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  • Blasphemy in Idaho

    By on October 27, 2011

    Whatever the purveyors of the nation's entertainment may believe, or not, there is something about the recent tide of religious fundamentalism that has them running...

  • Kameny in Combat

    By on October 27, 2011

    My first direct experience of Frank Kameny's combative style came during a gay rights debate that I arranged at Villanova University in March 1978 for...

  • Spirited, But Not Yet Safe

    By on October 27, 2011

    On Oct. 20, many parts of Facebook and Twitter turned purple, as individuals, organizations, companies and even the White House changed their profile pictures and...

  • Saint of Killers

    By on October 27, 2011

    It's impossible to discuss St. Vincent -- the recording project of 29-year-old guitar goddess Annie Clark -- without bringing up dichotomies. The postpunk powerhouse combines...

  • Wish Me Away

    By on October 22, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Rating: (4 out of 5) Saturday, 10/22/2011, 11:00 AM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium WITH ONE PUBLIC announcement in spring of 2010,...

  • The Wise Kids

    By on October 22, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Rating: (5 out of 5) Saturday, 10/22/2011, 1:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium Stephen Cone's The Wise Kids is...

  • Suicide Room

    By on October 21, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Sala Samobojcow Review by Tim Plant Rating: (5 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 11:30 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium Polish w

  • Eating Out 5: The Open Weekend

    By on October 21, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Rating: (1 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 9:30 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium WHAT TO SAY about a movie that lacks...

  • Morgan

    By on October 21, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Rating: (4 out of 5) Friday, 10/21/2011, 5:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at Lisner Auditorium "I'D RATHER BE fucking dead than go on...

  • Outspoken 40: Favorite Movies [video]

    By on October 21, 2011

    Ebone Bell hits up opening night at the 20th Reel Affirmations LGBT film festival to ask about favorite -- and not so favorite -- movies....

  • We Are the Night

    By on October 20, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Wir sind die Nacht Review by Kate Wingfield Rating: (3 out of 5) Thursday, 10/20/2011, 7:30 PM Feature presentation, $12 at West End Cinema German with...

  • Rosa Morena

    By on October 19, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Tom Avila Rating: (3 out of 5) Wednesday, 10/19/2011, 9:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at West End Cinema Danish, Portuguese and English with...

  • Anything You Want

    By on October 19, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Todo lo que tu quieras Review by Tim Plant Rating: (4 out of 5) Wednesday, 10/19/2011, 7:00 PM Feature presentation, $12 at West End Cinema Spanish...

  • This Is What Love in Action Looks Like

    By on October 19, 2011

    Reel Affirmations 2011 Review by Chris Geidner Rating: (4 out of 5) Wednesday, 10/19/2011, 5:00 PM Feature presentation, $5 at West End Cinema FOR THOSE WHO...

  • ''Good Trouble''

    By on October 19, 2011

    ''Who would ever have expected, when I was nastily fired in 1957, that in 2009, the very government itself would apologize to me for what...