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Jan 2, 2025 | 
moviedearest.blogspot.com | Kirby Holt
Also interesting is the fact that many of this year’s best films feature lead characters who are underdogs, oppressed, and/or members of underrepresented communities who discover their dignity and power. What’s more, there is no shortage of LGBTQ talent in front of and behind the camera. Without further ado, here is this queer critic’s rundown of the best and worst cinematic offerings of 2024.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
moviedearest.blogspot.com | Kirby Holt
While I can't say our December 13th-15th weekend in NYC was a Christmas-centric time, it was truly magical. One of my friends and I did kick things off in a religious vein with a performance of Handel's Messiah at Lincoln Center. Presented by the New York Philharmonic, the Musica Sacra chorale and several talented soloists, it was Reverend's first time seeing/hearing Messiah all the way through.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
moviedearest.blogspot.com | Kirby Holt
Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln, directed by Shaun Peterson, is now available across all VOD platforms for purchase and rental following its theatrical release last month. There was some cultural hubbub about Lincoln being gay before Steven Spielberg's 2012 biopic, which included a couple of oblique references to this. More recently, Cole Escola's smash Broadway play Oh, Mary! pulls no punches in depicting him as a barely closeted, adulterous gay slut.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
moviedearest.blogspot.com | Kirby Holt
The out and proud McKellen plays Jimmy Erskine, whose increasingly caustic opinions have held sway over the London stage — and those artists inhabiting it — for more than 40 years. When we meet Erskine in 1934, he is revered and feared in equal measure. A negative review from him can close a show and destroy careers. Erskine clearly enjoys his power and the perks that come with it.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
moviedearest.blogspot.com | Kirby Holt
Caligula, initially released in the US in 1980, was the most expensive independent film in cinema history at the time but had a tumultuous journey to the screen. Written by the esteemed Gore Vidal and headed by the then-stellar cast of Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole and Sir John Gielgud, it was meant to be an epic showcase of the generation's finest talent while addressing the corrupting influence of power amid the rampant sexuality of the Roman court.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
moviedearest.blogspot.com | Kirby Holt
BEST TV DRAMA ⭐️ Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC) BEST TV COMEDY ⭐️ Hacks (Max) BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW ⭐️ Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (AMC) BEST TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES ⭐️ Baby Reindeer (Netflix) BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW ⭐️ Reservation Dogs (FX/Hulu) BEST WRITTEN TV SHOW (new category) ⭐️ Hacks (Max) BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW ⭐️ ShÅgun (FX/Hulu) BEST LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW (new category) ⭐️ Young Royals (Netflix) BEST TV PERFORMANCE—DRAMA ⭐️ Matt Bomer,...
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
moviedearest.blogspot.com | Kirby Holt
Chenoweth is fantastic as Jackie Siegel, the real-life wife of billionaire David Siegel. In the wake of their European honeymoon 24 years ago, Jackie became inspired to build a replica of the French palace of Versailles in their home state of Florida. With unlimited financial resources, at least at the time, the couple broke ground on what would become one of the largest private homes in the US. However, the 2008 recession and David's related financial losses temporarily halted construction.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
moviedearest.blogspot.com | Kirby Holt
MaXXXine, now playing in theaters from A24 releasing. Mia Goth's title scream queen turned murderess first made a splash in 2022's X, then became the retro Pearl in last year's gory throwback to an earlier era of filmmaking. Writer-director Ti West again proves himself to be a master at recreating cinematic eras with this new sequel, set in the excessive mid-1980's. Goth returns as now-porn star Maxine Minx, who is desperate for mainstream crossover success and will stop at nothing to achieve it.
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May 31, 2024 | 
moviedearest.blogspot.com | Kirby Holt
Subtitled A Play in Five Evictions, Vogel's new work follows Phyllis and her children in the wake of her separation from their father. Between affordability and infestations by pests (gloriously visualized by projection designer Shawn Duan), they are evicted from their first three apartments in fairly quick succession. The trio gradually find their footing both collectively and individually but continue to experience ups and downs as the decades progress.
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May 10, 2024 | 
moviedearest.blogspot.com | Kirby Holt
But they also share a few things in common of which either I was not aware or did not remember from their source material. Somewhat oddly but tragically, both The Outsiders and Water for Elephants feature a central protagonist who recently lost their parents in a fatal car crash. They both incorporate musical scores written by a conglomerate of composers: the Pigpen Theatre Company (Water for Elephants) and Texas-based band Jamestown Revival with Justin Levine (The Outsiders).
