open letter. The Orlando Sentinel printed the names. Anderson Cooper recited them. A gunman, 29-year-old Omar Mateen, murdered 49 people and wounded 53 others in the wee hours of that awful Sunday, massacring LGBTQ people of color and their allies in the middle of Pride Month, and the commemoration of the dead demanded knowing who they were. “These,” as MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell urged his viewers, “are the names to remember.”
The titles on our list of the best LGBTQ movies of all time are a globe-spanning, multigenerational testament to our existence in a world where our erasure is no abstraction. From...
The titles on our list of the best LGBTQ movies of all time are a globe-spanning, multigenerational testament to our existence in a world where our erasure is no abstraction. From...
- 6/12/2023
- by Slant Staff
- Slant Magazine
Emmy-winning Will & Grace star Leslie Jordan and the four-time Tony-winning playwright and librettist Terrence McNally are among the seven 2023 inductees to the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor.
The International Imperial Court System and the National LGBTQ Task Force said Monday that the LGBTQ legends will be honored during a ceremony on June 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the historic Stonewall Inn. This year’s event will coincide with the National LGBTQ Task Force’s 50th year celebration.
The Wall of Honor posthumously celebrates LGBTQ activists, artists and other community members, acknowledging their crucial roles in the ongoing fight for LGBTQ liberation. This year’s honors come amid a record wave of anti-trans and anti-lgbtq legislation across the U.S. and a rapid rise in book bans featuring LGBTQ characters, historical figures and narratives.
“At a time when the majority of states in this country are fighting legislation that is trying to erase us,...
The International Imperial Court System and the National LGBTQ Task Force said Monday that the LGBTQ legends will be honored during a ceremony on June 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the historic Stonewall Inn. This year’s event will coincide with the National LGBTQ Task Force’s 50th year celebration.
The Wall of Honor posthumously celebrates LGBTQ activists, artists and other community members, acknowledging their crucial roles in the ongoing fight for LGBTQ liberation. This year’s honors come amid a record wave of anti-trans and anti-lgbtq legislation across the U.S. and a rapid rise in book bans featuring LGBTQ characters, historical figures and narratives.
“At a time when the majority of states in this country are fighting legislation that is trying to erase us,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Charlie Walker, a San Francisco business owner and social justice icon who was portrayed by Mike Colter in the 2022 biopic I’m Charlie Walker, died Thursday in his hometown, it was announced. He was 89.
Colter, perhaps best known for his turns as Marvel hero Luke Cage, starred alongside Safiya Fredericks and Dylan Baker in the June release from Famm Films and Shout! Studios that was directed by Patrick Gilles.
The son of sharecropper parents, Walker became a successful trucker and in the 1960s led protests to open public construction jobs to Black contractors who were being deliberately snubbed.
He hired trucks that cleaned up San Francisco Bay after a devastating 1971 oil spill, helped good friend and then-Assembly member Willie Brown safely exit City Hall after the 1978 assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk and became one of the first Black employees at the San Francisco Chronicle.
Last year,...
Colter, perhaps best known for his turns as Marvel hero Luke Cage, starred alongside Safiya Fredericks and Dylan Baker in the June release from Famm Films and Shout! Studios that was directed by Patrick Gilles.
The son of sharecropper parents, Walker became a successful trucker and in the 1960s led protests to open public construction jobs to Black contractors who were being deliberately snubbed.
He hired trucks that cleaned up San Francisco Bay after a devastating 1971 oil spill, helped good friend and then-Assembly member Willie Brown safely exit City Hall after the 1978 assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk and became one of the first Black employees at the San Francisco Chronicle.
Last year,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Told from the perspective of a young girl raised by her single gay father to be a woman who is “strong and tolerant and not afraid of this world,” Fairyland reveals the intensely personal nature of its origins in Alysia Abbott’s 2013 memoir at every step of the characters’ complicated evolution together. Like that sometimes strained relationship, this debut feature from photographer Andrew Durham often feels stuck, but eventually reaches its destination with clear-eyed compassion and an emotionally powerful reconciliation. Those qualities are captured with enormous sensitivity in the lead performances of Emilia Jones and Scoot McNairy.
With a producing team led by Sofia Coppola for American Zoetrope, this is a bittersweet drama about unconventional parenting and alternative families that will resonate loudest with LGBTQ audiences. But its surge of final-act feeling will speak to any audience that has ever experienced the startling reckoning that comes with grief.
The film...
With a producing team led by Sofia Coppola for American Zoetrope, this is a bittersweet drama about unconventional parenting and alternative families that will resonate loudest with LGBTQ audiences. But its surge of final-act feeling will speak to any audience that has ever experienced the startling reckoning that comes with grief.
The film...
- 1/27/2023
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Andrew Durham makes his directorial feature debut at the Sundance Film Festival with an adaptation of Alysia Abbott’s remarkably intimate memoir, Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, shortening the title to just Fairyland. The story spans from her childhood to adulthood, capturing a longitudinal look into her relationship with her father in a city that became home. Fairyland is emotionally moving, but Durham’s screenplay trips a bit on bringing the source material to the silver screen.
‘Fairyland’ follows a father and daughter chasing a new life in San Francisco L-r: Cody Fern as Eddie Body, Scoot McNairy as Steve Abbott, and Nessa Dougherty as Younger Alysia Abbott | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Alysia suddenly loses her mother in a tragic car accident. Her father, Steve (Scoot McNairy), sees an opportunity for a new start with his daughter, moving to San Francisco in the 1970s. There, he develops his skills...
‘Fairyland’ follows a father and daughter chasing a new life in San Francisco L-r: Cody Fern as Eddie Body, Scoot McNairy as Steve Abbott, and Nessa Dougherty as Younger Alysia Abbott | Courtesy of Sundance Institute
Alysia suddenly loses her mother in a tragic car accident. Her father, Steve (Scoot McNairy), sees an opportunity for a new start with his daughter, moving to San Francisco in the 1970s. There, he develops his skills...
- 1/26/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
If it’s Tuesday, this must be Election Day in a year when democracy itself is on the ballot. It’s a moment that Jefferson Smith – the naive but idealistic young senator played by Jimmy Stewart – could have appreciated in the Oscar-winning 1939 classic “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” from director Frank Capra. It tops the list of 25 movies that this Gold Derby editor singles out as exemplary staples of the political genre over the past 80-plus years. Most originated on the big screen, but a few were made-for-tv.
Why bring this to you today? Think of it as a distraction tactic at a time when so many of us are overloaded with anxiety over an especially consequential election that will determine control of Congress. The list features biopics, satires, historical dramas and journalism hybrid thrillers as well as fictitious allegories.
SEE15 Best American Political Films
Watch any of these tonight...
Why bring this to you today? Think of it as a distraction tactic at a time when so many of us are overloaded with anxiety over an especially consequential election that will determine control of Congress. The list features biopics, satires, historical dramas and journalism hybrid thrillers as well as fictitious allegories.
SEE15 Best American Political Films
Watch any of these tonight...
- 11/8/2022
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
2Nd Update: David DePape, the suspect arrested in the attack of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home, pleaded not guilty to state charges Tuesday.
David DePape is facing charges of attempted murder, burglary, elder abuse and assault. His public defender entered the not guilty plea during the arraignment hearing in San Francisco Superior Court. DePape was ordered held without bail.
According to a court filing, per the Associated Press, DePape told police he was on a “suicide mission” with plans to target other key figures and politicians.
The state charges are in addition to several federal charges filed after the attack in the early morning hours of October 28 including assault and attempted kidnapping.
Update, October 31: San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins outlined a series of state charges against the suspect in the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi.
David DePape, 42, is facing charges of attempted murder,...
David DePape is facing charges of attempted murder, burglary, elder abuse and assault. His public defender entered the not guilty plea during the arraignment hearing in San Francisco Superior Court. DePape was ordered held without bail.
According to a court filing, per the Associated Press, DePape told police he was on a “suicide mission” with plans to target other key figures and politicians.
The state charges are in addition to several federal charges filed after the attack in the early morning hours of October 28 including assault and attempted kidnapping.
Update, October 31: San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins outlined a series of state charges against the suspect in the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi.
David DePape, 42, is facing charges of attempted murder,...
- 11/2/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Milk and creator of the Under the Banner of Heaven adaptation, revealed that he suffered a serious head injury recently that he is still recovering from.
On Instagram Monday, Sept. 26, Black wrote, “So I vanished for a while… A month ago I sustained a serious head injury that put me out of commission. Showing little improvement, my doctors ordered me to shut off my brain in hopes of it healing. This has been a challenging, frightening time for a creative type who depends...
On Instagram Monday, Sept. 26, Black wrote, “So I vanished for a while… A month ago I sustained a serious head injury that put me out of commission. Showing little improvement, my doctors ordered me to shut off my brain in hopes of it healing. This has been a challenging, frightening time for a creative type who depends...
- 9/26/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
When legendary pro wrestler Ric Flair recently held his retirement match at age 73, many said, "He's going to go out like Randy 'The Ram' Robinson." The reference is to Darren Aronofsky's film "The Wrestler" where it is implied that the protagonist of the film dies in the ring in search of another moment of glory. While Flair survived (after passing out twice during the match), the reality is that "The Wrestler" mimics the tragic lives of many other aging stars from the wrestling business.
The comeback narrative was eerily similar to the career of Mickey Rourke, who played Randy "The Ram" Robinson. Esquire documented the actor's fall from grace in the 1990s, which included a dead brother, a failed marriage, and bad plastic surgery. Aronofsky knew that Rourke was the perfect actor for the part, and Rourke knew that the meaty role would require him to return to some of those dark places.
The comeback narrative was eerily similar to the career of Mickey Rourke, who played Randy "The Ram" Robinson. Esquire documented the actor's fall from grace in the 1990s, which included a dead brother, a failed marriage, and bad plastic surgery. Aronofsky knew that Rourke was the perfect actor for the part, and Rourke knew that the meaty role would require him to return to some of those dark places.
- 9/19/2022
- by Travis Yates
- Slash Film
Bill Maher Rips Criticism of James Franco Casting as Fidel Castro: Acting *Is* Appropriation (Video)
Bill Maher has had his fill of “the casting police” who continually call out the industry for hiring actors for roles outside of their race or sexual preference, the last being John Leguizamo’s criticism of James Franco as Fidel Castro because the actor isn’t Latino.
“I mentioned this because a lot of people lately are either apologizing for or calling on others to apologize for playing roles. They call it appropriation,” Maher said on Friday night’s “Real Time.” “Appropriating sounds like an unforgivable sin until you remember that’s what acting is. That’s why acting jobs are called roles.”
Maher pointed out that Leguizamo has played a Colombian American, a Venetian, a French little person and an Italian plumber when he’s none of those things. “But he played them too… because he’s an actor! Why the hell do you think people become actors? Because...
“I mentioned this because a lot of people lately are either apologizing for or calling on others to apologize for playing roles. They call it appropriation,” Maher said on Friday night’s “Real Time.” “Appropriating sounds like an unforgivable sin until you remember that’s what acting is. That’s why acting jobs are called roles.”
Maher pointed out that Leguizamo has played a Colombian American, a Venetian, a French little person and an Italian plumber when he’s none of those things. “But he played them too… because he’s an actor! Why the hell do you think people become actors? Because...
- 8/13/2022
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
Finding LGBTQ actors to cast in the new history docuseries “The Book of Queer” wasn’t that difficult.
No, producers didn’t ask the actors about their sexuality.
“If you’re casting for a show called ‘Book of Queer,’ and you’re saying in the audition process, ‘Is there any particular reason you want to be on this show?,’ they’re going to tell us,” series creator Eric Cervini tells me. “Of course, we weren’t discriminating, but it was kind of self-selecting.’”
The five-episode “Book of Queer,” which premieres Thursday on Discovery+, features multiple stories about queer history and queer individuals, including Greek poet Sappho, Alexander the Great, King James, Joan of Arc, Akhenaten, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Alan Turning, Josephine Baker, Stormé DeLarverie, Sylvia Rivera, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gilbert Baker, Harvey Milk, Marsha P. Johnson, Ma Rainey and Bayard Rustin.
The list of guest stars includes Dominique Jackson, Alex Newell,...
No, producers didn’t ask the actors about their sexuality.
“If you’re casting for a show called ‘Book of Queer,’ and you’re saying in the audition process, ‘Is there any particular reason you want to be on this show?,’ they’re going to tell us,” series creator Eric Cervini tells me. “Of course, we weren’t discriminating, but it was kind of self-selecting.’”
The five-episode “Book of Queer,” which premieres Thursday on Discovery+, features multiple stories about queer history and queer individuals, including Greek poet Sappho, Alexander the Great, King James, Joan of Arc, Akhenaten, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Alan Turning, Josephine Baker, Stormé DeLarverie, Sylvia Rivera, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gilbert Baker, Harvey Milk, Marsha P. Johnson, Ma Rainey and Bayard Rustin.
The list of guest stars includes Dominique Jackson, Alex Newell,...
- 6/2/2022
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Dustin Lance Black has rules about bringing true crime stories to life. The Oscar-winning screenwriter exclusively revealed to E! News that he doesn't "see a whole lot of value in telling stories from the past [just] because you're feeling nostalgic." This may be surprising to learn, as Black penned the critically-acclaimed 2008 film Milk about the life and death of gay rights activist Harvey Milk and is now the creator of FX true crime miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven. The show is a dramatic retelling of the 1984 murders of Brenda Lafferty and her 15-month-old daughter Erica at the hands of two Fundamentalist Mormons. For Black, these historical projects serve a purpose, with...
- 5/4/2022
- E! Online
Dominque Jackson, Alex Newell, Leslie Jordan and Ross Mathews will be celebrating Pride Month with Discovery+ this year. The four have been announced as guest narrators for the upcoming docuseries “The Book of Queer,” set to launch on the streaming service June 2.
The upcoming special event series — which has its first-look featurette above —will feature five episodes, each of which tells the story of multiple historic and groundbreaking queer individuals throughout history. The subjects of the episodes span people that have lived across thousands of years, and include politicians, artists, activists, scientists and world leaders. Some of the names include: ancient Greek poet Sappho, Alexander the Great, King James, Joan of Arc, Akhenaten, Lenardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Alan Turning, Josephine Baker, Stormé DeLarverie, Sylvia Rivera, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gilbert Baker, Harvey Milk, Marsha P. Johnson, Ma Rainey and Bayard Rustin.
Each episode features reenactments and recreations of several subjects’ lives, featuring...
The upcoming special event series — which has its first-look featurette above —will feature five episodes, each of which tells the story of multiple historic and groundbreaking queer individuals throughout history. The subjects of the episodes span people that have lived across thousands of years, and include politicians, artists, activists, scientists and world leaders. Some of the names include: ancient Greek poet Sappho, Alexander the Great, King James, Joan of Arc, Akhenaten, Lenardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Alan Turning, Josephine Baker, Stormé DeLarverie, Sylvia Rivera, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gilbert Baker, Harvey Milk, Marsha P. Johnson, Ma Rainey and Bayard Rustin.
Each episode features reenactments and recreations of several subjects’ lives, featuring...
- 4/27/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
In a career that stretches back 40 years, Sean Penn has had many great roles, from Jeff Spicoli to Harvey Milk, from the surly teen sociopath of “Bad Boys” to the soulful death-row sociopath of “Dead Man Walking.” Yet there’s a role Penn is now playing that he has embraced with fierce commitment and skill, but it still doesn’t look very good on him. That’s the role of The American Civilian Who Cares About the War in Ukraine More Than You Do.
You’ve seen him play the role at press conferences and in interviews with cable-tv news hosts. Thatchy-haired and beleaguered, sitting there in his green Core Army jacket brandishing his thousand-yard Method stare, his cigarette voice on the verge of cracking in literally every sentence, Penn, gripped with conviction, speaks in a deliberate, ever-so-slightly strangled monotone that makes it sound like he’s working hard to control everything he’s saying.
You’ve seen him play the role at press conferences and in interviews with cable-tv news hosts. Thatchy-haired and beleaguered, sitting there in his green Core Army jacket brandishing his thousand-yard Method stare, his cigarette voice on the verge of cracking in literally every sentence, Penn, gripped with conviction, speaks in a deliberate, ever-so-slightly strangled monotone that makes it sound like he’s working hard to control everything he’s saying.
- 4/10/2022
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Get ready to get your Q on!
The 15th Annual QFest St. Louis — presented by Cinema St. Louis (Csl) — will take place from April 29-May 5 at the Galleria 6 Cinemas, with a selection of programs also available online. The online programs can be streamed at any time during the festival’s dates.
The St. Louis-based LGBTQ film festival, QFest will present an eclectic array of 35 films from 13 countries. The participating filmmakers represent a wide variety of voices in contemporary queer world cinema. The mission of the film festival is to use the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the lives of LGBTQ people and to celebrate queer culture.
The fest is especially pleased to host the St. Louis premiere of “The Depths,” a rarely seen 2001 work by internationally acclaimed filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, and a reprise from Sliff of Sebastian Meiser’s prison drama “Great Freedom.” Another highlight is this year’s Q Classic,...
The 15th Annual QFest St. Louis — presented by Cinema St. Louis (Csl) — will take place from April 29-May 5 at the Galleria 6 Cinemas, with a selection of programs also available online. The online programs can be streamed at any time during the festival’s dates.
The St. Louis-based LGBTQ film festival, QFest will present an eclectic array of 35 films from 13 countries. The participating filmmakers represent a wide variety of voices in contemporary queer world cinema. The mission of the film festival is to use the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the lives of LGBTQ people and to celebrate queer culture.
The fest is especially pleased to host the St. Louis premiere of “The Depths,” a rarely seen 2001 work by internationally acclaimed filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, and a reprise from Sliff of Sebastian Meiser’s prison drama “Great Freedom.” Another highlight is this year’s Q Classic,...
- 4/4/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Caitlyn Jenner, the transgender athlete, reality star and California gubernatorial candidate, has signed on to Fox News Media as a contributor.
Jenner’s first appearance will be on Hannity on Thursday.
Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said in a statement, “Caitlyn’s story is an inspiration to us all. She is a trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ community and her illustrious career spans a variety of fields that will be a tremendous asset for our audience.”
Jenner said in a statement, “I am humbled by this unique opportunity to speak directly to Fox News Media’s millions of viewers about a range of issues that are important to the American people.”
But the hiring comes as some of the network’s personalities have targeted The Walt Disney Company for its opposition to a Florida law that bans classroom discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity from Kindergarten to third grade.
Jenner’s first appearance will be on Hannity on Thursday.
Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said in a statement, “Caitlyn’s story is an inspiration to us all. She is a trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ community and her illustrious career spans a variety of fields that will be a tremendous asset for our audience.”
Jenner said in a statement, “I am humbled by this unique opportunity to speak directly to Fox News Media’s millions of viewers about a range of issues that are important to the American people.”
But the hiring comes as some of the network’s personalities have targeted The Walt Disney Company for its opposition to a Florida law that bans classroom discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity from Kindergarten to third grade.
- 3/31/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Andrew Garfield plays a detective trying to solve a faith-shaking murder in the new trailer for the upcoming limited series, Under the Banner of Heaven, set to arrive on April 28 on Hulu.
The seven-episode series is based on John Krakauer’s 2003 book of the same name, which examined the origin and evolution of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the shocking 1984 murder of Brenda Wright Lafferty and her baby daughter in Utah.
In the new adaptation, Garfield plays a detective named Jeb Pyre, a devout Mormon who...
The seven-episode series is based on John Krakauer’s 2003 book of the same name, which examined the origin and evolution of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the shocking 1984 murder of Brenda Wright Lafferty and her baby daughter in Utah.
In the new adaptation, Garfield plays a detective named Jeb Pyre, a devout Mormon who...
- 3/29/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Sean Penn has released a passionate statement about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying that if Americans allow the Ukrainian people to fight alone, “our soul as America is lost.”
The Oscar-winning actor is in Ukraine, where he is filming a documentary for Vice about the country’s recent tumultuous events. He appeared Friday at a government press briefing in the capital city of Kyiv, before issuing his statement.
He said:
“Already a brutal mistake of lives taken and hearts broken, and if he doesn’t relent, I believe Mr. Putin will have made a most horrible mistake for all of humankind. President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people have risen as historic symbols of courage and principle. Ukraine is the tip of the spear for the democratic embrace of dreams. If we allow it to fight alone, our soul as America is lost. “
Penn was previously reported to have visited government officials in the city.
The Oscar-winning actor is in Ukraine, where he is filming a documentary for Vice about the country’s recent tumultuous events. He appeared Friday at a government press briefing in the capital city of Kyiv, before issuing his statement.
He said:
“Already a brutal mistake of lives taken and hearts broken, and if he doesn’t relent, I believe Mr. Putin will have made a most horrible mistake for all of humankind. President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people have risen as historic symbols of courage and principle. Ukraine is the tip of the spear for the democratic embrace of dreams. If we allow it to fight alone, our soul as America is lost. “
Penn was previously reported to have visited government officials in the city.
- 2/26/2022
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Harvey Milk speaks directly to us and from beyond the grave in this minimalistic short film by Jenni Olson, which is screening at Sundance in January 2022 as part of its retrospective celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Sundance Institute.
Milk - the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California - also ran the Castro Camera Store, which was a hub for many gay filmmakers, as a detailed intertitle at the start of Olson's film explains. After that, she lets Milk do the talking over timelapse footage that was shot on Castro street in the set that was created for Gus Van Sant's biopic Milk.
"This is only to be played in the event of my assassination," Milk says at the start of a tape that was made in 1977, just a year before he was shot and killed alongside San Francisco Mayor...
Milk - the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California - also ran the Castro Camera Store, which was a hub for many gay filmmakers, as a detailed intertitle at the start of Olson's film explains. After that, she lets Milk do the talking over timelapse footage that was shot on Castro street in the set that was created for Gus Van Sant's biopic Milk.
"This is only to be played in the event of my assassination," Milk says at the start of a tape that was made in 1977, just a year before he was shot and killed alongside San Francisco Mayor...
- 12/21/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In April, Colton Underwood, a former professional athlete who’d been the lead of the reality franchise “The Bachelor” just two years prior, came out of the closet on “Good Morning America.” When considered in the most forgiving of lights, it seemed in the moment like a positive, potentially helpful thing. Prior to his interview, Underwood had been the subject of an ongoing scandal involving Cassie Randolph, the woman he’d chosen at the end of his “Bachelor” season. She had alleged Underwood had stalked her and placed a tracking device on her car, prompting her to file a restraining order against him. That’s a lot for the viewer at home to look past, but Underwood’s confession of internal torment and his looking to a more open and honest future suggested he was working to be better, to be a new man, in his post-television life.
But for Underwood,...
But for Underwood,...
- 11/29/2021
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Colman Domingo will star in Rustin, the biopic centered on influential civil rights and gay rights activist Bayard Rustin that Michelle and Barack Obama’s banner, Higher Ground, is producing.
Chris Rock, Glynn Turman and Audra McDonald are also starring in the Netflix drama, which is being directed by George C. Wolfe, whose last film was Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Wolfe wrote the script with Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning scribe behind Harvey Milk biopic Milk.
Rustin was a key figure in the early civil rights movement in the mid-20th century, leading several marches on Washington as well as organizing Freedom Rides. A practitioner of nonviolent resistance, he ...
Chris Rock, Glynn Turman and Audra McDonald are also starring in the Netflix drama, which is being directed by George C. Wolfe, whose last film was Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Wolfe wrote the script with Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning scribe behind Harvey Milk biopic Milk.
Rustin was a key figure in the early civil rights movement in the mid-20th century, leading several marches on Washington as well as organizing Freedom Rides. A practitioner of nonviolent resistance, he ...
- 10/5/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Colman Domingo will star in Rustin, the biopic centered on influential civil and gay rights activist Bayard Rustin that Michelle and Barack Obama’s banner, Higher Ground, is producing.
Chris Rock, Glynn Turman and Audra McDonald are also starring in the Netflix drama, which is being directed by George C. Wolfe, whose last film was Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Wolfe wrote the script with Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning scribe behind Harvey Milk biopic Milk.
Rustin was a key figure in the early civil rights movement in the mid-20th century, leading several marches on Washington as well as organizing Freedom Rides. A practitioner of nonviolent resistance, he was ...
Chris Rock, Glynn Turman and Audra McDonald are also starring in the Netflix drama, which is being directed by George C. Wolfe, whose last film was Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Wolfe wrote the script with Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning scribe behind Harvey Milk biopic Milk.
Rustin was a key figure in the early civil rights movement in the mid-20th century, leading several marches on Washington as well as organizing Freedom Rides. A practitioner of nonviolent resistance, he was ...
- 10/5/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A stray thought for Hollywood: Just because Donald Trump is campaigning for free speech—last week, he announced a class-action anti-censorship lawsuit against Twitter, Facebook and Google—doesn’t mean it’s a bad idea.
Free speech, that is. I don’t know about the lawsuit, which will have to reconcile the tech giants’ First Amendment rights and legal protections with a claim that they have abused their immunity by acting as politically one-sided censors.
More heat than light will be shed as the suit works its way through the courts and media mill. But never mind Trump. Freedom of expression is something the movie business should start worrying about, sooner rather than later.
It’s no secret that the movies—like the rest of pop culture—have been operating in an ever-narrower field when it comes to what can be portrayed on-screen, and by whom. Even to identify the...
Free speech, that is. I don’t know about the lawsuit, which will have to reconcile the tech giants’ First Amendment rights and legal protections with a claim that they have abused their immunity by acting as politically one-sided censors.
More heat than light will be shed as the suit works its way through the courts and media mill. But never mind Trump. Freedom of expression is something the movie business should start worrying about, sooner rather than later.
It’s no secret that the movies—like the rest of pop culture—have been operating in an ever-narrower field when it comes to what can be portrayed on-screen, and by whom. Even to identify the...
- 7/11/2021
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
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In honor of Pride Month, we put together a collection of documentaries that explore some of the many challenges faced by the LGBTQ community, and the ongoing fight for equality. From the Stonewall Uprising, to the oldest lesbian bar in the United States, the films listed shed a light on the lives of gays, lesbians, and trans people, while showing the evolution of the Gay Rights Movement. Below, find 10 documentary films that you can rent (or buy) on Amazon Prime Video. If you’re not already an Amazon Prime member, you can joint today for free (the membership will cost you $12.99 a month after a free 30-day trial). For more LGBTQ content check...
In honor of Pride Month, we put together a collection of documentaries that explore some of the many challenges faced by the LGBTQ community, and the ongoing fight for equality. From the Stonewall Uprising, to the oldest lesbian bar in the United States, the films listed shed a light on the lives of gays, lesbians, and trans people, while showing the evolution of the Gay Rights Movement. Below, find 10 documentary films that you can rent (or buy) on Amazon Prime Video. If you’re not already an Amazon Prime member, you can joint today for free (the membership will cost you $12.99 a month after a free 30-day trial). For more LGBTQ content check...
- 6/12/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
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As one of the first openly gay politicians in the country to be elected to public office, Harvey Milk was a trailblazer for the LGBTQ community. Born on May 22, 1930, the native New Yorker rose to become an outspoken human rights activist, and an impassioned champion of LGBTQ rights. Milk was assassinated in 1978, just one year after being elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. More than 40 years after his death, Milk continues to be celebrated as an inspirational and courageous leader in the fight for equal rights.
To commemorate “Harvey Milk Day,” we curated a list of movies and books that will help you learn more about the LGBT icon. From biographies and documentaries,...
As one of the first openly gay politicians in the country to be elected to public office, Harvey Milk was a trailblazer for the LGBTQ community. Born on May 22, 1930, the native New Yorker rose to become an outspoken human rights activist, and an impassioned champion of LGBTQ rights. Milk was assassinated in 1978, just one year after being elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. More than 40 years after his death, Milk continues to be celebrated as an inspirational and courageous leader in the fight for equal rights.
To commemorate “Harvey Milk Day,” we curated a list of movies and books that will help you learn more about the LGBT icon. From biographies and documentaries,...
- 5/22/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
Netflix is at work on a biopic of Bayard Rustin, a gay civil rights icon who helped organize the 1963 March on Washington. The film will be directed by “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” director George C. Wolfe.
Dustin Lance Black, an Oscar winner for another biopic about a gay rights legend, “Milk,” is writing the screenplay for “Rustin.” Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions will produce the film.
Rustin, because of his sexuality, often worked behind the scenes during the Civil Rights Movement, working closely with A. Philip Randolph, organizing Freedom Rides and fighting to integrate workers unions. Later in his life, he would emerge as a vocal advocate for gay rights and testify on behalf of the state of New York’s Gay Rights bill. The film “Rustin” will show his onslaught of obstacles and how he worked to alter the course of history before his death...
Dustin Lance Black, an Oscar winner for another biopic about a gay rights legend, “Milk,” is writing the screenplay for “Rustin.” Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions will produce the film.
Rustin, because of his sexuality, often worked behind the scenes during the Civil Rights Movement, working closely with A. Philip Randolph, organizing Freedom Rides and fighting to integrate workers unions. Later in his life, he would emerge as a vocal advocate for gay rights and testify on behalf of the state of New York’s Gay Rights bill. The film “Rustin” will show his onslaught of obstacles and how he worked to alter the course of history before his death...
- 2/11/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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