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  • Do I Sound Gay? (Review)

    By on July 23, 2015

    Do I Sound Gay? asks a lot of questions about the way gay men talk -- it just fails to answer most of them

  • Stripped Down: Amy (Film Review)

    By on July 9, 2015

    A new documentary about the late singer Amy Winehouse, Amy () interrogates the tragic side of performance and public identity. Directed by Asif Kapadia, a filmmaker...

  • AFI Docs: Reel Stories

    By on June 18, 2015

    Michael Lumpkin, head of AFI Docs, explains why LGBT Documentaries are still important

  • Defense Mechanism: Out in the Night (Review)

    By on January 22, 2015

    A compelling documentary, Out In The Night still fails to answer the many questions it inspires

  • ”Crossover Kids” examines lives of transgender children and teens

    By on June 26, 2013

    “I would much rather have a good relationship with the daughter that I have, than a poor relationship with a son that doesn’t really exist.”...

  • Bully for 'Bully'

    By on April 19, 2012

    There's no such thing as an honest documentary. Any one, told in any way, will be twisted and tacked into place by a filmmaker's intentions....

  • Bully Pulpit

    By on April 19, 2012

    Last month, Bully was fighting for its life. After being handed an R rating by the Motion Picture Association of America -- effectively ruining any...

  • Comic Culture

    By on April 13, 2012

    Fandom has reached something akin to a roaring pitch on the fringes of today's pop culture. For every hit television show or movie, dozens of...

  • Project Nim: Planet of the Ape

    By on July 23, 2011

    Director James Marsh and the Oscar-winning team behind the documentary Man on Wire offer Project Nim, the story of a chimpanzee who became the focus...

  • Money Girl

    By on June 9, 2010

    Several years ago, when Joan Rivers starred in a GEICO commercial where the whole concept centered on her plastic surgery, it seemed like a wonderful...

  • Secret Lives

    By on May 6, 2009

    Washington loves its secrets -- or at least it loves pretending something is a secret even though it's made its way through the rumor mill...

  • Closet Cases

    By on April 29, 2009

    Where's the rage in Outrage? Director Kirby Dick, who last covered the Motion Picture Association of America's rating system in This Film Is Not Yet...

  • Medical Incredible

    By on July 4, 2007

    The main problem with any Michael Moore movie these days is that Michael Moore made it. Before the reels begin to turn, a lot of...

  • God Knows

    By on May 9, 2007

    Recounting her initial fears about launching a transgender choir, founder Ashley Moore says, ''Are people going to be able to stop laughing long enough to...

  • Screening for Staff

    By on April 4, 2007

    It's not always easy to see the problems other people face. For gays and lesbians who were born in the United States, for example, it...