La Mission Articles

Outfest 2009 kicked off on July 9 with a gala presentation of Peter Bratt’s La Mission at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles Benjamin Bratt at the La Mission screening Benjamin Bratt Photos: Courtesy of Outfest

Outfest 2009 kicks off with the Opening Night Gala screening of writer-director Peter Bratt’s La Mission on Thursday, July 9, at 8:00 pm at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Starring Benjamin Bratt (above), Jeremy Ray Valdez, and Erika Alexander, La Mission tells the story of a tough ex-con attempting to come to grips with the fact that his teenage son is gay. Ticket [...]

Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor in I Love You Phillip Morris Gay boycott or no, Sundance 2009 has several films dealing — at least to some extent — with gay characters. The most publicized gay-focused film at Sundance is I Love You Phillip Morris, about a scary-looking ex-cop (Jim Carrey) who becomes a criminal and is arrested. While in jail, he falls for a fellow inmate [...]

Sundance 2009: Spectrum Johnny Mad Dog by Jean-Stephane Sauvaire Dramatic Films: Against the Current / U.S. (Director-screenwriter: Peter Callahan) Facing the anniversary of his pregnant wife’s tragic death, 35-year-old Paul Thompson enlists the help of two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River. Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Justin Kirk, Elizabeth Reaser, Mary Tyler Moore, Michelle Trachtenberg. World premiere The Anarchist’s Wife (La [...]