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1 week ago | 
losangelesblade.com | JOhn King |John King
When “Brokeback Mountain” was released in 2005, the world was a very different place. Now, as it returns to the big screen (beginning June 20) in celebration of its 20th anniversary, it’s impossible not to look at it with a different pair of eyes.
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2 weeks ago | 
losangelesblade.com | JOhn King |John King |JOhn King |John Paul King
There was a time, early in his career, that young filmmaker Wes Anderson’s work was labeled “quirky.” To describe his blend of dry humor, deadpan whimsy, and unresolved yearning, along with his flights of theatrical fancy and obsessive attention to detail, it seemed apt at the time.
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1 month ago | 
washingtonblade.com | JOhn King |John King
Most of us who have lived long enough to get nostalgic for our formative years have, by now, watched enough documentaries about a beloved entertainment icon from our past to know what to expect when a new one comes along.
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1 month ago | 
cnn.com | JOhn King |John King
Todd Harder shows John King the ProDart studio in Allentown, Pennsylvania. CNN Allentown, Pennsylvania CNN — Todd Harder voted for Donald Trump and knows firsthand his community would benefit if the president can deliver on his promise of a quick American manufacturing renaissance. But Harder doesn’t believe he will ever see it. The early evidence, Harder said, is that the tariffs and tough trade talk Trump says will bring back factory boom times is instead leading to hard times.
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1 month ago | 
washingtonblade.com | JOhn King |John King
Back in 1963, there really wasn’t such a thing as “Queer Cinema.” Of course there had been plenty of movies made by queer people, even inside Hollywood’s tightly regulated studio system; artists like George Cukor and Vincente Minnelli brought a queer eye and sensibility to their work, even if they couldn’t come right out and say so, and became fluent in a “coded” language of filmmaking that could be deciphered by audience members “in the know,” while everyone else – including the censors –...
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2 months ago | 
losangelesblade.com | JOhn King |John King
If you’ve ever wondered why so many queer movies are are coming-of-age stories, it might be that you were lucky enough to go through the transition into young adulthood without having to worry about your sexual alignment or gender identity being acceptable to your family or your friends or the world at large – and if that’s the case, we are truly happy for you. That’s the way it should be for everyone. Unfortunately, it’s not.
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2 months ago | 
losangelesblade.com | JOhn King |John King
Creating a worthy remake can be a tricky proposition, especially when the movie being remade is a beloved classic – but that doesn’t mean it’s an impossible one. Consider Andrew Ahn’s new version of 1993’s “The Wedding Banquet,” a film that put future “Brokeback Mountain” director Ang Lee on the proverbial map in America, which opens in theaters this weekend after a debut at Sundance earlier this year.
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2 months ago | 
washingtonblade.com | JOhn King |John King
For queer audiences hungry for representation, nothing says “I feel seen” quite as much as a good queer romcom. Perhaps it’s because love stories are universal, differing from culture to culture in the surface dealings only, and therefore have the potential for helping straight audiences understand a different kind of love a little better; or perhaps, in seeing our kind of love displayed so publicly, we feel a sense of validation. Whatever the reason, it rings our bell.
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2 months ago | 
losangelesblade.com | JOhn King |John King |JOhn King |John Paul King
The name Alain Guiraudie might not be familiar to most Americans, but if you mention “Stranger by the Lake,” fans of great cinema (and especially great queer cinema) are sure to recognize it immediately as the title of the French filmmaker’s most successful work to date.
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2 months ago | 
washingtonblade.com | JOhn King |John King |JOhn King |John King
The name Alain Guiraudie might not be familiar to most Americans, but if you mention “Stranger by the Lake,” fans of great cinema (and especially great queer cinema) are sure to recognize it immediately as the title of the French filmmaker’s most successful work to date.
