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Rafael Cardoso, João Gabriel Vasconcellos in Aluízio Abranches‘ From Beginning to End (top); Brad Altman, George Takei in Jessica Sanders‘ George & Brad in Bed (upper middle); Remy Germinario in James Franco’s The Feast of Stephen (lower middle); Roney Facchini, Kauê Telloli in Gui Ashcar’s Professor Godoy (bottom) Aluízio Abranches‘ Do Começo ao Fim / From Beginning to End, Donatella Maiorca’s Viola di mare / [...]

James Franco as Allen Ginsberg, Howl The 2010 edition of Outfest, the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, kicks off tomorrow, June 8, with a gala screening of Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Howl, about Allen Ginsberg’s infamous obscenity trial following the publication of his poem "Howl" in the 1950s. Howl stars James Franco as Ginsberg, in addition to Mary-Louise Parker, Jon Hamm, Treat [...]

Frameline, San Francisco’s Gay & Lesbian Film Festival now in its 34th year, will kick off on Thursday, June 17, with a screening of James Kent’s The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, about "what might have happened if Elizabeth Bennet had ignored Mr. Darcy and pursued the local ladies?" Actually, The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister is not a revamping of a Jane [...]

Aaron Tveit, James Franco, Howl Documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Howl, their debut narrative feature, will be the Opening Night Gala screening at the 28th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Outfest) at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles on July 8. Starring James Franco, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker, Bob Balaban, Alessandro Nivola, Aaron Tveit, Treat Williams, and Jeff Daniels, [...]