Quentin Crisp Articles

Frameline 33, the 2009 San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, kicks off on Thursday, June 18, with screenings of Richard Laxton's An Englishman in New York (above, top photo), starring John Hurt as Quentin Crisp, and Bonham Sláma's rural Czech drama The Country Teacher (above, lower photo), set universes away from glamorous Park Avenue and the superciliousness of Crisp and his milieu. Among Frameline 33's [...]

Judi Dench, Jude Law (as a female top model), Riz Ahmed In conjunction with its traditional media release worldwide, Sally Potter's Rage will be released — as a series of episodes — by web TV service Babelgum online and via mobile through the fall/winter of 2009. Starring Simon Abkarian, Patrick J. Adams, Riz Ahmed, Bob Balaban, Adriana Barraza, Steve Buscemi, Jakob Cedergren, Lily Cole, Judi [...]

London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2009 Friday, March 27, highlights Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website   The Naked Civil Servant Directed by: Jack Gold Cast: John Hurt, Liz Gebhardt, Patricia Hodge Country: UK Year: 1975 Running time: 85min   This dramatization of Quentin [Crisp]'s first volume of autobiography won BAFTAs for its director Jack Gold and its star. John Hurt gives a [...]