| | Film: Vier Minuten (Four Minutes)
From the moment I began to watch, Vier Minuten had me by the wrists.
This German film is the story of Traude Krüger (Monica Bleibtreu), a resigned and bitter older woman teaching piano at a women's prison, and her most unlikely star... |
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| Portishead's new album, 4/29/08
Portishead’s new album is the soundtrack for danger.
Think back to 1997 for a second. Alanis Morrisette is on her Jagged Little Pill world tour. Tony Blair has just been appointed prime minister of the United Kingdom.... |
| | A Conversation with Nekisa Cooper, producer of Pariah
QFR caught up with "Pariah" producer, Nekisa Cooper. Now at work, on making a feature of the popular short, she was able to sit down and answer some of our questions! Her film, Pariah, recently went to the Sundance Film Festival. It is... |
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| The Los Angeles Lesbian Scene
A quick introduction of myself, I am known as The Godfather. Close to a year ago, I created a Los Angeles based blog called Boxed Lunch: LA Lesbian Scene which focuses on the lesbian scene here in Los Angeles. I usually post daily... |
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| 27 Rue de Fleurus: A New Musical
Last weekend, I checked out a Saturday performance of a new off-Broadway musical, 27 Rue de Fleurus, which tells the story of the relationship between trailblazing writer and philosopher Gertrude Stein and her lifelong partner, Alice B. Toklas,... |
| | Carla Cantrelle's Looking Up
How many times have we learned the lesson, lived the lesson, ignored the lesson of love?
That lesson being, of course, that absolute, unflinching commitment is essential to success. No matter how many movies have fed this to us, we... |
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| | New band, new EP, old friend. Bitch plays Bowery.
A surprisingly satisfying musical combination came together this past Saturday night at The Bowery Ballroom. Having just seen Shortbus, I was curious to see how the pretty-faced Jay Brannan and the appropriately righteous Bitch would make... |
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| TOSHI REAGON: The First Line of the Revolution
Igniting the television show The L Word with her blues performance, Toshi Reagon reminds the viewer that great media require collaboration. As Reagon fuses her unique sound, Black, Bold, and Queer, with The L Word’s cast and crew she... |
| | A Conversation with Cynthia Wade, Oscar Nominated filmmaker
QueerFilmReview.com interviews Cynthia Wade; the Oscar nominated director of FREEHELD, a documentary short which examines New Jersey Police Lieutenant Laurel Hester’s pioneering legal battle to shift her pension to her domestic partner, Stacie... |
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| A good cup of coffee
We know the rules. Friday night is for happy hour, Saturday night is for dancing, Sunday night is L-word night and Monday through Thursday night are good-girl, order-Chinese-delivery, play-with-your-lonely-cats, be-in-bed-by-11pm nights.
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| | Theater Review: Jack of Tarts
"Playing at La MaMa e.t.c at 74 E. 4th Street, in lower Manhattan through February 17th, Jack of Tarts takes a bitter topic and wraps it into a coarse sugar show." |
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| | Good times on the Lower East Side?!
Things to be avoided at all costs:
1.Poison oak
2.Rush hour on the 4 train
3.Seafood from the Midwest
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4.The bar scene on the Lower East Side.
The above statements were all firmly held beliefs of mine until a... |
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| Eye Candy: it's what's for brunch
It’s Sunday morning. You have mascara smeared into your pillow, a headache stronger than the double Manhattans you were drinking last night and you could swear you have never before in your life seen this girl sleeping next to you in your bed.... |
| | My Favorite Lesbian Comic!!!!!!
Have you ever wanted to be the one saying “oh I saw that girl before she was famous” Well don’t miss out on catching Bridget McManus. She can be seen all over town including Fridays at the Comedy Store. She’ll also be... |
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| Weekly comedy show in the LB!
Ripples one of Long Beach’s oldest gay clubs is now the host of a weekly comedy show. Every Tuesday Cochino brings in the best talent from the southern California area. Although the host is a Breeder, if you will, he creates a great ... |
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| New Year, New Beginnings, New Drama...
Hello and Happy New Year NYC ladies! Like many of you, I am SO grateful to have made it through yet another holiday season and into the New Year. With 2008 comes a few different things: more time to party without holiday interruptions,... |
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| Piaf: Love Conquers All - The Soho Playhouse
Yesterday evening, I had the privilege to attend an 8pm performance of Piaf: Love Conquers All at the Soho Playhouse. A one woman-play starring Canadian actress Naomi Emmerson and written by Roger Pearce, Piaf is a truly exquisite and... |
| | UkaLady’s PonyShow
UkaLady’s PonyShow!? What? That’s exactly what I thought when I first heard about this show. Hosted by Thessaly Lerner AKA The Ukalady this is like no other variety show you’ve seen before. With the voice of a manic 9 year girl... |
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Weekly Girl Party in LAWhat's happening in LA? Now we have the tons of events in West Hollywood, for those who love to be part of the scene. Lets face it we all love to be part of the scene, but for a taste of something different you need to head on out... | DIZZY at Galapagos Art Space - DJ JD SamsonWoke up and realized my cell phone is M.I.A. this morning ... gonna have to blame that on Williamsburg's Galapagos Art Space and the bartenders who take "make it strong" to heart. JD Samson (of Le Tigre, New England Roses, and of her own... |
Count-down to New Year's Eve
New Years is always a toss-up on the fun-to-sucks spectrum, and for queers the conundrum is often multiplied. And the annual question remains: where to be at midnight? The options include:
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| It's Big, It's Gay & It's Funny As Hell
The Big Gay Sketch Show on Logo is the first and only sketch show for and by the LBGT community. Directed by long-time LBGT activist, Amanda Bearse, it makes its cable debut April 24th. |
| | Q&A with Rachael Sage
GO reporter Maria Woehr sits down with Rachael Sage to discuss her new album (tentatively named "Chandelier"), the places her extended tour has taken her, her thoughts on her current relationship |
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| Just Give A Girl A Bike
Karen Perrine grew up day dreaming about, admiring and taking photos of motorcycles. Now, she is the president of New York's Sirens Women's Motorcycle Club...a dream come true. |
| | Q&A With Kate Bornstein
Bornstein, who was born a man 59 years ago, and reborn as a woman about 20 years ago, talks about her book, her new play, and what it’s like to be an outlaw. |
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