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Cops arrest suspected murderer of Black trans woman who appeared in Sundance documentary
Rasheeda Williams appeared alongside three other Black trans sex workers in the award-winning film “Kokomo City.”
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‘Paris is Burning’ is coming to disc in its restored edition with unseen footage
Coming in February, this will be the first opportunity for many to get a physical copy of the immortalized documentary in decades.
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Imagine Dragons singer debuts new film targeting LGBT discrimination by Mormons
Mormon Dan Reynolds has taken aim at the church’s long history of anti-gay attitudes.
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Easy chemistry between James Franco, Zachary Quinto in ‘I am Michael’
The film, which premiered Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, is a sensitive, complicated and provocative story about a prominent gay activist who, in just a few years, denounces his homosexuality.
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Daniel Radcliffe conjures brave new role as gay poet in ‘Kill Your Darlings’
As with his Broadway debut in “Equus,” which also featured a nude scene, Daniel Radcliffe said his celebrity from the boy wizard franchise might draw in fans who would not have seen a film such as “Kill Your Darlings.”
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Alex Pelosi’s Sundance debut ‘Fall from Grace’ profiles Jim McGreevey
PARK CITY, Utah — Alexandra Pelosi was beaming: She had just made her Sundance Film Festival debut with the HBO documentary “Fall from Grace,” about former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey; her mother, Rep. Nancy Pelosi was on hand to witness it; and Sundance’s founder and Pelosi’s hero, Robert Redford, made it a point to […]
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Redford: Diversity reigns at annual Sundance Film Festival
PARK CITY, Utah — Diversity is king at the Sundance Film Festival – and queen, too. For the first time, half of the films featured at the festival were made by women. Festival founder Robert Redford opened the event Thursday and said “diversity is the point” of the independent film showcase, further evidenced by contributions […]
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Sundance audience applauds film critical of Mormon role in Prop 8
Filmmaker Reed Cowan received two sustained standing ovations Sunday for his documentary “8: The Mormon Proposition,” a file which harshly criticizes the Mormon Church for campaigning in favor or California’s ban on same-sex marriage […]
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Film focused on Mormon efforts to pass Prop 8 sells out at Sundance
A controversial film on the LDS Church and gay marriage has sold out five screenings at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival — making it one of the most popular and highly anticipated entries of the festival. Focused on the 2008 passage of California’s Proposition 8, the documentary has struck a nerve with accusations that a […]
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Gay love story, ‘I Love You Phillip Morris,’ set for U.S. release April 2010
I Love You Phillip Morris, a 2009 film which wowed audiences at Sundance last year, is based on the real life events of con artist, impostor, and multiple prison escapee Steven Jay Russell — oh, and it’s also a gay love story! Based on a book by Houston Chronicle crime reporter Steve McVicker, the fact-based […]
