Bruce LaBruce Articles

Super 8 1/2 (1995) Direction & Screenplay: Bruce LaBruce Cast: Bruce LaBruce, Stacy Friedrich, Mikey Mike, Nicholas Davies (aka Klaus von Brücker), Christeen Martin, Kate Ashley, Scott Thompson, Mike Gibb     After Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2 but before Rob Marshall’s Nine there was Bruce LaBruce’s"8 3/4" — better known as Super 8 1/2, LaBruce’s no-budget mix of cleverness, self-indulgence, and explicit sex. Having just [...]

Bruce Demara on Bruce LaBruce at the Toronto Star: "With his sixth feature film playing the international indy/alt/queer/fantasy festival circuit, Bruce LaBruce is ready for a close-up – a three-day ‘retrospective’ starting tonight at the Royal Cinema. "The Toronto filmmaker, known for his porn-meet-politics, not-for-the-faint-of-heart cult offerings, is basking in the relative acclaim of his latest work, Otto; Or, Up With Dead People, about a [...]

Variety’s Justin Chang on The Great Buck Howard: "A smoothly turned-out entertainment centered around an Amazing Kreskin-style mentalist comes down with an unfortunate case of the warm-and-fuzzies in The Great Buck Howard. Behind-the-curtains comedy reps an amusing showcase for John Malkovich’s diva-like theatrics in the title role, but writer-director Sean McGinly’s decision to frame the story as a relationship movie, as Buck’s impressionable young assistant [...]