Philadelphia QFest 2009
And Then Came Lola (top); Doris Day, Rock Hudson in Pillow Talk (middle); Raging Sun, Raging Sky (bottom)
The Philadelphia QFest kicks off tomorrow, July 9, with a tribute to Chad Allen, followed by a screening of Jason Bushman’s Hollywood, je t’aime, in which Allen is excellent as a pothead drug dealer who befriends a Frenchman roaming around Los Angeles.
Among the other highlights of Philadelphia’s QFest are:
Tribute to Sharon Gless, followed by a screening of Hannah Free.
Doris Day Day featuring a screening of Pillow Talk, Day’s first pairing with Rock Hudson, and the film that earned the actress her only Academy Award nomination. Pillow Talk will be preceded by the new German documentary What a Difference a Day Made: [...]
by Andre Soares | July 8, 2009
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Tags: And Then Came Lola, Chad Allen, Doris Day, Film Festivals, Gay Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Gay Movies, Lesbian Interest, Philadelphia QFest, Pillow Talk, Raging Sun Raging Sky, Sharon Gless
Honorary Oscars Bypass Women
Mary Pickford
At the 1936 Academy Awards ceremony, D. W. Griffith became the first individual to win an Honorary Award for his body of work. Seventy-one years and 77 (my count*) Honorary Oscar winners later, a mere eight women have been recognized for their cinematic oeuvre. The chosen 8 — 6 of them actresses, plus one actress-producer — are: Greta Garbo (at the 1955 ceremony), Lillian Gish (1971), actress-producer Mary Pickford (1976), editor Margaret Booth (1978), Barbara Stanwyck (1982), Myrna Loy (1991), Sophia Loren (1991), and Deborah Kerr (1994).
Considering the amount of female talent that has gone un-honored these past seven decades, I find it impossible not to believe that the Board of Governors of the Academy of [...]
by Andre Soares | February 13, 2007
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Tags: Academy Awards, Audrey Hepburn, Catherine Deneuve, Classic Movies, Danielle Darrieux, Doris Day, Film Awards, Honorary Oscar, Jeanne Moreau, Lauren Bacall, Mary Pickford
