The curated portfolio of film journalist Joe Lipsett
On the eve of the world debut of their feature-length fiction film Hurricane Bianca at the 2016 Inside Out LGBT Film Festival, Roy Haylock, the real life persona of drag queen Bianca Del Rio and his close friend, director Matt Kugelman, sat down with me to discuss their opinions about making a film about homophobia in Texas, what it means to be crowdfunded and how the film got Bianca in trouble with the folks at Drag Race.
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Courtesy of Race Point Films
Our coverage of the 2016 Inside Out LGBT Film Festival continues with Ira Sachs’ Little Men, a slice of life drama about the intrusion of adult problems into the lives of teens.
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Courtesy of Ecce Films, Epicentre Films
Our coverage of the 2016 Inside Out LGBT Film Festival begins with Paris 05:59: Theo & Hugo, a sweet “meet cute” romance that dispenses with the sexual tension and titillation early on in order to focus on the real drama of a burgeoning relationship.
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Courtesy of Willowbrook Regent Films
A new horror anthology by the folks who brought us VHS and its sequel? Looks like we’re headed Southbound.
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Courtesy of A Broad, Green Pictures
The Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness programme kicks off with rockers vs white supremacists drama, Green Room.
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Courtesy of Drafthouse Films
The Invitation is a textbook example of how to create tension using actors and mise-en-scene.
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