“Alex and Leo,” a World Premiere Film at QFest
scene from "Alex and Leo'' - courtesy_ofQFest
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By Joseph R. Saporito
Ives-Yuri Garate’s directorial debut film “Alex and Leo” (”Alex und der Löwe,” world premiere, Germany 2010, 97 minutes) finds several young Germans in search of love. Read more
Father Comes Out in “Wild About Harry,” at QFest
scene from ''Wild About Harry '' - courtesy of QFest
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By Joseph R. Saporito
In Gwen Wynne’s directorial debut feature film “Wild About Harry” (USA 2009, 95 minutes), inspired by an actual occurrence in picturesque Cape Cod in 1973, Harry Goodheart (Tate Donovan) and his daughters, Madeline (Danielle Savre) and Daisy (Skye McCole Bartusiak), Read more
“Le Tigre: Who Took the Bomp?” Provides an Inside Look at Queer Punk
scene from ''Le Tigre - Who Took the Bomp'' - courtesy of QFest
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by Sherri Rase
This year’s QFest, the LGBT film festival, is brimming with Philadelphia premieres, and Karthy Fix’s documentary “Le Tigre: Who Took the Bomp?” (USA 2010, 70 minutes) begins with a meteoric rise just like the one Le Tigre has experienced. Read more
Getting Past the Lock on “Leo’s Room” at QFest
Martin Rodriguez (foreground) & Gerardo Begerez in ''Leo's Room'' - courtesy of QFest
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By Joseph R. Saporito
Enrique Buchichio’s debut film “Leo’s Room” (”El Cuarto de Leo,” Uruguay, Argentina 2009, 92 minutes) tells the story of Leo (Martín Rodríguez) and his impenetrable bedroom, a metaphor for his resistance to letting anyone get close to him, including his mother (Mirella Pascual) and Read more
In Exceptional Documentary Look at Our History, QFest Takes Us “Swimming With Lesbians”
scene from ''Swimming with Lesbians'' - courtesy of QFest
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by Sherri Rase
“We are a people,” says one of the gay men speaking in David B. Marshall’s documentary “Swimming with Lesbians” (USA 2009, 67 minutes), “with a past, but no history.” Madeline Davis is an archivist, and living history exhibit in her own right, whose collection of Western Read more
“Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives” to the Defense, at QFest
scene from ''Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives'' - courtesy of QFest
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by Sherri Rase
Most of us go through life equivocating-we don’t say what we mean, we don’t do what we say. How refreshing, then, is the Philadelphia premiere of “Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives” (USA 2010, 90 minutes), thanks to QFest, Read more
With Jennifer Beals His Role Model, ‘Go Go Reject’ Daniel Just Wants to F’in’ Dance, at QFest
Daniel (Heath Daniels) & the Lightweights dance in ''Go Go Reject'' courtesy of QFest
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By Joseph R. Saporito
Michael J. Saul’s new short “Go Go Reject” (USA 2010, 20 minutes), a gay answer to “Flashdance,” concerns Daniel Ferguson (Heath Daniels, who also wrote the script), a starrry-eyed innocent trying to make it on the go go scene, who delivers a performance Read more
Poverty Makes Desperate “Piggies” of All in QFest Film
Bogdan Koca, Filip Garbacz & Daniel Furmaniak in' 'Piggies'' courtesy of QFest
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By Joseph R. Saporito
In 1990, the Soviet Communist bloc fell and, with it, the Berlin Wall, and there were fireworks and rejoicing in the streets. A reunited Berlin enjoyed a colorful LGBT Pride Parade. In Robert Glinski’s film “Piggies” (”Swinki,” Poland, Germany 2009, 93 minutes, in Polish and German, Read more
Bound by “The String,” & Tunisian Family & Cultural Web, at QFest
Claudia Cardinale & Salim Kechiouche in ''The String'' courtesy of QFest
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By Joseph R. Saporito
“The String” (”Le fil,” Algeria, France, Belgium 2009, 92 minutes, in French and Arabic with English subtitles), the debut film of director Mehdi Ben Attia, being given its East Coast premiere by QFest, Philadelphia’s LGBT film festival, demonstrates how tough it is to come out in Tunisia. Read more
Angela Finds It’s Time to Review All “The People I’ve Slept With”
scene from ''The People I've Slept With'' courtesy of QFest
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by Sherri Rase
Quentin Lee’s latest film, “The People I’ve Slept With” (Canada, Hong Kong 2009, 89 minutes), being given a Philadelphia premiere at QFest, the LGBT film festival, is a charming piece, centered around a woman who is very much a gay man in her approach to sex. Read more
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