They also represent exciting new work by both familiar filmmaker names: (André Téchiné’s Being 17) and new breakout talents ( Moonlight’s Barry Jenkins), and first-time feature directors (Andrew Ahn of Spa Night). In fact, from new twists on gay coming of age dramas to winking lesbian mystery-comedies to uplifting documentaries, these films serve as a virtual travelogue traversing Europe, South America, Asia, and of course, North America. If he wins the Best Original Song Oscar with “ How Far I’ll Go” he’ll complete his EGOT.The year 2016 contained some tragic twists and turns, but it’s also been a mighty fine year for LGBT cinema, with true diversity represented in subjects, themes, and the countries of origin. Though it breaks no new ground given the strict adherence to the Disney Princess Animated Musical template, it’s gorgeous, funny, and has music by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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Concept art for “moana”Īs for the movie musical, La La Land will be here soon (December 9th) to fight for the Best Picture Oscar but until then, see Moana. The adaptation of August Wilson’s classic play uses almost all of the Broadway revival cast and Viola Davis will finally be winning that Oscar she should have already won for The Help (2011). Two of them have new movies this season: French icon Isabelle Huppert probably didn’t need a victory lap for her remarkable career, but it’s hard to argue that her chilly video game executive / rape victim in the darkly comic French Oscar submission Elle (now playing) isn’t one of her greatest roles You have to wait until Christmas to see Viola Davis in Fences but I caught an advanced screening and am happy to report it’s just excellent. The Gay and Lesbian Critics Association just released their list of “10 Greatest Actresses of All Time” and the list is like so: Yes, yes, I am fully aware that not all gays are into the worship of great actresses or the joy of the movie musical, but let us not dwell on those less fortunates. You can safely guess that it’s depressing but the performances are very strong so give it a chance. The Venezuelan film From Afar stars Chile’s great actor Alfredo Castro as an older gay man who falls for a rough young street hustler who surprisingly sticks around after their hostile first encounter. There’s only two gay films in the mix this year (Cuba and Venezuela) but one of them is readily available on Netflix. Next month the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will narrow the 85 Oscar contenders for Best Foreign Language Film down to 9 finalists. “from afar” is venezuela’s oscar submission This is an insightful, fascinating documentary about commitment to your dreams, the way those dreams change as you age, and what people sacrifice along the way. It will surely leave you humming the classic Sondheim songs but it also left me thinking about an unrelated Broadway standard (not by Stephen Sondheim) – A Chorus Line’s “What I Did For Love.” It’s directed by original cast member Lonny Price and he’s unearthed rare clips and reassembling the cast to examine the way the musical changed their lives. This documentary is now playing in New York and LA and will expand to additional cities soon. The stars of the musical in 1981 and in 2016īEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENEDĪfter a string of Broadway classics and hits in the 1970s gay composer / genius Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along” was a surprise flop in 1981, closing just sixteen performances into its run.
It’s revealing, engaging, sometimes uncomfortable and leaves you with plenty to discuss with your friends or significant other once it’s over.
It helps that both actors are talented and the sex scene is hot, but movies like this live or die by the conversation.
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A middle age graphic designer ( Lucas Near-Verbrugghe) and a free spirit whose also the man that got away ( Aaron Costa Ganis) 15 years earlier when they were new college graduates. It’s also a romantic two-hander that’s filled with engaging conversation. This indie, available now on iTunes, has been labelled a ‘gay Before Sunrise’ and though that’s slightly misleading it’s not a bad comparison.