Despite their wealth and social status. Thomas and Martha Wayne were victims of random violence in a city filled with such acts on an hourly basis. The robbery and dual murders could have happened to anyone which makes Bruce Wayne a sympathetic character – he could be us. His training to become Batman resonates because any of us could dedicate ourselves both mentally and physical to perfection in order to prevent others from becoming victims.
Unless you’re watching the mess that is Gotham. There, the everyman aspect has been stripped away from the event so here, in this twisted version of the comics, we learn their murders was ordered by the Court of Owls which is somehow tied in to the utterly corrupt Board of Directions of Wayne Enterprises.
With Gotham The Complete Third Season out now on Blu-ray from Warner Home Entertainment, we can relive the harebrained plotted which...
Unless you’re watching the mess that is Gotham. There, the everyman aspect has been stripped away from the event so here, in this twisted version of the comics, we learn their murders was ordered by the Court of Owls which is somehow tied in to the utterly corrupt Board of Directions of Wayne Enterprises.
With Gotham The Complete Third Season out now on Blu-ray from Warner Home Entertainment, we can relive the harebrained plotted which...
- 8/28/2017
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Writer-director Cheryl Dunye (The Watermelon Woman, Stranger Inside) has signed with Echo Lake Management and Apa. Dunye, who is currently directing episodes of Ava DuVernay’s Queen Sugar for Own, emerged as part of the “New Queer Cinema” wave of young filmmakers in the 1990s. Dunye has made over 15 films including Mommy Is Coming, The Owls, My Baby's Daddy, and HBO's Stranger Inside, which garnered her an Independent Spirit award nomination for Best Director. Her debut…...
- 4/4/2017
- Deadline TV
Fox has released a new trailer and nine clips for the upcoming third season of Gotham, which comes with the subtitle "Mad City." As you'll see in the trailer, it looks like things really do get crazy this season, and I can't wait to see where this upcoming season leads these characters.
In the clips, we see Bruce Wayne addressing the board of directors of his company; Jim Gordon getting grilled by the reporter, Valerie Vale, at a bar; and Penguin interrupting a press conference at the Gcpd to reveal that Fish Mooney is leading an army of escaped crazy people.
The other four promo clips focus on certain characters of the series including Bullock, Selina Kyle, Nathaniel Barnes, Barbara and Tabitha, Jim Gordon, and Fish Mooney.
Here's the synopsis for the upcoming premiere episode, which is set to air on Monday, September 19th:
Gordon works in a monster-ridden Gotham...
In the clips, we see Bruce Wayne addressing the board of directors of his company; Jim Gordon getting grilled by the reporter, Valerie Vale, at a bar; and Penguin interrupting a press conference at the Gcpd to reveal that Fish Mooney is leading an army of escaped crazy people.
The other four promo clips focus on certain characters of the series including Bullock, Selina Kyle, Nathaniel Barnes, Barbara and Tabitha, Jim Gordon, and Fish Mooney.
Here's the synopsis for the upcoming premiere episode, which is set to air on Monday, September 19th:
Gordon works in a monster-ridden Gotham...
- 9/16/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Fox has released a fresh new synopsis for Gotham Season 3 and a series of character portraits. The new synopsis offers details on what we can expect from the third season, including information on Poison Ivy — who is going through a major change this season — as well as the Mad Hatter, who is being introduced this season. It also gets us up to speed on the other characters in the series. Seems like there's going to be a lot of interesting reveals this season, including more info on the murder of Bruce Wayne's parents.
I'm a fan of this series and I've enjoyed what the creative team has been doing with it. I'm looking forward to seeing where they take the story and these characters next. Here's the full synopsis:
Gotham (Mondays, 8:00-9:00 Pm Et/Pt) The origin story continues on Season Three of Gotham, and the stakes are higher than ever,...
I'm a fan of this series and I've enjoyed what the creative team has been doing with it. I'm looking forward to seeing where they take the story and these characters next. Here's the full synopsis:
Gotham (Mondays, 8:00-9:00 Pm Et/Pt) The origin story continues on Season Three of Gotham, and the stakes are higher than ever,...
- 8/8/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Hot on the heels of some new character portraits comes the arrival of our first detailed synopsis for the third season of Gotham. In addition to a deeper look at the Court of Owls, we can expect to see villains that are “more ambitious and depraved,” which makes sense considering that a busload of Hugo Strange’s human experiments are now roaming the city.
Perhaps the most interesting tidbits revealed are that Jim Gordon will take on the role of a bounty hunter and the aforementioned Hugo Strange will be returning. As for Poison Ivy, not much regarding her accelerated age and gaining of powers is revealed that we didn’t already know, but thanks to TV Insider, we have our first look at Maggie Geha as the iconic super villain (see below).
Without further delay, here’s the early word regarding Season 3:
Gotham (Mondays, 8:00-9:00 Pm...
Perhaps the most interesting tidbits revealed are that Jim Gordon will take on the role of a bounty hunter and the aforementioned Hugo Strange will be returning. As for Poison Ivy, not much regarding her accelerated age and gaining of powers is revealed that we didn’t already know, but thanks to TV Insider, we have our first look at Maggie Geha as the iconic super villain (see below).
Without further delay, here’s the early word regarding Season 3:
Gotham (Mondays, 8:00-9:00 Pm...
- 8/8/2016
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Tags: The Watermelon WomanCheryl DunyeGuinevere TurnerIMDb
When Cheryl Dunye made The Watermelon Woman in the mid-'90s, it was the only feature-length film about lesbian women of color — ever. Other films might have had Sapphic subtext or touch on lesbianish themes, but Dunye wrote, directed and starred in the mockumentary about a black lesbian (named Cheryl, played by Cheryl) who worked at a movie store by day and on her own films by night. Specifically she was working on a film about a black actress and singer named Fae Richards who she finds out had a sexual relationship with a white female director named Martha Page.
While delving into the secret life of Fae, Cheryl interviews a film expert, a lesbian archivist (played by Sarah Schulman, who would go on to write The Owls with Dunye) and her own mother, who was alive at the time that Fae was part...
When Cheryl Dunye made The Watermelon Woman in the mid-'90s, it was the only feature-length film about lesbian women of color — ever. Other films might have had Sapphic subtext or touch on lesbianish themes, but Dunye wrote, directed and starred in the mockumentary about a black lesbian (named Cheryl, played by Cheryl) who worked at a movie store by day and on her own films by night. Specifically she was working on a film about a black actress and singer named Fae Richards who she finds out had a sexual relationship with a white female director named Martha Page.
While delving into the secret life of Fae, Cheryl interviews a film expert, a lesbian archivist (played by Sarah Schulman, who would go on to write The Owls with Dunye) and her own mother, who was alive at the time that Fae was part...
- 2/20/2013
- by trishbendix
- AfterEllen.com
Tags: Best Lesbian Bi Movie EverBest Lesbian Movie EverJamie BabbitAngela RobinsonIlene ChaikenColey SohnShamim SarifIMDb
The voting on our Best Lesbian/Bi Movie Ever poll closes next Tuesday, and if you haven't yet figured out what film deserves your click of approval, then perhaps you'll take some professional opinions into account. We asked some of our favorite out directors, actors and writers to tell us which movie they'd vote for to win the title of Best Lesbian/Bi Movie Ever, and it proved to be an interesting experiment. Most of them had the same problem you do: It's hard to pick just one! You might even get a few new films to watch out of reading their responses.
Photos from Getty
Jamie Babbit, director of But I'm a Cheerleader: Heavenly Creatures is my vote. Kate Winslet in her first role and Melanie Lynsky (she was later in my film But I'm a Cheerleader...
The voting on our Best Lesbian/Bi Movie Ever poll closes next Tuesday, and if you haven't yet figured out what film deserves your click of approval, then perhaps you'll take some professional opinions into account. We asked some of our favorite out directors, actors and writers to tell us which movie they'd vote for to win the title of Best Lesbian/Bi Movie Ever, and it proved to be an interesting experiment. Most of them had the same problem you do: It's hard to pick just one! You might even get a few new films to watch out of reading their responses.
Photos from Getty
Jamie Babbit, director of But I'm a Cheerleader: Heavenly Creatures is my vote. Kate Winslet in her first role and Melanie Lynsky (she was later in my film But I'm a Cheerleader...
- 11/9/2012
- by trishbendix
- AfterEllen.com
Carson McCullers is a literary icon, an author whose work was important for many reasons, but largely because she was a great storyteller about the South. Her novels, short stories and plays have inspired many of today's contemporary writers, and she was also the inspiration for a play about her that Suzanne Vega put on in New York this past year.
Now she'll be immortalized on screen by Jena Malone in the biopic Lonely Hunter.
Deborah Kampmeier, who was behind Virgin and Hound Dog, will be directing and producing the film which was written by lesbian activist, professor and writer Sarah Schulman (The Owls). Sarah's description of the film is as follows
The story of Carson McCullers — 1940's southern author of Heart Is A Lonely Hunter and Member of the Wedding — and her two tumultuous marriages to the same man. Best friend of Tennessee Williams, mentor of Truman Capote, roommate of Gypsy Rose Lee,...
Now she'll be immortalized on screen by Jena Malone in the biopic Lonely Hunter.
Deborah Kampmeier, who was behind Virgin and Hound Dog, will be directing and producing the film which was written by lesbian activist, professor and writer Sarah Schulman (The Owls). Sarah's description of the film is as follows
The story of Carson McCullers — 1940's southern author of Heart Is A Lonely Hunter and Member of the Wedding — and her two tumultuous marriages to the same man. Best friend of Tennessee Williams, mentor of Truman Capote, roommate of Gypsy Rose Lee,...
- 10/7/2011
- by Trish Bendix
- AfterEllen.com
Go Fish was the ultimate '90s lesbian indie flick. It sparked a trend and ignited the careers of the women involved. Where have they been and what have they been up to? Here's what we could track down.
V.S. Brodie (Ely)
The actress appeared as a karaoke singer in The Watermelon Woman with her Go Fish co-star Guinevere Turner and Cheryl Dunye in 1996 and didn't return to acting until last year's The Owls. She now lives in Paris.
Guinevere Turner (Max)
Since starring in Go Fish (her first film), Guinevere has went on to write scripts for American Psycho, The Notorious Bettie Page, BloodRayne and episodes of The L Word. She's currently working on Jamie Babbit's new film, Breaking the Girl.
Migdalia Melendez (Evy)
Migdalia wasn't really an actress — in fact, Rose Troche said she found her at a bar. Rose told Curve, "I was looking for a Puerto Rican character,...
V.S. Brodie (Ely)
The actress appeared as a karaoke singer in The Watermelon Woman with her Go Fish co-star Guinevere Turner and Cheryl Dunye in 1996 and didn't return to acting until last year's The Owls. She now lives in Paris.
Guinevere Turner (Max)
Since starring in Go Fish (her first film), Guinevere has went on to write scripts for American Psycho, The Notorious Bettie Page, BloodRayne and episodes of The L Word. She's currently working on Jamie Babbit's new film, Breaking the Girl.
Migdalia Melendez (Evy)
Migdalia wasn't really an actress — in fact, Rose Troche said she found her at a bar. Rose told Curve, "I was looking for a Puerto Rican character,...
- 10/6/2011
- by Trish Bendix
- AfterEllen.com
What happens when riot grrrls become women of a certain age? That's the provocative question posed by The Owls (out this week on DVD from First Run Features), from its opening-credits montage of Act Up demonstrations giving way to Prop 8 marches to the casting of '90s lesbian indie-film icons Cheryl Dunye (who also co-wrote and directed) and Guinevere Turner in this tale of a washed-up all-girl punk band who discover that they are now "older, wiser lesbians" (the expression that gives the film its title).
- 3/30/2011
- Movieline
First profiled on this blog in January… The Owls, by none other than Cheryl Dunye, makes its DVD/home video debut today. You can purchase a copy for $21.99 via Amazon; though it’s not available on Netflix… yet.
Last she got behind the camera was 6 years ago, with 2004’s My Baby’s Daddy, a film that was something of a head-scratcher for some, given how unlike her previous works it was – notably her critically-acclaimed debut, 1996’s Watermelon Woman.
I just chucked it up to a paycheck gig for her. Everybody does those once is awhile, right?
What’s The Owls about? First “Owls” is an acronym for Older Wiser Lesbians.
Synopsis again: Two middle-aged, lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger lesbian and hide the body, without reporting it to the authorities. Their guilt and long-kept, dark secret comes back to haunt them, as an unexpected stranger shows up in their lives,...
Last she got behind the camera was 6 years ago, with 2004’s My Baby’s Daddy, a film that was something of a head-scratcher for some, given how unlike her previous works it was – notably her critically-acclaimed debut, 1996’s Watermelon Woman.
I just chucked it up to a paycheck gig for her. Everybody does those once is awhile, right?
What’s The Owls about? First “Owls” is an acronym for Older Wiser Lesbians.
Synopsis again: Two middle-aged, lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger lesbian and hide the body, without reporting it to the authorities. Their guilt and long-kept, dark secret comes back to haunt them, as an unexpected stranger shows up in their lives,...
- 3/29/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
We profiled and posted a trailer for Cheryl Dunye’s (The Watermelon Woman) latest film The Owls last summer (Here), and now it’s been announced that the film will be released on DVD on March 29th by First Run Features.
The film, the title of which stands for Older Wiser Lesbians, and which was reportedly made for a scant $22,000, deals with (according to IMDb) :“two middle-aged, lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger lesbian and hide the body, without reporting it to the authorities. Their guilt and long-kept, dark secret comes back to haunt them, as an unexpected stranger shows up in their lives, bringing tension and discord. Little do they know that this mysterious stranger has a plan which includes all four of them.”
And there you have it…...
The film, the title of which stands for Older Wiser Lesbians, and which was reportedly made for a scant $22,000, deals with (according to IMDb) :“two middle-aged, lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger lesbian and hide the body, without reporting it to the authorities. Their guilt and long-kept, dark secret comes back to haunt them, as an unexpected stranger shows up in their lives, bringing tension and discord. Little do they know that this mysterious stranger has a plan which includes all four of them.”
And there you have it…...
- 2/22/2011
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
The Owls, (an acronym for older, wiser lesbians), is what you might call an experimental thriller, the product of an all-star group of lesbian film icons working as The Film Collaborative. Guinevere Turner, (Itty Bitty Titty Committee, The L Word) Skyler Cooper, V.S. Brodie, (Go Fish) star, alongside writer/producer Cheryl Dunye (famous for 1996 indie sensation The Watermelon Woman).
With several co-producers and producers, there are many cooks in the proverbial kitchen, and many of the main creatives share roles, making good on the "collaborative" title. As such, it's a multi-layered, unique and thoroughly original project – part queer film criticism and part tense, enjoyable fiction.
The main storyline concerns the lives of four friends (though "frenemy" might be a more apt description), all washouts from the 1990s riot grrl/queer activist era. They are, ostensibly older, wiser lesbians (hence the title), though none of them can seem to get over...
With several co-producers and producers, there are many cooks in the proverbial kitchen, and many of the main creatives share roles, making good on the "collaborative" title. As such, it's a multi-layered, unique and thoroughly original project – part queer film criticism and part tense, enjoyable fiction.
The main storyline concerns the lives of four friends (though "frenemy" might be a more apt description), all washouts from the 1990s riot grrl/queer activist era. They are, ostensibly older, wiser lesbians (hence the title), though none of them can seem to get over...
- 12/29/2010
- by Danielle Riendeau
- AfterEllen.com
Dunye directed the murderous, lesbian thriller The Owls starring Guinevere Turner, playing at the 2011 Palm Springs Film Festival January 6 - 17 with Larysa Kondracki's thriller The Whistleblower (starring Rachel Weisz) and Benedek Fliegauf's female-centric sci-fi story Womb.
An owl is gay slang for “older, wiser lesbian,” apparently (who knew? The gays did, that's who) and the plot of Dunye's murderous thriller involves two forty-something lesbian couples that share a convoluted incident in their past. An unexpected predicament in their present lives sets in motion a seriously uncertain future. starring Cheryl Dunye, Lisa Gornick, Guinevere Turner, V.S. Brodie, Deak Evgenkios, and Skyler Cooper. Who doesn't like lesbians??
Watch the trailer:
Larysa Kondracki's thriller The Whistleblower is based on a true story of an American cop (Rachel Weisz) who goes to Bosnia, where her job as a peacekeeper leads her to uncover a ring of human traffickers that includes fellow U.
An owl is gay slang for “older, wiser lesbian,” apparently (who knew? The gays did, that's who) and the plot of Dunye's murderous thriller involves two forty-something lesbian couples that share a convoluted incident in their past. An unexpected predicament in their present lives sets in motion a seriously uncertain future. starring Cheryl Dunye, Lisa Gornick, Guinevere Turner, V.S. Brodie, Deak Evgenkios, and Skyler Cooper. Who doesn't like lesbians??
Watch the trailer:
Larysa Kondracki's thriller The Whistleblower is based on a true story of an American cop (Rachel Weisz) who goes to Bosnia, where her job as a peacekeeper leads her to uncover a ring of human traffickers that includes fellow U.
- 12/24/2010
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Julianne Moore. Natalie Portman. Annette Bening. A few years ago, no one would have dreamed that such big, bankable names would be involved in pushing lesbian-inclusive cinema to the major studio mainstream, perhaps even to the promised land of the Oscars. But here we are at the end of 2010, and the future has never looked brighter.
With one truly breakout film, The Kids Are All Right, and high-profile projects including The Runaways, Black Swan, and the Millennium Trilogy, it seems that that queer female lead characters have finally made it into the cinematic forefront. Perhaps it's only a toehold, but it's a welcome trend, considering big-screen lesbians have most typically been portrayed as serial killers (Monster, Basic Instinct) or minor characters.
The lesbian movies are all right
For years, the lesbian movie-watching community has been waiting for "Dykeback Mountain" — that is, our own mainstream breakout in the vein of 2005's cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain.
With one truly breakout film, The Kids Are All Right, and high-profile projects including The Runaways, Black Swan, and the Millennium Trilogy, it seems that that queer female lead characters have finally made it into the cinematic forefront. Perhaps it's only a toehold, but it's a welcome trend, considering big-screen lesbians have most typically been portrayed as serial killers (Monster, Basic Instinct) or minor characters.
The lesbian movies are all right
For years, the lesbian movie-watching community has been waiting for "Dykeback Mountain" — that is, our own mainstream breakout in the vein of 2005's cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain.
- 12/13/2010
- by Danielle Riendeau
- AfterEllen.com
Soul singer Tracy Chapman has found love with actress Guinevere Turner and the new couple is planning to move in together, according to a U.S. tabloid report. The "Fast Car" hitmaker was introduced to "The L Word" star Turner by a mutual friend earlier this year, and the stars are said to have hit it off immediately.
They went public with their relationship at Los Angeles' Outfest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in early July after appearing together at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco, California in June, where Turner was promoting her film "The Owls", reports the National Enquirer.
The insider says, "Guin introduced Tracy as her girlfriend to her movie's entire cast and crew." And the women are so happy, they are looking to take their relationship to the next step and find a home together. A source tells the publication, "Everything just clicked. Tracy and...
They went public with their relationship at Los Angeles' Outfest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in early July after appearing together at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco, California in June, where Turner was promoting her film "The Owls", reports the National Enquirer.
The insider says, "Guin introduced Tracy as her girlfriend to her movie's entire cast and crew." And the women are so happy, they are looking to take their relationship to the next step and find a home together. A source tells the publication, "Everything just clicked. Tracy and...
- 7/30/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Profile on this blog in January is a film called The Owls, by none other than Ms Cheryl Dunye. Last she got behind the camera was 6 years ago, with 2004’s My Baby’s Daddy, a film that was something of a head-scratcher for some, given how unlike her previous works it was – notably her critically-acclaimed debut, 1996’s Watermelon Woman.
I just chucked it up to a paycheck gig for her. Everybody does those once is awhile, right?
What’s The Owls about? First “Owls” is an acronym for Older Wiser Lesbians.
Here’s how the film’s IMDb page describes it: “Two middle-aged, lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger lesbian and hide the body, without reporting it to the authorities. Their guilt and long-kept, dark secret comes back to haunt them, as an unexpected stranger shows up in their lives, bringing tension and discord. Little do they know that this...
I just chucked it up to a paycheck gig for her. Everybody does those once is awhile, right?
What’s The Owls about? First “Owls” is an acronym for Older Wiser Lesbians.
Here’s how the film’s IMDb page describes it: “Two middle-aged, lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger lesbian and hide the body, without reporting it to the authorities. Their guilt and long-kept, dark secret comes back to haunt them, as an unexpected stranger shows up in their lives, bringing tension and discord. Little do they know that this...
- 7/18/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Jc Calciano‘s Is It Just Me? (top); Nicole Conn‘s Elena Undone (middle); Roberto Moreira‘s Paulista (bottom) Jc Calciano‘s Is It Just Me?, Anna Margarita Albelo‘s Hooters!, Roberto Moreira‘s Paulista, and Nicole Conn‘s Elena Undone are some of the films screening at Outfest 2010 on Friday, July 16. Is It Just Me? is a West Hollywood-set romantic comedy that borrows plot elements from Cyrano de Bergerac: Blaine (Nicholas Downs) falls in love with Xander (David Loren) after chatting with him online. The glitch is that the profile picture Blaine saw was that of Xander’s hunky roommate Cameron (Adam Huss). Hooters! is a documentary about the making of Cheryl Dunye‘s The Owls, screened last weekend at Outfest. In Paulista, an actress (Sílvia Lourenço), a lawyer (Maria Clara Spinelli), and an author (Fábio Herford) look for love in the streets of bustling São Paulo. Elena Undone...
- 7/16/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Here at Outfest with her latest film, the docu-thriller "The Owls" (Owls standing for "older, wiser, lesbians"), Cheryl Dunye (left) brought her family to the screening, including Alexandra Juhasz (center), who served as a producer on the film. Introducing the film, Outfest Executive Director Kirsten Schaffer (right) recounted a story when Dunye brought her short films to Schaffer's college campus when not a single lesbian film was set to be shown ...
- 7/13/2010
- Indiewire
Lino Brocka‘s Macho Dancer (top); Deak Evgenikos, The Owls (middle); Dean Cain, Andrew Keegan, The Broken Hearts Club (bottom) Monday at Outfest 2010: Cheryl Dunye‘s The Owls is described as a mix of narrative thriller and documentary, featuring a quartet of middle-aged lesbians (Dunye among them) whose lives take a turn for the tragic when they befriend a much younger woman (Deak Evgenikos) who couldn’t care less about older trailblazers. "OWLs," the Outfest site explains, is an acronym for "Old Wise Lesbians." Cheryl Dunye, by the way, is the director of the 1986 cult classic The Watermelon Woman. Featuring Ben Weber, Dean Cain, Timothy Olyphant, Zach Braff, Matt McGrath, and Andrew Keegan, Greg Berlanti‘s 2000 romantic comedy The Broken Hearts Club is set in West Hollywood, a place where boys play with both baseballs and with one another. Also in the Broken Hearts Club cast: Jennifer Coolidge, Justin Theroux,...
- 7/11/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Cheryl Dunye’s latest feature The Owls is an experimental narrative tour de force. It made its debut at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival and is now at Frameline, smartly written by Sarah Shulman. The premise of the film concerns four middle aged dykes who cover up the accidental murder of a baby dyke. The initial moments of the film blast footage of Riot Girrl band "The Screech" with captivating music saturated with feminist political lyrics and jarring imagery to boot. With this the veteran director pulls you in from the first seconds. The Owls is an odyssey about...
- 6/20/2010
- by Moira Sullivan, SF Film Industry Examiner
- Moira Sullivan, San Francisco Film Examiner
Outfest 2010 will kick off with "Howl," Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's portrait of Allen Ginsberg, and close with J.B. Ghuman's high school-set musical "Spork."
Organizers said Wednesday that the 28th edition of the gay and lesbian film festival will screen 147 pics -- 60 features and 87 shorts -- from 23 countries during the July 8-18 event.
"Howl," which stars James Franco, Jon Hamm and David Strathairn, will be presented at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles as part of the opening-night gala. There, actress Jane Lynch will receive this year's Outfest Achievement Award, to be presented by fellow "Glee" cast member Chris Coffer and director Paris Barclay.
Other gala screenings on tap include Cheryl Dunye's hybrid thriller/documentary "The Owls," screening as the U.S. Dramatic Centerpiece, and the feature debut from Outfest Screenwriting Lab fellow Javier Fuentes-Leon, "Undertow" (Contracorriente), the International Dramatic Centerpiece.
The fest will celebrate...
Organizers said Wednesday that the 28th edition of the gay and lesbian film festival will screen 147 pics -- 60 features and 87 shorts -- from 23 countries during the July 8-18 event.
"Howl," which stars James Franco, Jon Hamm and David Strathairn, will be presented at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles as part of the opening-night gala. There, actress Jane Lynch will receive this year's Outfest Achievement Award, to be presented by fellow "Glee" cast member Chris Coffer and director Paris Barclay.
Other gala screenings on tap include Cheryl Dunye's hybrid thriller/documentary "The Owls," screening as the U.S. Dramatic Centerpiece, and the feature debut from Outfest Screenwriting Lab fellow Javier Fuentes-Leon, "Undertow" (Contracorriente), the International Dramatic Centerpiece.
The fest will celebrate...
- 6/2/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
J.B. Ghuman, Jr.'s gender-bending high school dance comedy "Spork" will join previously announced opening night film "Howl" in bookending Outfest 2010: The 28th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. In addition to "Spork" as the fest's closing night film, Outfest has just revealed two other gala screenings: Cheryl Dunye's ("The Watermelon Woman") thriller/doc hybrid "The Owls" and Javier Fuentes-León "Undertow (Contracorriente)." Fuentes-León is also a fellow of Outfest's Screenwriting Lab. ...
- 6/2/2010
- Indiewire
It's a wrap! The Martin Gropius Bau is empty and the final pickups follow. This is a work in progress and readers are invited and welcome to contribute. Presales have returned in reaction to the reduced number of finished films on offer over the past two markets. Presales applies across the board from Us to French and even Italian films. English language films are increasingly coming out of the major non English language territories but local product is impacting sales on Us films internationally. Business was quickly wrapped up but it was done with a healthy number of buys reported. Lower prices have become accepted but the market must have product as this event proved.
Adriana Chiesa has licensed Federico Moccia’s teen trilogy to Savor to Spain. The first title, Sorry If I Love You (Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore) grossed $27m when released by Medusa on 600 prints in Italy.
Adriana Chiesa has licensed Federico Moccia’s teen trilogy to Savor to Spain. The first title, Sorry If I Love You (Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore) grossed $27m when released by Medusa on 600 prints in Italy.
- 3/9/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Until women reach a 50-50 parity with men directors, my mission continues to count the women directors in upcoming and recent film festivals (and an occasional informal glance at what’s selling in the markets). Women’s films in Berlin reflect women’s place in the world both in content and in the numbers of women represented as directors, producers, writers, etc. John Cooper of Sundance stresses the increasing and possibly 50-50 parity of women producers, but I am looking at the directors. As March is Women’s History Month (and all the other months are Men’s History Month according to Gloria Steinem’s L.A. Times Article of March 4, 2010) this blog is in honor of all women everywhere.
Congratulations to Kathryn Bigelow for winning the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. La Times puts into perspective the fact that the Best Director Oscar went to Kathryn Bigelow...
Congratulations to Kathryn Bigelow for winning the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. La Times puts into perspective the fact that the Best Director Oscar went to Kathryn Bigelow...
- 3/8/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
During the first five days of the Berlinale and Efm, I was hardly able to see a film, but I was happily busy the last three days catching up on whatever movies I could get tickets to and had been too busy to see earlier during the main events of the market.
From the well selling Arclight film Red Hill (I’m not a Western fan) to The Owls whose distribution through TheFilmCooperative.org bears watching, to Menemsha’s pickup of Kawasaki Rose the Czech Republic’s version of The Lives of Others, the Brazilian film produced by Hank Levine and directed by Lucy Walker, Waste Land, which deservedly won the Audience Award in the Panorama and has been called the breakout film of the of the Berlinale, Kyoto Story, a surprising and deeply satisfying sweetly bittersweet love story showing the real workers of Japanese society as doc with the...
From the well selling Arclight film Red Hill (I’m not a Western fan) to The Owls whose distribution through TheFilmCooperative.org bears watching, to Menemsha’s pickup of Kawasaki Rose the Czech Republic’s version of The Lives of Others, the Brazilian film produced by Hank Levine and directed by Lucy Walker, Waste Land, which deservedly won the Audience Award in the Panorama and has been called the breakout film of the of the Berlinale, Kyoto Story, a surprising and deeply satisfying sweetly bittersweet love story showing the real workers of Japanese society as doc with the...
- 3/7/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
Browsing through the line-up of next month’s Berlin International Film Festival (aka the Berlinale), the next major film festival event of the year, and I came across this… a film called, The Owls, by none other than Ms Cheryl Dunye.
The last time she got behind the camera was almost 6 years ago, with 2004’s My Bady’s Daddy, a film that was something of a head-scratcher for some, given how unlike her previous works it was – notably her critically-acclaimed debut, 1996’s Watermelon Woman.
I just chucked it up to a paycheck gig for her. Everybody does those once is awhile I suppose, so I can’t hate.
What’s The Owls about? Courtesy of the film’s IMDb page:
Two middle-aged, lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger lesbian and hide the body, without reporting it to the authorities. Their guilt and long-kept, dark secret comes back to haunt them,...
The last time she got behind the camera was almost 6 years ago, with 2004’s My Bady’s Daddy, a film that was something of a head-scratcher for some, given how unlike her previous works it was – notably her critically-acclaimed debut, 1996’s Watermelon Woman.
I just chucked it up to a paycheck gig for her. Everybody does those once is awhile I suppose, so I can’t hate.
What’s The Owls about? Courtesy of the film’s IMDb page:
Two middle-aged, lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger lesbian and hide the body, without reporting it to the authorities. Their guilt and long-kept, dark secret comes back to haunt them,...
- 1/24/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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
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