10 Films To See at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival

By Jared Abbott on August 19, 2019 10:14 am

The Vancouver Queer Film Festival (August 15-25) kicked off with a fabulously diverse lineup of features, documentaries and shorts from around the world…and plenty of parties and workshops. Here are some highlights and recommendations: Craig William Macneill’s somber chamber … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Impresario, Charles Frohman

By Stephen Rutledge on August 18, 2019 3:03 am

Photo in public domain August 18, 1856 - Charles Frohman Charles Frohman was an American producer of both stage and screen, and one of three founders of The Famous Players Film Company (1912), which merged into Paramount Pictures, celebrating its 107th anniversary … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Actor, Monty Woolley

By Stephen Rutledge on August 17, 2019 3:03 am

In The Pied Piper (1942), Screen-grab via YouTube August 17th, 1888: Monty Woolley: "Is there a man in the world who suffers as I do from the gross inadequacies of the human race?" Edgar Montillion Woolley was born in New York City. He grew up with parents who mixed with … [Read more...]

#FlashBack69: 50 Years Ago – “Woodstock”

By Stephen Rutledge on August 16, 2019 8:31 am

Photo via YouTube Today marks the 50th anniversary of The Woodstock Music & Arts Festival: An Aquarian Exposition, 3 Days Of Peace & Music. It was held on a 600-acre dairy farm outside of tiny Bethel, New York, not actually in Woodstock, which is 60 miles away. A half … [Read more...]

#QueerQuote: “I Loved You, So I Drew These Tides of Men into My Hands & Wrote My Will Across the Sky in Stars.” –T.E Lawrence, on His Arab Lover

By Stephen Rutledge on August 16, 2019 3:27 am

Lawrence in the 1920s, via YouTube It is rather astounding to consider the films I have missed, even as a lifelong film fan, even after four years of university Film History and Film Theory classes, even after sharing more than half my life with someone who possibly loves … [Read more...]

#QueerQuote: “Fashion is an Expression of the Times. Elegance is Something Else Again.” – Horst P.Horst

By Stephen Rutledge on August 14, 2019 4:29 pm

Although I take many pictures and receive a bunch of "Likes" on Instagram, I could never be a real photographer because I would never be able to master the nuances and mechanics required for a 35mm camera and darkroom, and that’s because I am an idiot. Thankfully, because of … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Character Actor, Alice Ghostley

By Stephen Rutledge on August 14, 2019 3:03 am

In Grease, 1978, via YouTube August 14, 1923 – Alice Ghostley: I have had some real pushback recently over using the term "character actor", with one reader insisting that I was designating it to describe actors that did not possess conventional beauty. There have always … [Read more...]

To Do, LA: Susanne Bartsch and Mark Ronson Present “Club Heartbreak,” Thursday Night at Catch One

By James St. James on August 13, 2019 1:49 pm

Nightlife queen Susanne Bartsch and DJ king Mark Ronson are combining their considerable forces to throw what just might be the party of the year, Club Heartbreak in Los Angeles, Thursday night (August 15) at the LEGENDARY Catch One club (4067 West Pico Boulevard). Mark will … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Writer, Radclyffe Hall

By Stephen Rutledge on August 12, 2019 3:03 am

Photo by Troubridge, Wikimedia Commons August 12, 1880– Radclyffe Hall: "For the sake of all the others who are like you, but less strong and less gifted perhaps, many of them, it’s up to you to have the courage to make good." Outside of Rita Mae … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Pooped Pope, Julius III

By Stephen Rutledge on August 10, 2019 3:03 am

Painter unknown August 9, 1487 - Pope Julius III The Cathedral of Sienna is one of my favorite structures certainly my favorite House of the Holy. A medieval church, the alternating bands of dark and light marble that make the cathedral's façade are so striking and they … [Read more...]