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Earth:
You've watched enough
Meerkat Manor
to know that wild animals are really just like human beings,
but with hooves, fur, claws, and the ability to eat the raw
flesh straight from their recently murdered prey.
Adorable, right? This stunningly photographed documentary is
dying to be the next
March of the Penguins
. Your job is to make it so. And if you feel so compelled to
save the earth after watching this film, try to land yourself a
green gig at
Treehugger.com's job board.
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Fighting:
Young attractive guy Channing Tatum (the street dancer from
Step Up
, remember) joins a fight club and, well, beats up a lot of
other attractive young men. The movie is counting on you not
pretending that stylized violence isn't sexy.
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The Soloist:
When Robert Downey Jr. meets homeless, mentally ill, virtuoso
musician Jamie Foxx he does everything he can to help the
downtrodden man realize his dream. They thought this was going
to be one of 2008's Oscar movies. But then it wasn't.
Forewarned is forearmed. Read
Los Angeles Times
writer
Steve Lopez's columns
, on which the movie is based.
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Obsessed:
It's almost too much excellent information to take in all at
once: The very idea that Beyonce is starring as the
wronged woman in a remake of
Fatal Attraction
and that
Heroes
star Ali Larter is the loony stalker lady is enough, we
believe, to warrant taking a sick day just to go to the first
screening.
Here's
a behind-the-scenes look at
Obsessed:
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- Jennifer Miller (
P.S.
122
, New York City): Lesbian performance artist Jennifer Miller,
who runs the political street-theater company Circus Amok,
mounts a new theatrical extravaganza at the East Village's
legendary P.S. 122.
Cracked Ice, or Jewels of the Forbidden Skates
follows Sybil Liberty and her sister Statua as they wreak
revenge on the evil Ponzi schemer who has fleeced them. Music,
mayhem, and mistaken identities ensue. The show runs April 25
to May 10. Get tickets
here
. And if you can't make that show, check out
Circus Amok's schedule
.
Watch
a sampling of Circus Amok's work
- Joe Goode
Performance Group (
Fort Wayne Dance Collective
, Indiana;
Joyce
Theater
, New York City): San Francisco-based choreographer Joe Goode
and his company collaborate with the wizardly puppet master
Basil Twist to create a dance-theater piece called
Wonderboy
. The title character is a shy gay boy who begins as a
wood-and-cloth puppet and eventually takes human form as he
summons his courage to face the world and investigate his
confusing desires. After a one-night engagement at Indiana's
Fort Wayne Collective April 18, the show travels to New York to
play the Joyce Theater April 23-26. Read an
interview with Goode
on Advocate.com or, if you want to break out your dancing
shoes, check out Goode's
schedule for workshop classes
.
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My Maudlin Career
by
Camera Obscura
: Continuing the brilliantly harmonious twee stylings of their
2006 breakthrough album,
Let's Get Out of This Country
, Camera Obscura is back with another gem of a recording.
Juxtaposing Tracyanne Campbell's yearning voice with
gorgeously lush yet upbeat orchestration, Camera Obscura stays
true to their Glaswegian heritage with some of the best indie
pop this side of Belle & Sebastian.
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Yes
by
Pet Shop Boys
: Electronic legends Pet Shop Boys new album,
Yes
, recalls their greatest pop hits -- and also finds them moving
in excitingly creative new directions. As if you expected
anything but innovation from these quick-witted queer icons.
This time around, they've enlisted the help of ex-Smiths
guitarist Johnny Marr and out musician Owen Pallett, best known
for his innovative violin work with Arcade Fire and his
acclaimed solo project,
Final Fantasy
. Produced by Xenomania -- a team that has done wonders for
Sugababes, Annie, and Kylie Minogue, not to mention
orchestrating Cher's explosive late '90s comeback --
Yes
is the band's catchiest and most inspired release in
years.
The music video for
"Love Etc." by the Pet Shop Boys
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Feed the Horse
by
Fagget Fairys
: When 19-year-old Bosnian refugee and fashion model Ena met
Danish DJ and art-world star Carla Camilla, it was love at
first sight. Going against the wishes of Ena's strictly
Muslim parents and Carla's then-girlfriend, passion
eventually conquered all and the two club kids found themselves
in a relationship -- and then a band, Fagget Fairys. Now
they're taking the blogosphere by storm,
even with an awkward equine allusion in
their dance hit -- "Feed the Horse" is
actually a cunning ode to women who are "big on the top
and big on the bottom too." Lesbian musicians with a sense
of humor... Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Lindsay!
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Voltaic
by
Bjork
: Fear not, Bjork fans, who are deliriously shaking in
a state of post-
Volta
withdrawal: Everyone's favorite Icelandic luminary is back,
with a deluxe box set chock-full of rarities and live
performances to satiate our addiction while we wait for her
next album. Containing three DVDs and an audio disc,
Voltaic
paints an intimate picture of Bjork's
unforgettable concert experiences. You don't even have to
sell a kidney on Craigslist to feel like you're in the
front row. Bjork and the Dirty Projectors will be
performing for a show
benefiting Housing Works
in New York. Tickets have already been sold, but maybe you can
bum one of the very few, exclusive tickets from a very generous
friend.
Watch the classic
Bjork video "Oh So Quiet"
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A Jihad for Love:
We've heard a lot lately about American gays trying to
reconcile their sexuality and their Christianity, but Parvez
Sharma's new documentary talks to gay and lesbian Muslims who
don't want to turn their back on their faith, despite the
virulent homophobia aimed at them by a majority of believers.
Producer Sandi Dubowski knows this terrain -- his
Trembling Before G-d
examined queer Orthodox Jews -- and Sharma's powerful film
takes us into brand new, exceedingly thought-provoking terrain.
Read an
essay from Sharma
about his own jihad.
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Mulligans
: College student Chase (
Dante's Cove
'
s
Charlie David, who also wrote the film) is spending the summer
with his pal Tyler (Derek Baynham), and before summer's over,
Chase will not only come out to Tyler but will also wind up
having an affair with Tyler's father Nathan (Dan Payne). Thea
Gill (
Queer as Folk
) costars as Nathan's wife, but Grace Vukovic steals the movie
as Tyler's precocious younger sister.
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Forever:
This doc takes us behind the gates of Paris's legendary
Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, final resting place of queer
geniuses like Oscar Wilde and Marcel Proust, as well as Maria
Callas, Chopin, Modigliani, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, and
tourist-magnet Jim Morrison. Meet the locals who tend to the
gravestones and the visitors who come from all over the world
to pay their respects in this acclaimed film by Heddy
Honigmann.
Browse a directory and map
of this noteworthy cemetery.
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State of Play:
As fans run to movie theaters to see Ben Affleck, Russell
Crowe, Rachel McAdams, and Helen Mirren in
State of Play
, BBC Films releases the original miniseries on DVD. James
McAvoy and Bill Nighy headline the BBC version, a conspiracy
theory thriller about politics, murder, and investigative
journalism.
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Finding Me:
This queer African-American romantic comedy features a
protagonist -- RayMartell Moore as Fabien -- whose pursuit of
the handsome Lonnie (Derrick L. Briggs) faces the requisite
challenges, including a homophobic father, well-meaning
friends, and low-down, shady, man-stealing roommates. It's
heartening to think that the success of the
Noah's Arc
movie is opening the door for more movies about gays and
lesbians of color.