Anthony Slide q+a: The film historian discusses his new anthology book The Truth at Twenty-Four Frames per Second. Topics range from Lillian Gish to Betty White.
Gay Interest
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Llewelyn Davies brothers’ tragic fate & Michael’s mysterious death which nearly a century later remains a puzzle + what are the most famous Peter Pan quotes?
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Peter Pan author and the Llewelyn Davies brothers: ‘Sad end’ to complex and at times troubled four-decade relationship between J.M. Barrie and ‘his boys.’
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Magnificent Obsession Book: Film Fans’ ‘Outrageous History’ from Classic Hollywood Screenwriters to Gay Porn Actors
10 minutes readMagnificent Obsession Book: Movie fans’ outrageous history from Hollywood screenwriters + gay porn actors to coal miner’s sons + D.W. Griffith players.
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Jimmy Edwards – Outed ‘Conservative’ Gay British Comedian: Q+A with Biographer Slide
14 minutes readJimmy Edwards: Conservative gay British comic known for spanking schoolboys with his cane in TV series + later outed is discussed with biographer Slide.
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Star Trek Beyond (Movie 2016): Problematic Gay Sulu
8 minutes readStar Trek Beyond (movie 2016) review: Justin Lin’s action sci-fier is the new series’ most satisfying entry, but John Cho’s gay Sulu is a problem. Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto …
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John Nash gay life erased + passionate James Dean bromance + never-ending war pitting ‘Westerners’ vs dark-skinned natives: TCM Oscar Movies.
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David Bowie Movies: Ziggy + Tesla + Vampire
8 minutes readDavid Bowie Movies: Ziggy Stardust pop icon excelled as ‘Starman,’ dying Vampire and Nikola Tesla plus dared to be openly gay (or bisexual).
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Charles Brackett Diaries: Gay Rumors re: Brackett and son-in-law quashed, troubled Billy Wilder Partnership and right-wing politics.
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Charles Brackett Diaries: Billy Wilder Forgotten Partner offers lots of Old Hollywood Ugly Politics and Juicy Gossip in diary entries.
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Robert Walker: Actor ran the gamut from amiable, heterosexual boy-next-door types to one memorable, murderous gay psychopath.
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Marc Allégret: From André Gide Lover to Simone Simon Starmaker
23 minutes readMarc Allégret: From André Gide Protégé (and lover) to Simone Simon Mentor. Allégret was one of French cinema’s greatest starmakers.
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Neil Patrick Harris Oscar Host
5 minutes readNeil Patrick Harris: Oscar Host. Good Choice? The Tony and Emmy winner will be first openly gay (male) Academy Awards host ever.
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Dirk Bogarde: Victim Actor Letters Took No Prisoners
4 minutes readDirk Bogarde. Dirk Bogarde: Victim star took no prisoners in his letters to Dilys Powell Letters exchanged between film critic Dilys Powell and actor Dirk Bogarde – one of the …
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Una Noche (Movie 2012): Capable Feature Debut
4 minutes readUna Noche (movie 2012) review: Lucy Mulloy proves herself a capable screenwriter-director with this mostly Havana-set refugee drama.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger bodybuilding & image building: Total Recall vs. selective recall Austrian-born Arnold Schwarzenegger may be an inept actor and may have been an even more inept (Republican) governor of …
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Gay Rights & Sperm Donor + Julianne Moore Is Sarah Palin + Darren Aronofsky to Head Venice
6 minutes readControversial ‘I Am’ Topics: From Anti-Gay Discrimination & Child Abuse to Abusive Cops & Sperm Donor Search “Why can’t the guy get AIDS from a popular Bollywood actress?” According to …
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Boom! (Movie 1968): Cinematic Disaster Reappraised
7 minutes readBoom! movie: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton critical and box office disaster is rediscovered and receives some belated cult classic appreciation.
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Is Vince Vaughn Gay Joke in The Dilemma Disguised Bigotry?
4 minutes readIs Vince Vaughn gay “joke” in The Dilemma bigotry disguised as humor? Vaughn is seen here with Queen Latifah. Is Vince Vaughn ‘gay’ joke in The Dilemma disguised anti-gay bigotry? …
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Sitting Pretty with Clifton Webb. In the late 1940s, the bucolic suburb of Hummingbird Hill is shaken in its tranquil complacency by the scandalous actions of two middle-aged, unmarried men. Each of …
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Strangely, Dirk Bogarde never became a major star in the United States. He was well known in the U.S. in the 1950s and 1960s, but he wasn’t the superstar he …
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Is Brüno Gay? Or anti-gay? Sacha Baron Cohen is seen above as the über-effeminate title character. Brook Barnes in the New York Times: “So it goes for Brüno, a movie …
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You Don’t Mess with the Zohan Box Office: Adam Sandler (Not Gay) Hero Outperforms Predecessor
6 minutes readYou Don’t Mess with the Zohan box office: Adam Sandler (not gay) comedy outperforms predecessor but fails to recover its cost.
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Box Office
6 minutes readI Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry box office: Starring a ‘gay’ Adam Sandler, Dennis Dugan’s lowbrow comedy topped the domestic chart.
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Ivor Novello: Gay Icon + Alfred Hitchcock Star Revisited
8 minutes readIvor Novello: Gay Icon and 1 of Alfred Hitchcock first major stars and ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’ composer remembered in Cardiff as The Rat.
Movie Buff Passion Explored: Author Anthony Slide Discusses the Lives & Times of Film Fanatics
Movie Buff: Author Anthony Slide discusses neglected area in film history – the humorous and/or tragic lives and times of film fanatics + collectors.
Ernst Lubitsch movies’ subtle touch now passé in our age of sledgehammer filmmaking but The Student Prince and The Merry Widow still delight.
Eye of the Tiger Lawsuit vs Christian Extremists Kim Davis, Mike Huckabee. Band Survivor has sued for unauthorized use of Rocky III song.
Whiplash (Movie 2014): Devilish J.K. Simmons
Whiplash (movie 2014) review: Damien Chazelle directs a visually and aurally accomplished drama that gives J.K. Simmons a devil of a role. Also in the cast: Miles Teller.
Little Caesar (Movie 1931): Iconic But Dated Gangster Drama
Little Caesar (movie 1931) review: Edward G. Robinson is an iconic all-American gangster in Mervyn LeRoy’s landmark but creaky crime drama. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. costars.
Matt Bomer (White Collar), Steven Spielberg and Travis Barker at premiere of DreamWorks movie – company co-founded by Jaws director.
Young People Fucking / YPF (movie 2007) review: Martin Gero’s true-to-life sex romantic dramedy is both funny and provocative – and a times quite surprising. Aaron Abrams stars.