A politically provocative tale, Out in the Dark tells the story of an Israeli lawyer who falls for a Palestinian psychology student. The film was released in 2012 at the Haifa Film Festival. A directorial debut for Michael Mayer, the film portrays the political complications of an Israeli falling in love with a Palestinian in […]
Circumstance:
October 6, 2021 by
A story of forbidden love, Maryam Keshavarz’s film concerns a love affair between young women played out in Tehran. The film, released after political turmoil in Iran with the elections of 2009, delves into a youth counterculture there. Schoolmates and lovers-to-be Atafeh (The Bold Type’s Nikohl Boosheri) and Shireen (Sarah Kazemy) join a gay male […]
Gay Cinema: Italian
October 1, 2021 by
In Italian movies of the late 1960s and early 1970s, homosexuality emerged out of the closet.
Directors: Known for One Film
September 30, 2021 by
Directors: Known for One Film Jean Eustache, The Mother and The Whore (1973); made 2 features, committed suicide Marco Ferreri, Dilinger est Morte (1969); La Grande Bouffe (1973); made many films. Share this:
Many Saints of Newark, The: Director Alan Taylor’s Challenges
September 24, 2021 by
Director Alan Taylor, ‘Many Saints of Newark’ on Tackling Newark Riots and Race The ‘Sopranos’ prequel director, executive producer Marcus Viscidi talk about portraying the 1967 riots as the film’s backdrop and the unexpected timeliness of a story more than a decade in the making. ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ cast TAYLOR HILL / FILMMAGIC […]
