Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The Runaways just became available online, and I had to grab it and watch it again. Such a titillating story of girls, rock and the '70s that one. It's reawakened the dormant obsession with the era I used to have. I grew up on that music, playing records in my mom's basement. I still have all of those vinyls ,but I never had my own player until BANG! I scored one at the Mission the other day. And it was 50 percent off! They have a sale once a month on the Tuesday and Wednesday.
Anyway, Suzi Quatro inspired the lady rockers... and she's a riot.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Coming off the Cannes festival circuit is a Hebrew film from Jerusalem about, you guessed it, two strict Jewish men who develop feelings for each other. Also they're butchers, so there are lots of meat shots. For serious. So if you're into Judaism, homos or just like beards a whole heck of a lot, it plays tonight at 9 pm at Cinema du parc. L'CHAIM.
TAGS: montreal, jews, jewish, hasids, film, cannes, gay, lesbian, homo, homosexual, butchers, indie, beards
film
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Festival of Films on Art is getting off to a start tomorrow with the opening film about Anne-Marie Tougas.
The Gazette runs down its picks, as does Le Devoir.
HERE ARE MINE THO...
Quarantaine: Males and the mid-life crisis, by co-director Philip Szporer, who is queer.
Reel Injun: Looking for traces of the "Hollywood Indian."
Je m'appelle Denis Gagnon: Who is the man hiding behind the enormous, black-framed
glasses? An intimate portrait of a complex personality at the 10-year mark of
his career. Denis Gagnon, among the top Canadian fashion designers of his
generation, puts the finishing touches to his collection.
Offre-moi ton corps: A look at the methods of today's photographers who are
using the human body to represent the social and human preoccupations of
Western civilization. Over the past few decades, the nude body has become a
rich field of exploration for many artists, some of whom have even used their
own bodies as a canvas to convey their ideas and emotions.
David
Hockney: A Bigger Picture Filmed over three years, this observational documentary
captures British artist David Hockney (b 1937) at a crisis point in his art
and life as he approaches the age of 70. (Hockney
is queer.)
Monday, March 8, 2010
Oh HAI innernets! Have I ever told you that my deepest fear and also my greatest wish is to be accused of being too lesbian!? This should keep the critics at bay...
Do you like it, the Hammer Time? Also, topic for discussion: should effeminate men such as
femmeguy.wordpress.com be claiming the word femme?
The Female Closet by barbarahammer.com from barbara hammer.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The Girl Bunnies. Hockey is a short by local filmmaker Francoise Doherty–the second in the stop-motion animated adventure series of homo-girl-rabbit-world. It screens tonight at image+nation (@Laika, 4040 St-Laurent).
- Were you ever a hockey gal? Puck Bunny?
I never made puck bunny status because I spent too much time in the snow or on the ice. I’m more into misfit hockey. I love to skate, I really like sticks and I’ll play with anyone who isn’t very good.
- Is this something you made with your kids in mind?
Yes and no. My films usually start with the music and as a songwriter I only compose when it comes out on it's own. So the songs are intimate, they’re about me, but they end directing the narrative. I know a song will work when I hear my kids singing it with their friends. In the end, I love seeing my kids laugh and smile so when I designed the sets and the characters for this episode, (The Girl Bunnies. Hockey), I thought of the shapes, movement and voices that could catch their attention. When I’m in the later stages of post-production, I’ll watch my daughters watch the film. Kids are amazing critics because they’re so vocal and physical in their reactions. I know right away if they love something or if they’re bored. When I shoot the images I think about light, how it directs our eye and our mind … but mostly I think about how we watch the person we’re falling for.
- If you could say one brief thing about your intention–what do you hope people will gain from your bunny shorts?
That being gay is about the heart. (ed's note: OOPS. my heart just melted. srsly).
- What's next for Ms Doherty?
More Bunnies! I just wrote a new song with a story that I really like. But now I have to find a rabbit-sized chainsaw. The first episode (Les Lapines) is still touring internationally and doing well. It’s being distributed through Frameline out of San Francisco. 
- How can people reach you?
thegirlbunnies@bell.net
- Can I friend you on Facebook?
Oui! Now that I officially have a series, the Girl Bunnies needs a Facebook account. (The trailer and Facebook will be online by mid November).
- Who was your favourite student at Concordia when I took your class?
Lina is this a trick question? (ed's note: your non-answer only confirms your appreciation of me as the belligerent chip-on-shoulder kind of Communications student I was. Thanks for teaching me my 1st video class. My favourite part was when I learned about breaking the 4th wall!).