Maxine Peake in James Kent's The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (top); Alicia Silverstone, Clueless (upper middle); Lio in Myriam Aziza's The Evening Dress (lower middle); Jane Lynch, A Gaythering Storm (bottom)
James Kent's The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, Amy Heckerling's 1995 sleeper hit Clueless, Myriam Aziza's La robe du soir / The Evening Dress, and the comedy shorts compilation "From Uranus to Titicaca" are some of the offerings at Outfest 2010, the 28th edition of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. The festival is headquartered at the Directors Guild in West Hollywood.
The made-for-British-TV The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister tells the story of a woman who defies 19th-century English conventions to have scandalous affairs with two other women. Maxine Peake stars as Anne Lister. Also in the cast: Anna Madeley, Susan Lynch, Gemma Jones, and Michael Culkin.
In Clueless, a reworking of Jane Austen's Emma, Alicia Silverstone plays a pampered Beverly Hills high-school student in dire need of a new set of values. Also in the cast: Paul Rudd, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Dan Hedaya, and Jeremy Sisto.
The Evening Dress features a 12-year-old tomboy (Alba Gaia Bellugi) who falls for her sexy schoolteacher, played by veteran pop singer/actress Lio.
Among the comedy shorts found in "From Uranus to Titicaca" is Lauren Palmigiano, Mike Rose, and Liz Feldman's A Gaythering Storm, a parody of the National Organization for Marriage's 2009 anti-gay marriage PSA that features Alicia Silverstone, Lance Bass, Jane Lynch, George Takei, and others.
For more information or to buy tickets, visit the Outfest 2010 website.
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