Check for Show TimesaEUR|
Knowing:
Oscar-winner and
former-serious-actor-turned-prolific-purveyor-of-wacky-nonsense-movies
Nicolas Cage has to decode some kid's scribbles about the end
of the world. It is reported that Cage does not turn into a
flaming skeleton riding a motorcycle in this one. (March
20)
Duplicity:
Julia Roberts and Clive Owen star in what will hopefully turn
out to be a cool Tracy/Hepburn-turned-corporate spies movie. If
only the title weren't so unpleasant to say. It sounds like
something your dog leaves on the sidewalk. But then again,
Julia does her giant-mouthed
Pretty Woman
laugh in the trailer. So we're in. (March 20)
I Love You, Man
: Paul Rudd needs a best man for his wedding but has no close
male friends. This means, of course, that it's time to start
dating guys. Does this mean that the movie has to pretend he's
not totally cute and hilarious so that it's not over in five
minutes? Check out
The Advocate
's
interview
with Paul Rudd, in which he talks
about working on this "bromance" flick.
(March 20)
-- Kyle Buchanan
Get Cozy on the CouchaEUR|
Laughing MattersaEUR|Next Gen:
This popular series of queer comedy documentaries introduces us
to several up-and-coming gay and lesbian stand-up comics,
including
Edison Apple
,
Gloria Bigelow
,
Ryan Hill
,
Bridget McManus
, and
Amy
Tee
. (March 17)
Degrassi
:
The Next Generation, Season 7:
The always gay-inclusive teen soap from Canada gives Marco (out
actor Adamo Ruggiero) some new chances to find love after his
boyfriend goes off to Europe to play hockey, while Paige
(Lauren Collins) dumps her girlfriend and gets a boyfriend --
who turns out to be HIV-positive. (March 17)
Fashion Victims:
In this film-fest fave from Germany, a traveling salesman
discovers that his son is not only gay but also in love with
the salesman's bitterest rival. Sexy and teutonic mishaps
ensue. (March 17)
FirstOUT Internationa
l
:
This collection features five gay-themed short films that won
awards at festivals around the globe, including
Sistole/Diastole
,
The Postcard
,
Mirror Mirror
,
El Primo,
and
Le Basier
. (March 17)
Milk
: After winning Academy Awards for Sean Penn and screenwriter
Dustin Lance Black, this moving biopic of gay rights pioneer
Harvey Milk finds a home on DVD. (out now)
Plug in Your HeadphonesaEUR|
Easy Come, Easy Go
by
Marianne Faithfull
: Songs by Neko Case, Dolly Parton, and the Decemberists.
Cameos by Nick Cave and Cat Power. But the real star? The
British rock diva's world weary, been-there-done-that singing.
(March 17)
The Quiet Hype
by
Jupiter Rising
: Imagine 2 Unlimited crossed with Black Eyed Peas. Yes, the
music of this Los Angeles boy-girl duo is that slick and
addictive -- especially the style-conscious social commentary
"L.A. Girls." (March 17)
Head to the BookstoreaEUR|
Leaving India: My Family's Journey From Five Villages to
Five Continents
by Minal Hajratwala: Perhaps inspired by her family's goddess
-- who looks like Marilyn Monroe but wields a fearful scimitar
-- Hajratwala's spirited multigenerational memoir doubles as a
provocative history of the 20th-century Indian diaspora. What
luck we can join the adventure in the company of this gifted
lesbian writer, blessed with a poet's voice and a historian's
gimlet eye. (March 18)
Buy These TicketsaEUR|
Blithe Spirit
(Broadway): Noel Coward's 1941 farce about a man who
conjures the ghost of his dead wife with the help of a wacky
medium returns to Broadway with a dreamy cast led by Rupert
Everett (the suave queer icon making his Broadway debut),
Christine Ebersole (last seen as both Big and Little Edie in
Grey Gardens)
, and, as Madam Arcati, the sublime Angela Lansbury. (March
15)
An
excerpt
from Rupert Everett's autobiography
Red Carpet and Other Banana Skins
.
The Love of Brothers:
Mario Golden's world premiere production tells the story of
Rogelio and Sergio, two gay siblings living and loving together
in San Francisco. Playing now at New York's
legendary off-off-Broadway
Theater for the New City
(through March 29).