Finding the merciful Allah
Washington Blade Film Sep 05 08Finding the merciful Allah 'Jihad for Love' highlights the plight of gay Muslims in countries around the world By GREG MARZULLO Friday, September 05, 2008 These days, it's hard to escape fundamentalist Islamic rhetoric, which often sounds, if not downright barbaric, at least bewildering. Seemingly shackled to a patriarchal worldview (what else could explain the identity-obliterating burqa?), radical Islamic clerics and worshipers have used their so-called faith as a means of flushing “undesirables” from their lives — and gays fall under the label of social outcasts. Full story...
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Remembering 'The Women'
Washington Blade Film Sep 12 08
Remembering 'The Women'
Remake's iffy casting inspires nostalgia for original
By ROBBIE BARNETT
Friday, September 12, 2008
The 1939 movie “The Women,” one of the films that made that year the best of the Golden Age, is on the short list of any classic Hollywood gay favorites.
British Humor Invasion
Washington Blade Film Sep 10 08
British Humor Invasion
Gay culture and British comedy go hand-in-hand
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Camping it up
Washington Blade Film Aug 15 08
Camping it up
Documentary on gay teen Christians has noble goals but fails as compelling cinema
By JOEY DiGUGLIELMO
Friday, August 15, 2008
Sometimes artists, whatever the medium, have such noble intentions that knocking their creation feels curmudgeonly.
Revisiting a classic
Washington Blade Film Jul 25 08
Revisiting a classic
New adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel balances beauty with story's dark undertones
By GREG MARZULLO
Friday, July 25, 2008
Looming over manicured lawns and gardens stands a grand mansion, welcoming the curious with an equal measure of nostalgia and foreboding — Brideshead.
Here comes 'Mamma'
Washington Blade Film Jul 18 08
Here comes 'Mamma'
In production numbers and ballads, Meryl Streep proves she can do it all
By GREG MARZULLO
Friday, July 18, 2008
It's official — Meryl Streep has sealed her place in the pantheon of gay icons.
Now, that's a hat
Washington Blade Film Jul 11 08
Now, that's a hat
New Carmen Miranda box set shows performer at her best and her most exploited
By GREG MARZULLO
Friday, July 11, 2008
Hollywood stories really never seem to change.
Mommie craziest
Washington Blade Film Jun 13 08
Mommie craziest
Tom Kalin's 'Savage Grace' dominated by Moore's chilling performance
By GREG MARZULLO
Friday, June 13, 2008
Everyone has family horror stories — holidays gone awry, ungrateful children, neglectful parents, slights, even abuse — but rarely do they culminate into something so reminiscent of Greek tragedy as in “Savage Grace,” the newest film from Tom Kalin.
The right 'Word'
Washington Blade Film Jun 06 08
The right 'Word'
Gay film festival favorite deserves its praise
By GREG MARZULLO
Friday, June 06, 2008
Despite attempts to declare that being gay is about more than just sex, gay men do spend an inordinate amount of time talking about getting some, ogling hot men and, if single (or if a cheating bastard), planning trysts.
Hear them roa
Washington Blade Film Apr 04 08
Hear them roa
'Girls Rock' inspires power and change for dreamers of all ages
By GREG MARZULLO
Friday, April 04, 2008
Sticking it to the patriarchy rarely looked so powerful (and, at times, heartbreaking) as it does in “Girls Rock,” a documentary coming to D.
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