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John Sobrack (director, BOYCRAZY)

jenni — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:29:25 +0000

“LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! is my favorite gay film. It encompasses so many levels of emotions and gives me a feeling of nostalgia. It’s funny, romantic, bitchy, playful & sentimental. The final monologues while they practice the Swan Lake dance always makes me cry. Plus, it lives out my fantasy of owning a home on a lake & having all my friends visit. A recent favorite: WERE THE WORLD MINE. It is such a brilliant take on ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’ & the music is beautiful & addictive.”

Get your hands on John’s fabulous gay short, BoyCrazy — part of the gay men’s shorts collection: BOYCRAZY (coming to DVD on April 6th but you can reserve your copy now at WolfeVideo.com).

Reed Cowan (director, 8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION)

jenni — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:31:22 +0000

“MILK. I love this film because there are so few LGBT movies that pay tribute to our history. Like any marginalized segment of our population there are films that are thematically LGBT, but very few that tell our story and give us an historical purview. That’s why I choose MILK. In hopes that more LGBT period pieces will follow in its footsteps.”

Keep an eye out for Reed Cowan’s 8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION coming soon to a film festival or cinema near you on the heels of its successful World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Get more details about the film right here.

Dani Campbell (lesbian heartthrob and reality TV star)

jenni — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:24:32 +0000

“Not only is BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER my favorite LGBT movie, but it’s also one of the funniest movies in my collection. People honestly think that homosexuality can be cured like a disease and it can be sooo frustrating! This movie takes this ridiculous reality and makes light of it with comedic relief. It’s nice to be able to laugh at the things that bother you the most:) I’m a homosexual! I’m a homosexual! I’m a homosexual!”

Go friend Dani on Facebook and stay up to date on all her exploits including her upcoming role on GIMME SUGAR 2!

Alison Reid (director, THE BABY FORMULA)

jenni — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:52:34 +0000

“It’s hard to narrow down a favorite. Do I really have to choose? I grew up watching PERSONAL BEST over and over and over. BOYS DON’T CRY is definitely on my list – so moving and real. Does FRIED GREEN TOMATOES count? I loved it too. A great example of just how much can be communicated non-verbally. BOUND was a great ride and I got also got a big kick out of FRENCH TWIST. In the doc world FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO blew me away. I saw it at Sundance and couldn’t get it out of my head.”

You’re gonna love Alison’s new movie, THE BABY FORMULA — it’s a funny and heartwarming comedy drama about a lesbian couple who decide to become pregnant using sperm made from one another’s stem cells. THE BABY FORMULA is coming to fine retailers everywhere on March 9^th but you can reserve your advance copy now at Wolfe.

Cathy DeBuono (AND THEN CAME LOLA)

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:47:25 +0000

“One of my favorite lesbian movies has to be D.E.B.S. I had no idea what I was getting into when I rented it, but as the film unfolds one could make super strong arguments for the presence of some really clever metaphor. The girls themselves were like Freud’s personality components. “Dominque” the id, “Max” the super ego and “Amy” the ego. “Janet” gives voice to the inner child and together they engage in a journey that illustrates the development of one solid self as it faces the anxiety of discovering it doesn’t fit inside society’s box. I loved it. Or… I made all of that up in my own head. Either way Angela Robinson is brilliant for taking me there.”

Enjoy Cathy’s terrific performance when you order your advance copy of AND THEN CAME LOLA from WolfeVideo.com!

Jason Bushman (HOLLYWOOD JE T’AIME)

jenni — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:32:43 +0000

“It’s so hard to choose a favorite lgbt movie, but here goes… One of my favorite queer movies is SHORTBUS. I love the spirit of it, the process in which they made it; it’s pretty balls-out, literally and figuratively. One of my favorite performers, Justin Bond, is in it, and everyone else (guys and girls alike) are interesting, and real, and sexy as hell. I also really dig its connective tissue, the animated flyover of Brooklyn and Manhattan, and the sweet, introspective soundtrack. Okay, it gets a little silly at times – the egg vibrator comes to mind – but overall I just loved that the filmmaker had something to say.”

Ask for Jason’s new movie, HOLLYWOOD JE T’AIME at fine retailers and video stores across the country on December 8th. Or place your order now at WolfeVideo.com and be the first on your block to get it!

Ashleigh Sumner (AND THEN CAME LOLA)

jenni — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:31:19 +0000

“My favorite queer movie of all time is HIGH ART. Great performances. Great script. Great film. Lisa Cholodenko can do no wrong.”

Speaking of great performances, script and film be sure to check out Ashleigh in the hot new lesbian feature, AND THEN CAME LOLA (coming in spring 2010 from Wolfe — click to reserve your copy today).

Lisa Cholodenko (HIGH ART)

jenni — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:29:07 +0000

“I’d have to say ONE of my favorite LBGT movies is SHOW ME LOVE (also know as FUCKING AMAL in Swedish). Teen girls doing their thing. So bittersweet and sexy and tender.”

Discover Lisa’s classic lesbian feature HIGH ART on DVD from WolfeVideo.com and stay tuned for her upcoming film, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT starring Julianne Moore and Annette Bening as lesbian Moms whose teenage kids (played by Josh Hutcherson and Mia Wasikowska) decide they want to meet their sperm donor, Mark Ruffalo (coming in 2010).

Nicole Conn (CLAIRE OF THE MOON, CYNARA)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:31:53 +0000

“Here it is: ENTRE NOUS – I just love the filmmaking. It’s lyrical without being sappy, emotional without being sentimental. My other all time fave GLBT film is PARTING GLANCES – just adore that film – and Steve Buscemi in it.”

Get your own copy of the 2-disc collector’s edition of CLAIRE OF THE MOON (or just watch the trailer) or discover Nicole’s erotic romance, CYNARA.

Susie Bright (Sexpert and writer)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:27:00 +0000

“My favorite LGBT movie is BOUND. Because the filmmakers came to me and told me they were inspired by me to make it. Because they asked me to be their sex consultant. Because I finally got to make the sex scene I’d wanted to see my whole life. Because we watched it premiere at the Castro with 1500 dykes and all screamed our heads off. Because it’s based on my own sex life and it’s just a hoot to see “me” played by Jennifer Tilly. I know it’s an ego-centric answer, but what else could even come close?

Susie’s blog is wildly entertaining, check it out!
http://susiebright.blogs.com

Angela Robinson (D.E.B.S., HERBIE: FULLY LOADED)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:41:42 +0000

“My favorite lezzie movie is HEAVENLY CREATURES, wonderful with true life twist the Kate Winslet character grew up to be none other than famous novelist Anne Perry, and when the movie was released had to “come out” as a murderer. Ironically, in interviews at the time, she seemed much more irritated by the movie inferring that she was a lesbian than it revealing her childhood crime. 2nd place goes to SHOW ME LOVE. Lots of teen angst and great acting.”

Check out Angela’s awesome queer classic, D.E.B.S.

Barbara Grier (Naiad Press)

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:03:16 +0000

“When the subject is so near and dear to the heart the answer or answers have to be suspect. My favorite is CLAIRE OF THE MOON. It will always be, but it is for lots of wrong reasons including, but not limited to, the wonderful music. Another I like immensely for better reasons is OUT OF SEASON. I like the sense that the people in the movie are real. I believe they exist. I would not be surprised to run into them on the street.
I cannot help but throw this in. There has never yet been a properly funded lesbian film. I hope there will be before my death. But I know because it is clear if you look at straight films, that women’s issues have no meaning in the world, they just don’t. Now it may/will change, but it is still a long uphill battle. Look at all the lesbian films, a very thin field indeed.”

Learn more about Barbara Grier.
http://www.glbtq.com/literature/grier_b.html

Mink Stole (EATING OUT, GIRL PLAY)

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:58:06 +0000

“The only absolutely, deliberately gay movies I ever see are the ones I’m in, so I have to go with BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (mother of a lesbian), GIRL PLAY (mother of a lesbian), and EATING OUT 2 (mother of a gay son). If fantasies count, though, the one I’d truly love to see is a Disney/Pixar version of the stories of David Sedaris — sort of like Altman’s SHORT CUTS only in 3D animation.”

Discover Mink Stole in the latest installment of the Eating Out series, EATING OUT 3: ALL YOU CAN EAT now available on DVD at WolfeVideo.com!

You can also find Mink Stole in dozens of the legendary classic films of John Waters including PINK FLAMINGOS!

Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman (QUEER AS FOLK)

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:20:56 +0000

RON: “My favorite is THE CHILDREN’S HOUR. The screenplay by Lillian Hellmann is a chilling and heartbreaking study of the destructive effects of viciousness and lies, as well as a courageous indictment of the McCarthy Era. Still rather pertinent. The performances by Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine are exquisite. The direction by William Wyler (my favorite director, by the way) is matchless. How typical, and ridiculous, that certain PC people would dismiss it. Their loss.”

DAN: “My favorite Gay film has got to be the original French version of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES. Outrageous. Uproarious. And, ultimately, a very moving love story about tolerance and acceptance. With an absolutely sublime, masterful (mistressful?) performance by Michel Serrault. I was especially glad that there were subtitles during the scene where Ugo Tognazzi tries to teach Serrault’s “Albin/Zaza” how to be butch. I don’t believe I’ve ever heard such screams of laughter in a theatre. It would have drowned out dialogue in any language.”

Discover Ron and Dan’s pioneering gay drama, AN EARLY FROST on DVD today from Wolfe or get your hands on the complete boxed set of their landmark Showtime series, QUEER AS FOLK.

Silas Howard (BY HOOK OR BY CROOK)

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:11:23 +0000

“My favorite LGBT film is Lizzie Borden’s BORN IN FLAMES. Super queer in its humorous radical take over of the state-run media estate and an awesome girl bike gang! We need a movie like that again. a fantasy of rebellion where a diverse coalition of women emerges to blow the System apart. The fantastic Isabel (Adele Berti) as a speak-truth-to-power performer for the metropolis’s futuristic radio station. Oh yeah!”

See the trailer for Silas’s classic butch/trans buddy movie, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK and buy the DVD today. You can also see him in the awesome lesbian short, DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS (on the SHE LIKES GIRLS 4 lesbian shorts collection).

Julie Goldman (BIG DREAMS IN LITTLE HOPE)

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:16:32 +0000

“Okay, so off the top of my head, TODAY: My favorite LGBT movie, I think is: ELECTION, I think it has one of the best lesbian plot lines ever. Understated. Funny. Smart. OR… BEAUTIFUL THING – loved that one too, about the high school boy who falls in love with a boy on his soccer team. It was just so Sweet and lovely and funny. OH WAIT I LOVED D.E.B.S. Loved it. Funny funny funny. I think D.E.B.S. is my favorite lesbian movie. Yeah if I think about it too long I’ll come up with a long list, so I’ll keep it at those 3. For today. Ask me tomorrow it’ll be 3 different ones. Though I really did LOVE D.E.B.S.

Check out the trailer for Julie’s hilarious feature film BIG DREAMS IN LITTLE HOPE and while you’re there you can even buy the DVD! You can also see Julie in the wonderful short film HAPPY BIRTHDAY — featured on the fabulous SHE LIKES GIRLS 3 lesbian shorts DVD.

Jennie Livingston (PARIS IS BURNING)

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:43:54 +0000

“One of my favorite LGBT movies is MYSTERIOUS SKIN, which I saw at the Turin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in glamorous (although, the Italians wouldn’t agree, it’s a town famous for Fiat factories!) Turin, Italy. After dinner with John Waters and other festival attendees, we all tromped over to the theater. I thought it was a John Waters screening, but it turned out to be Gregg Araki’s MYSTERIOUS SKIN. What a beautiful, brilliant movie: it’s almost delicate in its treatment of small-town alternakids from Kansas and their grappling with memories of childhood sexual abuse. Based on a novel by Scott Heim. Great soundtrack too. Run, don’t walk.

Get your hands on a DVD of Jennie’s legendary movie, PARIS IS BURNING

Michael Lumpkin (former Frameline fest director)

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:39:34 +0000

“I’ll go with SOME LIKE IT HOT. Surprisingly transgressive and made by one of the best directors of all time, Billy Wilder who co-wrote the screenplay with I.A.L. Diamond. Cinematography by Charles Lang. And what a cast! Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, George Raft, Joe E. Brown! I can watch it over and over. “Security!” It’s why I’m gay!”

As the former head of Frameline: The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival Michael has been championing queer cinema for decades. He was also a co-producer of the groundbreaking documentary THE CELLULOID CLOSET and is now executive director of the International Documentary Association (IDA).

Ron Davis (PAGEANT)

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:01:41 +0000

“Without a doubt, my favorite LGBT movie is TORCH SONG TRILOGY. It’s an oldie, but goodie. The acting was superb and it is a rare movie that combines gut-wrenching humor with profound depth. It was the first LGBT movie I had ever seen that truthfully and sensitively portrayed a gay relationship and the struggles and joys that accompanied it during that era. It is a must-see”

See the trailer and buy the DVD of Ron’s terrific new documentary, PAGEANT from WolfeVideo.com!

Mia Riverton (RED DOORS)

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:01:23 +0000

“One of my favorite LGBT films is FOXFIRE, although I really see it more as a coming-of-age movie than an LGBT film. Perhaps that’s why it spoke to me so personally as a teenager growing up in the Midwest, just beginning to discover new and exhilarating aspects of my personality and sexuality. These young actresses (including the breathtaking Jenny Shimizu) portrayed the spectrum of adolescent rage, lust, love, and friendship in a way that was so vibrant, authentic, stylish, and wonderfully queer.? My favorite scene is the one in which Legs (Angelina Jolie) tattoos herself and each of the other girls after they almost burn down their school — not just because they take their clothes off (okay, maybe in part) but because it’s both emotionally pure and intensely erotic.”

Get a copy of Mia’s wonderful film, RED DOORS on DVD today from WolfeVideo.com!

Lillian Faderman (scholar and historian)

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:00:34 +0000

“My favorite LGBT movie? One of my favorite movies period (not just in the LGBT category): AIMEE AND JAGUAR. I thought the movie was even better than the book—and how often does that happen? The movie captured so well the insanity and terror of Nazi-Germany in the early War years—life ostensibly going on for Aryans, as usual, in nightclubs and restaurants and on the streets, while some Jews and homosexuals (and homosexual Jews like the lesbian Jaguar) tried to find surreptitious ways to live and love in the belly of the beast. Powerful.”

Find out all about Lillian Faderman and all her important work as a lesbian historian and writer at her official website!

Corey Scholibo (former A&E editor, The Advocate)

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:00:01 +0000

“My favorite queer flick of all time is BEAUTIFUL THING. It’s the movie that made me feel like being gay was going to be okay, even at a very young age. Jamie is fearless and Ste is, well… inspiring.”

Corey is the former arts and entertainment editor at The Advocate and he continues to freelance and work on his new novel.

Jill Sobule (singer-songwriter)

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:58:22 +0000

“Hmmmm, well it had to be… EMMANUELLE. Okay, it was not a LGBT movie, and it was a really bad cheezy French soft porn movie, but it was the first time ever that I saw two girls kissing and… more. I remember the first time going into a lesbian bar in Denver. Somehow, in my mind, I was thinking that the gals playing pool would resemble the French school girls in the movie. I was wrong. I also have a thing for DESERT HEARTS. Oh, and I loved AIMEE & JAGUAR. WW2 and Lesbians are two of my favorite subjects for the movies.”

Visit Jill Sobule at her Official Website to re-discover the classic ORIGINAL smash hit, “I Kissed A Girl” (way before Katy Perry) and all her other great music including the new album, California Years.

Duncan Roy (AKA, PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY)

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:02:49 +0000

“My favorite LGBT film is THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT followed by ANYTHING by Derek Jarman. THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT was the first gay themed movie I ever saw, John Hurt plays Quentin Crisp the effeminate homosexual who bravely confronts British post war straight and gay society by being utterly true to himself.”

Discover Duncan’s most recent feature film, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY.

Yolonda Ross (STRANGER INSIDE)

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:53:38 +0000

“Well, one of my favorite queer movies is DANI AND ALICE, and not because I’m in it. I think I tend to just go for the dramatic stuff and that hits home to me. The other is one that I wrote myself that isn’t out yet. HaHa! And would you consider STRANGER INSIDE a queer movie? I don’t know. I think it’s a great film though.”

See Yolonda in Roberta Munroe’s powerful short drama, DANI AND ALICE on THE ULTIMATE LESBIAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL DVD at WolfeVideo.com and discover her amazing performance in Cheryl Dunye’s hard-hitting women’s prison drama, STRANGER INSIDE.