One can only hope director Nick Corporon's shorts (I've seen two) and his feature debut, Retake, are not autobiographical. All of his male characters are semi-despondent romantics. They find true love, lose true love, or are confronted by a world ready to quash them if they don't assume heteronormative stances or watch Vin Diesel films .
In the poignantly wise, 13-minute "Barbie Boy" (2014), seven-year-old Bobby (Trent Carlton) learns from his dad that boys don't play with Barbie and Ken dolls in public or nearly anywhere else. It doesn't even matter if Bobby just allows the plastic couple to scuba dive in the kitchen sink, smooch in their Dream House, or go out for lattés; the testosterone-fueled world will frown on such carryings-on and possibly do worse than frown. So will the blond-tressed lad stand up to societal pressure and grow up to be Alexander Mc Queen? Or will the little...
In the poignantly wise, 13-minute "Barbie Boy" (2014), seven-year-old Bobby (Trent Carlton) learns from his dad that boys don't play with Barbie and Ken dolls in public or nearly anywhere else. It doesn't even matter if Bobby just allows the plastic couple to scuba dive in the kitchen sink, smooch in their Dream House, or go out for lattés; the testosterone-fueled world will frown on such carryings-on and possibly do worse than frown. So will the blond-tressed lad stand up to societal pressure and grow up to be Alexander Mc Queen? Or will the little...
- 1/16/2017
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
One can only hope director Nick Corporon's shorts (I've seen two) and his feature debut, Retake, are not autobiographical. All of his male characters are semi-despondent romantics. They find true love, lose true love, or are confronted by a world ready to quash them if they don't assume heteronormative stances or watch Vin Diesel films .
In the poignantly wise, 13-minute "Barbie Boy" (2014), seven-year-old Bobby (Trent Carlton) learns from his dad that boys don't play with Barbie and Ken dolls in public or nearly anywhere else. It doesn't even matter if Bobby just allows the plastic couple to scuba dive in the kitchen sink, smooch in their Dream House, or go out for lattés; the testosterone-fueled world will frown on such carryings-on and possibly do worse than frown. So will the blond-tressed lad stand up to societal pressure and grow up to be Alexander Mc Queen? Or will the little...
In the poignantly wise, 13-minute "Barbie Boy" (2014), seven-year-old Bobby (Trent Carlton) learns from his dad that boys don't play with Barbie and Ken dolls in public or nearly anywhere else. It doesn't even matter if Bobby just allows the plastic couple to scuba dive in the kitchen sink, smooch in their Dream House, or go out for lattés; the testosterone-fueled world will frown on such carryings-on and possibly do worse than frown. So will the blond-tressed lad stand up to societal pressure and grow up to be Alexander Mc Queen? Or will the little...
- 1/16/2017
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
What if you could bring an old memory to life and relive your past? The new queer road drama “Retake” explores that concept in depth as it chronicles the relationship between a businessman and a hustler who playacts a long lost lover. In the film, Jonathan (Tuc Watkins) flies into San Francisco and hires a young hustler (Devon Graye) to accompany him on a road trip to the Grand Canyon, but with one catch: he must role-play as someone named “Brandon.” Though “Brandon” soon comes to realize he’s recreating someone from Jonathan’s past, he soon feels a strange connection with his client and begins to shed his own identity to play the part. Watch an exclusive prologue short film “Passenger” that explores the backstory of the hustler character as he works the streets of San Francisco.
Read More: Support Indie Lgbt Cinema: “Retake”
The film is written and directed by Nick Corporon.
Read More: Support Indie Lgbt Cinema: “Retake”
The film is written and directed by Nick Corporon.
- 1/10/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Plus: Robert De Niro in line for Fslc Chaplin Award; and more…
Marcos Carnevale collected the career Precious Gems Award on Sunday as the four-day Gems festival ended under the auspices of the Miami International Film Festival.
Carnevale, the director of such films as Inseparables, Elsa y Fred and Corazón de León, took part in an on-stage conversation looking back on his work.
The Gems Audience prize went to Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake.
Robert De Niro will receive the Film Society Of Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award on May 8, 2017, and take part in a career tribute. De Niro stars in The Comedian, which will premiere at AFI Fest on November 11 and opens in North America through Sony Pictures Classics.Aisling Walsh’s Maudie has won the 35th Vancouver International Film Festival’s Super Channel People’s Choice Award. Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake won the Viff Most Popular International Feature, Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s [link...
Marcos Carnevale collected the career Precious Gems Award on Sunday as the four-day Gems festival ended under the auspices of the Miami International Film Festival.
Carnevale, the director of such films as Inseparables, Elsa y Fred and Corazón de León, took part in an on-stage conversation looking back on his work.
The Gems Audience prize went to Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake.
Robert De Niro will receive the Film Society Of Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award on May 8, 2017, and take part in a career tribute. De Niro stars in The Comedian, which will premiere at AFI Fest on November 11 and opens in North America through Sony Pictures Classics.Aisling Walsh’s Maudie has won the 35th Vancouver International Film Festival’s Super Channel People’s Choice Award. Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake won the Viff Most Popular International Feature, Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s [link...
- 10/16/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Robert De Niro will receive the Film Society Of Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award on May 8, 2017, and take part in a career tribute.“De Niro has long been such a legendary presence that one can overlook the remarkably fine-tuned craft and quality he has brought to his roles over his multi-decade career,” said Lesli Klainberg, executive director of the Film Society Of Lincoln Center.“If you watch his performances, from Mean Streets and The Godfather Part II to
Robert De Niro will receive the Film Society Of Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award on May 8, 2017, and take part in a career tribute.
“De Niro has long been such a legendary presence that one can overlook the remarkably fine-tuned craft and quality he has brought to his roles over his multi-decade career,” said Lesli Klainberg, executive director of the Film Society Of Lincoln Center.
“If you watch his performances, from Mean Streets and The Godfather Part II to [link...
Robert De Niro will receive the Film Society Of Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award on May 8, 2017, and take part in a career tribute.
“De Niro has long been such a legendary presence that one can overlook the remarkably fine-tuned craft and quality he has brought to his roles over his multi-decade career,” said Lesli Klainberg, executive director of the Film Society Of Lincoln Center.
“If you watch his performances, from Mean Streets and The Godfather Part II to [link...
- 10/16/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Exclusive: Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to Nick Corporon’s debut feature film, “Retake.” The film follows “a handsome businessman [who] hires a prostitute to role-play as his long-lost love. What follows is a road trip full of manipulation and mystery as both men near their final destination.” The film premiered in 2016 at Frameline, and went on to play ImageOut, Reel Q, Seattle Twist, Reel Affirmations and Outfest. It stars Tuc Watkins and Devon Graye.
Breaking Glass is planning a theatrical premiere in Los Angeles followed by an On Demand and DVD release early in the first quarter of 2017.
– Strand Releasing has acquired all U.S. rights to Portuguese director Joao Pedro Rodrigues’ “The Ornithologist,...
– Exclusive: Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to Nick Corporon’s debut feature film, “Retake.” The film follows “a handsome businessman [who] hires a prostitute to role-play as his long-lost love. What follows is a road trip full of manipulation and mystery as both men near their final destination.” The film premiered in 2016 at Frameline, and went on to play ImageOut, Reel Q, Seattle Twist, Reel Affirmations and Outfest. It stars Tuc Watkins and Devon Graye.
Breaking Glass is planning a theatrical premiere in Los Angeles followed by an On Demand and DVD release early in the first quarter of 2017.
– Strand Releasing has acquired all U.S. rights to Portuguese director Joao Pedro Rodrigues’ “The Ornithologist,...
- 10/14/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Madame Tussauds unveils the new Darren Criss wax fig ... oh wait, this really is Darren, at the Giorgio Armani Vanity Fair party. He must have just read the comments about him on Ae last week.
Birthday Shoutouts! Jennifer Holliday is 51 , Trey Parker is 42, and Divine would have been 66 today. Below you can see "Love Reaction," which is the greatest thing in the history of forever.
The Boy The Bullies Broke. (h/t to Campion) After Desperate Housewives wraps up its final season, out creator Marc Cherry will be moving on to Devious Maids, which is based on a Mexican telenovela, and "centers on four Latina women who are maids in Beverly Hills." Rating update! Ringer was up 14%, while Carson Kressley's demise on Dancing With The Stars led the show to its lowest ratings ever. Friends of civil-rights pioneer Frank Kameny are asking for donations to help with his funeral.
Birthday Shoutouts! Jennifer Holliday is 51 , Trey Parker is 42, and Divine would have been 66 today. Below you can see "Love Reaction," which is the greatest thing in the history of forever.
The Boy The Bullies Broke. (h/t to Campion) After Desperate Housewives wraps up its final season, out creator Marc Cherry will be moving on to Devious Maids, which is based on a Mexican telenovela, and "centers on four Latina women who are maids in Beverly Hills." Rating update! Ringer was up 14%, while Carson Kressley's demise on Dancing With The Stars led the show to its lowest ratings ever. Friends of civil-rights pioneer Frank Kameny are asking for donations to help with his funeral.
- 10/19/2011
- by snicks
- The Backlot
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