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What Is It to Be A Jew? A Bushel and a Peck of Answers (New York Jewish Film Festival)

“It’s hard being a Jew nowadays” began my 2023 coverage of this annual fest. Well, it’s still not a breeze, but not just for the Jews.

Feb 5

What Is It to Be A Jew? A Bushel and a Peck of Answers (New York Jewish Film Festival)

Feb 5

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Is “The Binding” One of the Most Daring Israeli Gay Films Ever Made?

Yes, indeedy! At least that’s what The Tel Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival is swearing, and who are we to disagree? The Fest also…

Jan 3

Is “The Binding” One of the Most Daring Israeli Gay Films Ever Made?

Jan 3

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Does “Schindler’s List” Meet “Pink Flamingos” in “Solvent”? Not Exactly.

As the end credits roll by for Solvent, an awe-inspiring pseudo-documentary, you’ll be relieved to learn that “no mice, dicks, or feelings…

Dec 3, 2024

Does “Schindler’s List” Meet “Pink Flamingos” in “Solvent”? Not Exactly.

Dec 3, 2024

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Snuffed-Out TV Lesbians & Erotic Vegan Baking at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Two highs from the 36th VQFF

Oct 6, 2024

Snuffed-Out TV Lesbians & Erotic Vegan Baking at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Oct 6, 2024

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“Daddio” or Cabbing with Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson at the Tribeca Film Fest

There are few cinema offerings nowadays I can personally hold forth on the veracity of. No chasing of tornados (Twisters), no imaginary…

Aug 4, 2024

“Daddio” or Cabbing with Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson at the Tribeca Film Fest

Aug 4, 2024

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‘Retake’: Restaging Love with a Gay Hustler

Here’s a road movie that could and should break your heart.

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‘Retake’: Restaging Love with a Gay Hustler

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Review: “Tigers Can Be Seen in the Rain” But My Sister?

Oscar Ruiz Navia’s short film is a visual poem centered on loss

Oct 29

Review: “Tigers Can Be Seen in the Rain” But My Sister?

Oct 29

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Adolescent Shocker: Gay Teen Loves Handyman in ‘Griffin in Summer’

Film review

Oct 4

Adolescent Shocker: Gay Teen Loves Handyman in ‘Griffin in Summer’

Oct 4

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NYFF Goes Political: What Happened on "09/05/1982"?

"A Synthetic Footage Film" About a Massacre . . . or Maybe Not

Sep 30

NYFF Goes Political: What Happened on "09/05/1982"?

Sep 30

Two “Tragedies” from Tribeca, At Least According to Schopenhauer

“Tragedy,” Arthur Schopenhauer noted, is the “awakening of the knowledge that the world . . . can afford us no true pleasure, and…

Jun 28

Two “Tragedies” from Tribeca, At Least According to Schopenhauer

Jun 28

Brandon Judell

Brandon Judell

For half a century, Brandon Judell has covered film, the LGBTQI scene and several other arts. He lectured at The City College of New York for two decades.

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