When it premiered in 1985 at New York City’s Public Theater, Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart” packed a considerable punch as the first successful mainstream play to tackle public attitudes toward the growing AIDS crisis. Time is not always kind to topical or polemical plays, but a recent Broadway revival reminded us that AIDS is […]
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“Looking” Episode 3: You Betta Work!
For its third episode, “Looking” shifted its focus from sex and relationships to the careers of its three core characters. But it did not shift its tone, as Patrick, Dom, and Agustin are about as successful in their work lives as they are in their personal lives. Which is to say, not very. Patrick’s video-game […]
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“Looking” Episode 2: Cautionary tales of the city
The second episode of “Looking” addressed one of the main complaints I heard about the premiere — it was much faster paced. So that’s good, although it’s still a fairly quiet show. I don’t see that changing any time soon, nor do I think it needs to — I like the more thoughtful look at […]
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“Looking” Episode 1: Where the boys are
Sunday night HBO debuted its new drama/comedy “Looking,” often referred to as “gay ‘Girls’” or “guy ‘Sex and the City’” or, as I call it, “a younger version of ‘Golden Girls,’ except set in San Francisco, and everyone has penises, not just Dorothy.” (I kid. Lamely.) Although the tone of the series is different from […]
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MOVIE PREVIEW: ImageOut 2013
ImageOut is still going strong, with no plans for laurel-resting as its 21st chapter unfolds October 11-20 with 41 programs of features, documentaries, and short films about the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender experience
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“I’m So Excited”
With a hard-earned reputation for flirting with outrageous and comical interpretations of sex, the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar demonstrates in his new movie, “I’m So Excited,” that the outrageousness and the comedy, without wit and invention, cannot sustain an entire film. A late work in a reasonably prolific and quite successful career, the picture seems […]
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“True Blood” Season 6, Episode 4: Baby vamps make poor fairy sitters
Sunday’s episode of “True Blood” was easily the best of the season, and possibly of the last few years of the show. It felt like the new showrunners finally got a feel for the characters and the tone of the show, and I saw flashes of the sleazy, campy show I used to love – […]
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ImageOut 2012
Over the course of 10 days, October 5-14, ImageOut: The Rochester LGBT Film & Video Festival will celebrate two decades of bringing to this city the world’s finest films about the ever-evolving lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender experience.
