Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? Fake It So Real Trailer Jay Cheel from Film Junk [1] is a voracious consumer of documentaries, as such he makes a great resource for anything...
- 7/22/2011
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Reviewed by Amy R. Handler
(March 2011)
Directed by: Crayton Robey
More than four decades after it premiered on stage and in movie theaters, people are still talking about “The Boys in the Band.” So what’s it all mean, and where do we go from there?
When the then down-and-out playwright Mart Crowley composed a script from the mansion where he was house-sitting, he had no idea he would change the course of history. The script was “The Boys in the Band,” and the play opened on April 14, 1968, at Theater Four — off-off-Broadway in New York City. Under the direction of Robert Moore (“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”), “The Boys” ran for 1,001 performances and stunned audiences from virtually every strata of society. Two years later, director William Friedkin (“The Exorcist”) recreated the production for film with the original cast — and the movie was every bit as provocative as the live performances preceding it.
(March 2011)
Directed by: Crayton Robey
More than four decades after it premiered on stage and in movie theaters, people are still talking about “The Boys in the Band.” So what’s it all mean, and where do we go from there?
When the then down-and-out playwright Mart Crowley composed a script from the mansion where he was house-sitting, he had no idea he would change the course of history. The script was “The Boys in the Band,” and the play opened on April 14, 1968, at Theater Four — off-off-Broadway in New York City. Under the direction of Robert Moore (“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”), “The Boys” ran for 1,001 performances and stunned audiences from virtually every strata of society. Two years later, director William Friedkin (“The Exorcist”) recreated the production for film with the original cast — and the movie was every bit as provocative as the live performances preceding it.
- 3/11/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Amy R. Handler
(March 2011)
Directed by: Crayton Robey
More than four decades after it premiered on stage and in movie theaters, people are still talking about “The Boys in the Band.” So what’s it all mean, and where do we go from there?
When the then down-and-out playwright Mart Crowley composed a script from the mansion where he was house-sitting, he had no idea he would change the course of history. The script was “The Boys in the Band,” and the play opened on April 14, 1968, at Theater Four — off-off-Broadway in New York City. Under the direction of Robert Moore (“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”), “The Boys” ran for 1,001 performances and stunned audiences from virtually every strata of society. Two years later, director William Friedkin (“The Exorcist”) recreated the production for film with the original cast — and the movie was every bit as provocative as the live performances preceding it.
(March 2011)
Directed by: Crayton Robey
More than four decades after it premiered on stage and in movie theaters, people are still talking about “The Boys in the Band.” So what’s it all mean, and where do we go from there?
When the then down-and-out playwright Mart Crowley composed a script from the mansion where he was house-sitting, he had no idea he would change the course of history. The script was “The Boys in the Band,” and the play opened on April 14, 1968, at Theater Four — off-off-Broadway in New York City. Under the direction of Robert Moore (“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”), “The Boys” ran for 1,001 performances and stunned audiences from virtually every strata of society. Two years later, director William Friedkin (“The Exorcist”) recreated the production for film with the original cast — and the movie was every bit as provocative as the live performances preceding it.
- 3/11/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
The Boys in the Band
Can I make a confession? I didn't want to watch or review Making the Boys, the new documentary about the landmark 1968 play and 1970 film The Boys in the Band that opens in limited release in March.
Yes, yes, I know how important the movie is in gay entertainment history (which is why I put it as number one on my list of the most important gay movies of all time, even as I also put it on another list of my least favorite gay movies).
But it's also probably the most discussed gay movie of all time. As Making the Boys points out, it was hailed upon its first staging, then condemned by gays in the post-Stonewall era, then "rediscovered" in the 1990s. At every point in modern gay history, it's been there in the background, cited as an example of post-Stonewall "truth," or as...
Can I make a confession? I didn't want to watch or review Making the Boys, the new documentary about the landmark 1968 play and 1970 film The Boys in the Band that opens in limited release in March.
Yes, yes, I know how important the movie is in gay entertainment history (which is why I put it as number one on my list of the most important gay movies of all time, even as I also put it on another list of my least favorite gay movies).
But it's also probably the most discussed gay movie of all time. As Making the Boys points out, it was hailed upon its first staging, then condemned by gays in the post-Stonewall era, then "rediscovered" in the 1990s. At every point in modern gay history, it's been there in the background, cited as an example of post-Stonewall "truth," or as...
- 2/22/2011
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
By Lita Robinson - January 13, 2011
In his latest documentary “Making The Boys,” director Crayton Robey (“Where Ocean Meets Sky”) investigates the legacy of the iconic play “The Boys in the Band,” which became both a rallying cry and a bone of contention in the gay rights movement of the 60s and 70s, and remains so to this day. Playwright Mart Crowley, a close friend of Natalie Wood, is the star of the film, and walks the audience through both his personal history and the contemporary events that inspired his groundbreaking work..
“Making” is well organized; the film’s pacing is excellent and its basic structure (interviews spliced together with period photos and footage) works well to give the audience the fullest possible picture of its subject. The selection of interviewees is a treat: everyone from Edward Albee to Dan Savage gets to say their piece, and the commentary is lively.
In his latest documentary “Making The Boys,” director Crayton Robey (“Where Ocean Meets Sky”) investigates the legacy of the iconic play “The Boys in the Band,” which became both a rallying cry and a bone of contention in the gay rights movement of the 60s and 70s, and remains so to this day. Playwright Mart Crowley, a close friend of Natalie Wood, is the star of the film, and walks the audience through both his personal history and the contemporary events that inspired his groundbreaking work..
“Making” is well organized; the film’s pacing is excellent and its basic structure (interviews spliced together with period photos and footage) works well to give the audience the fullest possible picture of its subject. The selection of interviewees is a treat: everyone from Edward Albee to Dan Savage gets to say their piece, and the commentary is lively.
- 1/16/2011
- by Screen Comment
- Screen Comment
Berlin -- The Berlin film festival's Panorama sidebar is coming back loud and proud this year with a lineup packed with films examining gender identity and the gay movement.
The 2010 Panorama opens Feb. 11 with the Russian film "Jolly Fellows," director Felix Mikhailov's look at the drag queen subculture of a Moscow club.
This year's lineup also features Cheryl Dunye's thriller "The Owls," in which aging lesbians try to get away with murder; and Jake Yuzna's "Open," a series of intertwined love stories featuring gay and trans-gendered partners.
Several of Panorama's documentary selections explores related themes -- such as Crayton Robery's "Making The Boys" about Matt Crowley's ground breaking gay play "The Boys in the Band;" "Cuchillo de Palo," Renate Costa's expose of persecution of homosexuals during the Paraguayan dictatorship and the German doc "Rock Hudson – Dark and Handsome Stranger" from directors Andrew Davies and Andre Schaefer.
The 2010 Panorama opens Feb. 11 with the Russian film "Jolly Fellows," director Felix Mikhailov's look at the drag queen subculture of a Moscow club.
This year's lineup also features Cheryl Dunye's thriller "The Owls," in which aging lesbians try to get away with murder; and Jake Yuzna's "Open," a series of intertwined love stories featuring gay and trans-gendered partners.
Several of Panorama's documentary selections explores related themes -- such as Crayton Robery's "Making The Boys" about Matt Crowley's ground breaking gay play "The Boys in the Band;" "Cuchillo de Palo," Renate Costa's expose of persecution of homosexuals during the Paraguayan dictatorship and the German doc "Rock Hudson – Dark and Handsome Stranger" from directors Andrew Davies and Andre Schaefer.
- 1/22/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Berlin -- Brit director Mat Whitecross, who shook up the Berlin film festival with his last two documentaries, "The Shock Doctrine" (2009) and "Road to Guantanamo" (2006) is returning this year with "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll," a biopic of British punk icon Ian Dury starring Andy Serkis.
"Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" is certain to be one of the highlights of this year's Panorama lineup, which was announced Friday.
Other returning veterans include French filmmakers Jacques Martineau and Olivier Ducastel, whose new drama "Family Tree" will have its world premiere in Berlin; Hong Kong helmer Skud, coming to town with "Amphetamine" and Austrian director Peter Kern, whose "Initiation" looks at the relationship between an octogenarian and a 16-year-old boy.
Art and gay cinema have always had pride of place at the Panorama, and are well represented in the 2010 lineup. Panorama's non-fiction section, the Dokumente, includes "Waste Land," Lucy Walker's portrait of artist...
"Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" is certain to be one of the highlights of this year's Panorama lineup, which was announced Friday.
Other returning veterans include French filmmakers Jacques Martineau and Olivier Ducastel, whose new drama "Family Tree" will have its world premiere in Berlin; Hong Kong helmer Skud, coming to town with "Amphetamine" and Austrian director Peter Kern, whose "Initiation" looks at the relationship between an octogenarian and a 16-year-old boy.
Art and gay cinema have always had pride of place at the Panorama, and are well represented in the 2010 lineup. Panorama's non-fiction section, the Dokumente, includes "Waste Land," Lucy Walker's portrait of artist...
- 1/8/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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