FOTR: Tribeca Film Fest

Tribeca Film Festival co-founded by Robert De Niro has announced its 2010 program, which includes several films with themes rooted heavily in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues premiere at the Festival, which runs April 21 – May 2.

Arias with a Twist: The Docufantasy follows performance artists Joey Arias (openly gay New York City-based drag artist) and Basil Twist (recognized puppeteer) along with those who have inspired their growth. Similarly, the life of 1970s fashion icon and gay man Roy Halston Frowick will be revealed in Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston, which will be making its world debut at the Festival. The Other City is a powerful documentary on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Washington, D.C. that follows a number of individuals devoting their lives to the cause or suffering from it. One of its lead protagonists is a young, gay male who is in the final stages of his AIDS plight and has lost the ability to do anything on his own. It is a truly heart-wrenching tale that brings light to this sub-community in the nation’s capital. At the other end of the spectrum, the comedic and lighthearted Spork follows a teen hermaphrodite with the same name that you’ll grow to love.

Read more at: Focus On The Rainbow!

Douglas, Damon and ‘Liberace’ Gay Scenes

From Star Pulse:

Matt Damon can’t wait to jump in bed with Michael Douglas and play the movie icon’s gay lover in a new film about pianist Liberace.

Douglas has confirmed he’s taking on the role of the flamboyant gay entertainer in a new biopic, to be directed by Steven Soderbergh, and announced this week that Damon will play his younger partner.

Douglas said, “Matt Damon’s going to be my young lover. God bless Matt.”

Read more at Star Pulse!

So, what’s your thoughts on this?  Should straight men be cast to play gay characters?

Dane and Cooper Can’t Save ‘Valentine’s Day’

From Project Q Atlanta:

Hollywood A-listers dominate virtually every frame of the new film “Valentine’s Day,” but not even a gay subplot between Eric Dane and Bradley Cooper can redeem its many missteps.

In Garry Marshall’s romantic comedy opening Friday, two dozen Los Angelinos fall in and out of love on the Day of Romance. Florist Ashton Kutcher has picked this day to propose to his girlfriend Jessica Alba, while struggling with whether or not to share some unpleasant news with his best friend Jennifer Garner about the doctor (Patrick Dempsey) she is seeing.

Topher Grace is dating Anne Hathaway, who turns out to be a part time sex phone operator, while Jamie Foxx is a sports anchor assigned to do a Valentine’s Day puff piece. The Taylors (Swift and Lautner) also appear as giggling high school sweeties.

And so on.

Before the day is over, best friends become lovers, characters learn to—adjust your seats, folks!—love the one they’re with, warts and all, and unexpected romance occurs, until most everyone is matched up.

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Review: Two Spirits

A documentary about Native American concepts of gender and the murder of a sixteen-year-old Navajo boy.

Who should see this film:

Any one interested in social anthropology, GLBT issues, Native American culture and history, and human sexuality.

Review:

Beautifully shot and composed, Two Spirits tells the tragic story of a life lost to a hate crime, interlaced with a cultural history lesson.

Fred Martinez was a transgendered Navajo boy. In the Navajo tradition he was a Nádleehí or someone who possesses two spirits. As we learn the details of Fred’s life and death, the film takes us through traditional Native American ideas about gender and sexuality. The binary genders of man and woman are but two of the four genders recognized by the Navajo. Two Spirits also chronicles the systematic destruction of Native American culture by the colonial United States and the replacement of indigenous values with those of Christianity. The evangelized culture that resulted lost the concept of plural gender (along with countless other traditional ideas).

More at: City 2.0!

‘Shelter’: What A Gay Movie Should Be

It’s not every day you see a gay movie that’s worth watching (sorry to break it to you, gay community). Honestly, most of them [gay movies] are cast or written with stereotypical feminine “twinks” with nothing but sex on their mind. I get it, we like sex; but come on, there’s more to life. For that simple fact, I fell in love with the movie called Shelter. I know, I know — the image above totally looks like they just had sex, but it was just a really cute picture of them. Anyway, this has got to be one of the best gay movies I’ve ever seen.

The story is about a confused young man, named Zach (played by Trevor Wright), who throws his dreams away to take care of his nephew. His goal was to go to Cal Arts (ironically, I wanted to go there myself back in the day) to pursue his love for art. Instead, however, he decided to stay behind to help out his sister.

Contributed by Troy at Universebot.  CLICK HERE to see the trailer and read more!

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