On Loving and Leaving New York
One of the books on my New Year reading list is Sari Botton’s award-winning anthology “Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York,” whose contributors include everyone from...
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Hollywood Doth Protest Too Much: On the Sony Hacking Scandal
“This only guarantees that this movie will be seen by more people on Earth than it would have before. Legally or illegally all will see it,” tweeted Tinseltown’s box office sweetheart Judd...
“She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry”: An Interview with Director Mary Dore
If your idea of the early days of the women’s movement is limited to NOW and the ERA then Mary Dore’s eye-opening “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry” has got another acronym or two for...
“Homme Less” in DOC NYC: An Interview with Director Thomas Wirthensohn and Subject Mark Reay
Making its North American debut in the Metropolis section at DOC NYC, Thomas Wirthensohn’s beautifully crafted “Homme Less” follows the quintessentially eccentric New Yorker Mark Reay. At 52,...
Being Barack: An Interview with “Bronx Obama” Director Ryan Murdock
Originally titled “The Audacity of Louis Ortiz,” Ryan Murdock’s “Bronx Obama” is a study of the American Dream gone wacky. In 2008 a former Verizon worker of Puerto Rican descent shaved off...
A Quickie with Michael Lucas: The Gay Porn Mogul Discusses “Campaign of Hate: Russia and Gay Propaganda”
Michael Lucas is the most mainstreamed, provocative, and controversial figure in gay adult entertainment” according to his website, and it’s hard not to believe the hype. A sort of David O....
Combat Documentarian Rachel Beth Anderson on “First to Fall”
While there seems to be no shortage of cursory stories from the front lines of recent Middle Eastern conflicts, filmmakers Rachel Beth Anderson and Tim Grucza have decided to dig deeper. During the...
Director Kitty Green on “Ukraine is Not a Brothel”
In (coastal) America the line between performance art and pornography has long been walked by a plethora of female provocateurs, from Annie Sprinkle right up to Sasha Grey. So in this sense Femen –...
Directors Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine Discuss “The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden”
I’ve seen Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine’s “The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden” twice now, the first time at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and most recently at the...
What’s Gender Got to Do with It? Coming Out Genderqueer
I’ve always been a staunch defender of celebs like Anderson Cooper who for most of his career refused to confirm his homosexuality. To me, speculation as to whether Cooper was or wasn’t gay...