EYES WIDE OPEN (Opens Today: Feb 5th in NYC)
indieWIRE.com’s Michael Koresky on Haim Tabakman’s EYES WIDE OPEN:
“It’s so tempting to treat “Eyes Wide Open” as the preposterous melodrama that it easily could have been, but Tabakman manages to make a well composed, unemphatic, and fleet-footed drama out of the overheated material. A more restrained portrait of unconsummated desire might have been both more authentic and compelling, but a less titillating film would have attracted little attention.”
Read the full review HERE.
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Out gay director Gus Van Sant’s long-awaited bio-pic of openly gay San Francisco supervisor and visionary gay rights leader Harvey Milk comes to the screen at last starring Sean Penn as Milk, in a riveting performance destined to earn him the Best Actor nomination (and quite possibly the win). James Franco also gives a stellar performance as Milk’s boyfriend Scott Smith (shades of Heath Ledger’s Ennis with his plaid shirts and strong silent affection as he stands by his man as long as he can). Josh Brolin’s portrayal of Dan White may also earn a Supporting Actor nod for his forboding yet humanizing depiction of the man who murdered Milk (and SF Mayor George Moscone). The release of the film coincides with the 30th anniversary of Milk’s assassination (on November 27th, 1978) and serves as apt inspiration for all of us as we soldier on in the good fight against Prop 8 (and myriad other injustices across the country). Opens in limited release November 26th. In wide release December 5th.
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The Guitar (Opening Nov 7th in NYC)
Saffron Burrows stars in THE GUITAR, a new drama from Amy Redford about a woman confronting her own mortality. Opening November 7th in New York City at Sunshine Cinema. Full details here.
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (Opens June 20th)
Another movie that isn’t actually gay but we just HAD to let you know about it because it’s directed by none other than Patricia Rozema (When Night Is Falling, I’ve Heard The Mermaids Singing) and stars the irresistible Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine). KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL opens June 20th in limited release.
Savage Grace (Opens June 27th: Bay Area)
Gay filmmaker Tom Kalin’s highly anticipated SAVAGE GRACE stars Julianne Moore as socialite Barbara Baekeland with the amazing Eddie Redmayne as her gay son. This riveting portrayal of the infamous Baekeland scandal opens Friday, June 27, at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema in San Francisco, Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley, Landmark’s Aquarius Theatre in Palo Alto, and Camera Cinemas in San Jose.
Sex and The City: The Movie (Opens May 30th)
Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda continue their NYC adventures in gay writer-director Michael Patrick King’s big screen debut. With Chris Noth, Candace Bergen, Jennifer Hudson and the queen of comedy Mario Cantone! Opens wide May 30th. Check out the Official Blog for more info.
Speed Racer (In Theaters May 9th)
Another giant feature film release that is not actually gay, and yet… SPEED RACER is directed by hot Hollywood sibling team, the Wachowski’s (in an ongoing and mostly sensational series of news coverage everyone from Fox News to AfterElton.com has been trying to get the story of whether Larry Wachowski has indeed transitioned to become Lana – stay tuned). In any case, everyone wants to see Emile Hirsch as Speed himself. Emile has already played gay in the indie hit, THE MUDGE BOY, and he’ll earn his full gay icon badge later this year when he plays gay activist and Names Project founder Cleve Jones in Gus Van Sant’s Harvey Milk bio-pic, MILK).
