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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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Review: ‘Misericordia’ Cooks Up Mushrooms, Pastis, and Murder French-Style

If you are of a certain age and blessed/cursed with an artistic bent, you just might remember the critically acclaimed thriller Stranger by…

Apr 11

Review: ‘Misericordia’ Cooks Up Mushrooms, Pastis, and Murder French-Style

Apr 11

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I Just Love This ‘Snow White’: Please Don’t Tell Anyone!

Marc Webb’s new adaptation brings joy despite its harsh critical reception

Mar 29

I Just Love This ‘Snow White’: Please Don’t Tell Anyone!

Mar 29

Stephen King’s “The Monkey” Gets All Wound Up

Publicists are a scarily imaginative bunch, both the fictional and the real-life ones. I guess they have to be.

Feb 23

Stephen King’s “The Monkey” Gets All Wound Up

Feb 23

Tough Guys Do Dance: Norman Mailer on Homosexuality and Too Strong Women (1987)

Going to prison and getting out without being raped is equal to someone else today getting a Magna in Harvard on his thesis. It’s not easy.

Feb 22

Tough Guys Do Dance: Norman Mailer on Homosexuality and Too Strong Women (1987)

Feb 22

“I Am Love” or Mama Sleeps with the Chef

Operatic in scope, Luca Guadagnino’s mesmerizing I Am Love chronicles the carryings-on of an aristocratic Italian family from one grand…

Dec 8, 2024

“I Am Love” or Mama Sleeps with the Chef

Dec 8, 2024

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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