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Friday, October 12, 2007

Queers on Film

posted by on October 12 at 16:10 PM

SDA in SEA Suggests: The Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

Opens tonight, and runs through October 21. With nearly 80 films, documentaries, and short collections, there is sure to be something for every homo’s tastes.

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Parting Glances, an excellent film from 1986 is being shown in a restored version. This was my first introduction to Steve Buscemi, and he was awesome, even back then. (Thursday at the SIFF Cinema)

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I’m not usually much into documentaries, but there are a few potentially interesting ones: Jerusalem Is Proud To Present (Sun., Oct 21, NWFF), is about the incendiary reaction to the 2005 & 2006 Jerusalem Pride parades. There are a couple of timely films about gays and the current war (I’m never sure which pisses me off more, the war, or the Republican’s refusal to allow gays to fight in it), Semper Fi: One Marine’s Journey (Wed., Harvard Exit) about a southern gay who at age 34 decides to join the marines and go to Iraq (?!?). Also, Tell (Oct 14, Cinerama), a broader documentary about the retarded “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. If you like your gay butch and burly, try With You! about the Gotham Knights, a gay NY rugby team.

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There are a slew of girl movies and boy movies, most of which look relatively crowd pleasing. What’s not to like about Naked Boys Singing?

I’ve always enjoyed the short film collections. A mixed bag, but always interesting, with a few gems to keep me coming back. There are shorts for boys, girls, and local shorts.

Full schedule and ticket info here.

PS: Yes, I put the singing naked boys photo in there just to ignite the NSFW panic.

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I thought all rugby players were gay. To quote my favorite commenter on the subject, they "stick their fingers up each others chuffs ... wrong'uns to a man."

Posted by Fnarf | October 12, 2007 4:43 PM
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There's a LGBT film festival? Since when? I have a feeling the age old battle of "you're just a bad gay man" vs. "the LGBT community in this city is just too elitist, snobbish, and judgmental" is about to begin! Yeeha!

Posted by James | October 12, 2007 4:48 PM
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AAAAHHHH!

NSFW!

oh, wait, they're slightly turned ... never mind.

Posted by Will in Seattle | October 12, 2007 4:51 PM
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Judaism is a religion of justice to the Pride Parades in Israel are joyful celebrations of human diversity.

Only Christians are bigots and perverts. Jews all love gays, accept gay marriage and never molest children. That's because Judaism is founded on Torah which is truth.

Posted by Issur | October 12, 2007 5:03 PM
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Yay! I was hoping one of us stand-ins would induce Issur to chime in today. Slog isn't Slog without the crazy.

Posted by SDA in SEA | October 12, 2007 5:06 PM
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SGN front page story, this Friday, about the acclaimed film Parting Glances.

Looks like the best festival ever.

Posted by Maggie | October 12, 2007 5:57 PM
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That Buscemi Movie is awesome. A must see for all.

Posted by 911Hoax | October 12, 2007 6:07 PM

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