Editorial Product Review: essential video:Author Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City) wrote Lily Tomlin's narration for this superb documentary, based on a book by the late Vito Russo, about Hollywood's treatment of homosexual characters in the 20th century. Never pointing a finger at anyone in the film community, The Celluloid Closet presents clips from more than 100 mainstream features (including The Children's Hour, Advise and Consent, The Boys in the Band, and The Hunger) that speak loudly in their respective ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:HOT DOG BUNS... THE DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTARY ON THE 'HOT DOG GIRLS' OF SOUTH FLORIDA! ROADSIDE FANTASIES! They TITILATE, and GYRATE, DANCE and STRUT, BARE THEIR 'BUNS', all in good clean fun. But the Pay-Off is Big Sales and Happy Customers. These woman are smart and sassy, curvy and sensual, and the public flocks to see them Day after Day! The 'HOT DOG GIRLS' of South Florida have proven that with a little Entrepreneurial Know How, a little Money, ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:HOT DOG BUNS... THE DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTARY ON THE 'HOT DOG GIRLS' OF SOUTH FLORIDA! ROADSIDE FANTASIES! They TITILATE, and GYRATE, DANCE and STRUT, BARE THEIR 'BUNS', all in good clean fun. But the Pay-Off is Big Sales and Happy Customers. These woman are smart and sassy, curvy and sensual, and the public flocks to see them Day after Day! The 'HOT DOG GIRLS' of South Florida have proven that with a little Entrepreneurial Know How, a little Money, ...
Editorial Product Review: :This 1993 documentary conceived and directed by Catherine Warnow and Regina Weinreich is an at times disturbing but always fascinating portrait of the enigmatic and reclusive author who many call the original expatriate and the godfather of the Beat Generation. Using the environment of present day Tangiers as a springboard, the film charts the life of Paul Bowles, from his privileged upbringing to his promising career as a celebrated composer on Broadway in 1930s and '40s New York ...
Editorial Product Review: :In this touching documentary, Margaret Wescott attempts to give voice to lesbian culture as it has existed throughout the Western world, from the time of Sappho to the present day. This is a daunting task, but one that is managed successfully by informed narration and the candid stories of lesbians from San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Vancouver, Berlin, Paris, and Amsterdam. The film begins on a high note, celebrating gay-pride rallies of the 1990s. Starting from the present ...
Editorial Product Review: :Women directors don't have it easy and lesbian directors in particular face serious problems producing their work. The documentary Lavender Limelight focuses on seven prominent lesbian filmmakers and examines both the frustrations and the ecstasies inherent in their art. Interviews with directors such as Jennie Livingston (Paris Is Burning) and Monika Treut (Virgin Machine) illuminate the process of filmmaking with insightful answers to penetrating questions, often exposing the tenacious sense of humor required to succeed in the business. ...
Editorial Product Review: :Artists often invoke a past that never existed, but this offbeat documentary focuses on a pair of artists who don't merely create a fictitious past but try to live in it. David McDermott and Peter McGough, a gay couple living in New York's East Village, choose to wear the fashions of a hundred years ago, and their anachronistic flourishes are an embodiment of their art. Their paintings generally resemble illustrations from the early years of the 20th century, ...
Editorial Product Review: :Rupert Everett narrates this sensitive documentary about the Nazi persecution of homosexuals during World War II. 'Paragraph 175' refers to the old German penal code concerning homosexuality, which was used to justify the prosecution of gay men during the war (the code ignored lesbians, still considered viable baby-making vessels). As mere rumor became enough to justify imprisonment, over 100,000 were arrested and between 10,000 and 15,000 were sent to concentration camps. In Paragraph 175, Klaus Müller, a historian ...
Editorial Product Review: :The companion film to Before Stonewall, After Stonewall, narrated by Melissa Etheridge, explores gay history in the U.S. from the 1970s through the 1990s. Like its predecessor, After Stonewall attempts to cover much ground in a short amount of time; however, with only three decades to span, the assignment is more manageable. The film covers the predictable highs and lows of the last 30 years of the 20th century. On the side of triumph, it explores the declassification ...
India expects to see rough diamond supplies fall by up to a fourth after the Diamond Trading Co (DTC), the distribution arm of De Beers, cuts down on Indian clients, an industry body said on Wednesday.
Hundreds of internet users from across the globe are signing an online condolence book offering their tributes to the slain former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto,