Loving Annabelle (Trailer of The Week)
It’s been called a guilty pleasure (but remember “pleasure” is the operative word). Katharine Brooks’s teacher-student love story continues to inflame lesbian audiences across the globe (it just came out on DVD in France). Get a taste of the guilt and the pleasure on view in the trailer right here.
Finding Milk in the Castro
On her HarveyMilkMovie.com blog site Jenni Olson takes an intimate ramble around the Castro pondering the history of the neighborhood while reflecting on the production of the new Gus Van Sant bio-pic, MILK (starring Sean Penn as slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk). And hey, if you need a primer on the true story, or if you just want to see one of the best documentaries ever made (and it did win the Best Documentary Oscar, by the way) get your hands on THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK.
Jill Bennett (In Her Line of Fire, Out at The Wedding)
“I have two favorite films: BOUND and KISSING JESSICA STEIN. BOUND still holds up, it’s one of the sexiest movies ever.”
Find out more about Jill at her website:
JillBennett.com
Top 5 DVDs in Lesbianville
What Are The Girls Watching in Lesbianville, USA?
The current Top 5 DVD rentals from Northampton’s Pride & Joy Bookstore:
1. She Likes Girls 2
2. When Night is Falling
3. Desert Hearts
4. Loving Annabelle
5. The Gymnast
Top 10 DVDs in the Castro
What Are The Boys (& Girls) Watching in The Castro?
The current Top 10 DVD sales from San Francisco’s A Different Light Bookstore!
1. East Side Story
2. Shortbus
3. Tales of The City
4. Times Have Been Better
5. Amnesia
6. Another Gay Movie
7. Rock Haven
8. The Gymnast
9. Outing Riley
10. LTR/ Long Term Relationship
New on DVD: Sonja & Eleven Men Out
ELEVEN MEN OUT stars Icelandinc hunk Björn Hlynur Haraldsson as Ottar, the star player of the first-place soccer team in Iceland’s top league. When he comes out to a journalist as gay everyone seems to be against him. But when Ottar leaves to join an amateur team (that happens to have two other gay players) suddenly every gay soccer enthusiast in town wants to be part of the “gay team.” Available March 4th.
Fresh off the queer film festival circuit, SONJA follows the titular Sonja, a pretty, 16- year-old blonde, as she experiences unfamiliar feelings for her gal pal Julia. This intimate drama captures those indelible moments in young adulthood when one realizes that “I love you” means different things to different people, the film lays bare all the uncertainty, fear, and beauty of coming of age. Available March 11th.
Opening Feb 29th: Vivere
From German director Angelina Maccarone (Unveiled), Vivere is a romantic drama about three women on the run, saving each other, and saving themselves. On Christmas Eve, Francesca’s little sister, Antonietta, runs away to Rotterdam with her musician boyfriend. On the way to find her, Francesca picks up Gerlinde, a suicidal lovesick woman. Now she has two lives to save. With the paths of three lost souls criss-crossing in Rotterdam, it soon is hard to tell who is saving whom.
Winner of the Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award at Outfest and Best Screenplay Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, the film opens Feb 29th in New York and Los Angeles.
Opening Feb 29th: Penelope
We’re always trying to expand the definition of queer cinema. The new Christina Ricci vehicle, Penelope looks like a prime fresh example of that unique sub-genre of: misfit-movies-with-special-resonance-for-LGBT-audiences. Ricci stars as a girl born with a pig’s snout for a nose and is ostracized accordingly. Co-starring James McAvoy and Reese Witherspoon and Peter DEATH AT A FUNERAL Dinklage.